Jump to content

Mandrake Selezione: Difference between revisions

From MandrakeWiki
← Older edit

The Clay Camel (talk | contribs)

3 user groups
59,481 edits
mNo edit summary
 
(8 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
'''''Mandrake Selezione''''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published by [[Fratelli Spada]] from November 1976 to December 1979.
{{Series
|Title= Mandrake Selezione
|image= [[Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|200 px]]
|Sample= First issue
|Country= [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy / Italian
|Publisher= [[Fratelli Spada]]
|Date= 1976-1979
|Issues= 19
|Format= 19x13 cm, color
|}}


== History ==
== Issue overview==
The stories in '''''Mandrake Selezione''''' were mainly dailies by Fred Fredericks, except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a Fratelli Spada story.
'''Mandrake Selezione''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published from November 1976 to December 1979. On the cover and inside it says "mensile (monthly)" but in the publication period it skips 19 months.
One find various back-up stories such as Agent X9, Big Ben Bolt, Captain Kate, Cino e Franco, Cisci Kid, Flash Gordon and Rip Kirby. 
 
The series was translated into French by [[Editions des Remparts]] and sold as "Mondes Mystérieux - [[Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Serie]]" in France and Canada.
 
After the last issue (#19), unsold issues of the series were collected into '''''Super Mandrake''''' albums under new covers.  


A similar series, entitled "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada for featuring "The Phantom".  
A similar series, "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada featuring "[[The Phantom]]". The number of issues and release dates were the same for both series.
=== Regular series===
The stories in '''Mandrake Selezione''' were mainly dailies by [[Fred Fredericks]], except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a [[Fratelli Spada stories|Fratelli Spada story]]. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby".


== Issue overview==
In August 1977 ''(issue 5)'' there is a sheet with two stickers. These are found in both the Mandrake and Phantom Selezione issues as well as also in the issues 3 and 4 in the Gordon series. There are four different sheets of stickers and these may vary within the same number. In total there are two stickers with Mandrake, two with the Phantom and four with drawings from Flash Gordon.
==== Regular series====
<gallery>
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1|issue 1]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1|''Mandrake Selezione'' #1]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-02.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 2|issue 2]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-02.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 2|''Mandrake Selezione'' #2]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-03.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 3|issue 3]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-03.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 3|''Mandrake Selezione'' #3]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-04.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 4|issue 4]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-04.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 4|''Mandrake Selezione'' #4]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-05.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 5|issue 5]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-05.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 5|''Mandrake Selezione'' #5]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-06.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 6|issue 6]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-06.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 6|''Mandrake Selezione'' #6]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-07.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 7|issue 7]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-07.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 7|''Mandrake Selezione'' #7]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-08.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 8|issue 8]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-08.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 8|''Mandrake Selezione'' #8]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-09.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 9|issue 9]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-09.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 9|''Mandrake Selezione'' #9]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-10.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 10|issue 10]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-10.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 10|''Mandrake Selezione'' #10]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-11.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 11|issue 11]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-11.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 11|''Mandrake Selezione'' #11]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-12.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 12|issue 12]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-12.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 12|''Mandrake Selezione'' #12]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-13.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 13|issue 13]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-13.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 13|''Mandrake Selezione'' #13]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-14.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 14|issue 14]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-14.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 14|''Mandrake Selezione'' #14]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-15.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 15|issue 15]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-15.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 15|''Mandrake Selezione'' #15]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-16.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 16|issue 16]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-16.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 16|''Mandrake Selezione'' #16]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-17.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 17|issue 17]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-17.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 17|''Mandrake Selezione'' #17]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-18.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 18|issue 18]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-18.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 18|''Mandrake Selezione'' #18]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-19.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 19|issue 19]]
Image:mandrake-selezione-19.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 19|''Mandrake Selezione'' #19]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==== Album series====
==== Album series====
*"Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione # 1 and #2), May 1980.
Unsold issues of the series were later collected into '''Super Mandrake''' albums with new covers.  
*"Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione # 3 and #4), May 1982.
<gallery>
*"Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione # 5 and #6), 1982.
File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png|[[Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 1]]
*"Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione # 7 and #8), July 1982.
File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png|[[Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 2]]
*"Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione # 9 and #10), 1982.
File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png|[[Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 3]]
 
