Consolidated Press

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Consolidated Press was a Australian publisher.

History

Based on the "Telegraph" and the "Australian Women's Weekly" Frank Packer created Consolidated Press Ltd in January 1936, . The company was reformed as Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd in 1954 and then Australian Consolidated Press Ltd (ACP) in 1957. The company continues to operate as the magazine publishing division of Nine Entertainment Co, a major Australian media and entertainment company. ACP acquired K. G. Murray in 1974, although it continued to publish the comics under Murray-related branding.

Mandrake the Magician Comics by Consolidated Press

Title Year(s) Issues
Mandrake the Magician 1938-194?
The Supercomic Series 1948-1959 9
Mandrake Annual 1951-1958 8
Mandrake Comic 1953-1959 29

Publishing schedule - Mandrake Comic and Mandrake Annual

Year\Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
1951 Annual 1951
1952 Annual 1952
1953
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Annual 1953
1954
9
10
11
12
Annual 1954
1955
13
14
15
16
Annual 1955
1956
18
19
20
21
22
Annual 1956
1957
23
24
25
Annual 1957
1958
26
27
Annual 1958
1959
28
29

Note

From Mandrake Annual 1954 Shakespeare Head Press, a subsidiary publishing company acquired some years before by Consolidated Press, became the publisher of both the Mandrake series.