File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png|[[Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 4]]
 
File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png|[[Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 5]]
<gallery perrow="5">
File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png
File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png
</gallery>
</gallery>


 
{{Italy}}
== See also ==
*''[[Spécial Mandrake (mondes mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série]]''
 
[[Category: Publications]]
[[Category: Publications]]
[[Category:Mandrake Selezione issues| ]]
[[Category:Mandrake Selezione issues| ]]

Latest revision as of 12:33, 3 August 2026

Mandrake Selezione

First issue
Country/language: Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Fratelli Spada
Publishing years: 1976-1979
Issues: 19
Format: 19x13 cm, color


Issue overview

Mandrake Selezione was an Italian comic book dedicated to Mandrake and published from November 1976 to December 1979. On the cover and inside it says "mensile (monthly)" but in the publication period it skips 19 months.

A similar series, "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada featuring "The Phantom". The number of issues and release dates were the same for both series.

Regular series

The stories in Mandrake Selezione were mainly dailies by Fred Fredericks, except one Sunday story and one reprint of a Fratelli Spada story. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby".

In August 1977 (issue 5) there is a sheet with two stickers. These are found in both the Mandrake and Phantom Selezione issues as well as also in the issues 3 and 4 in the Gordon series. There are four different sheets of stickers and these may vary within the same number. In total there are two stickers with Mandrake, two with the Phantom and four with drawings from Flash Gordon.

Album series

Unsold issues of the series were later collected into Super Mandrake albums with new covers.



Mandrake publications in Italy
Series

Albi delle grandi avventure • Serie economici albi grandi avventure • Albi Economici Nerbini • Albi grandi avventure • Albo Azzurro • Albo Furore • Albo Traguardo • Avventura Club • Celebri eroi dell'avventura • Club Anni Trenta • Comics Stars in the World • Gli Albi dei tre porcellini • I Classici dell'Avventura • I Giganti • I Quaderni del Fumetto • Il Vascello (La Freccia) • Il Vascello - Mandrake • L'Avventura Albo tascabile • L'olimpo dei fumetti  • Mandrake (Comic Art) • Mandrake Selezione • Mistero • Mistero Comics • New Comics Now • Super Albo (La Freccia) • Super Albo / Special Mandrake

One-shots

Eureka Pocket • I classici del fumetto di Republica  • I fumetti del Giallo Mondadori • L'età d'oro del fumetto • Libretti a fumetti • Mandrake • Oscar varia • Superfumetti • Superfumetti in Film

Anthologies

Albi d'Oro • Comics Rama • Enciclopedia dei fumetti • Eureka • La grande avventura dei fumetti

As back-up title

Avventuroso • Avventura • Audace • Contastorie • L'Eternauta • Giungla! • Okay • Pisellino • Topolino

Publishers

Adriana • Aurelia • Agostini • Biblioteca Unviversale Rizzoli • Capriotti • Comic Art • Club dei Trenta • Corno • EPC • La Freccia • Garzanti • Gioggi • Giorgio • Edizioni La Meridiana • Mondadori • Mondadori Comics • Nerbini • La Repubblica/Panini Comics • SAEV • Sansoni Editore • S.E.P.I. • Fratelli Spada • Sugar

Mandrake publications by country
Europe

Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Iceland • Italy • Ireland • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Serbia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Turkey • United Kingdom • Yugoslavia

Americas

Argentina • Bahamas • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Guatemala • Honduras • Jamaica • Mexico • Panama • El Salvador • Uruguay • USA • Venezuela

Other

Angola • Australia • French Polynesia • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Israel • Lebanon • Malaysia • New Zealand • Papua New Guinea • Philippines • Singapore • South Africa • UAE

Retrieved from "https://www.mandrakewiki.org/index.php?title=Mandrake_Selezione&oldid=87701"