Monroe Morning World

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The Monroe Morning World was a daily newspaper published in Monroe, Louisiana, from October 20, 1929 to June 4, 1978. Its sSucceeding title has been the "Morning world" (Monroe-West, Monroe, Louisiana) between 1978 and 1980.

A Sunday edition was also printed with the usual comics section

The daily stories of "Mandrake the Magician" were featured inside the newspaper from (at least) June 23, 1941 to August 3, 1963. The "Mandrake the Magician" Sunday strip was published in the "Monroe Morning World" at least between September 1951 to June 1954 However the precise dates remain of these two releases remain to be determined with more details.

Mandrake in "Monroe Morning World"

Daily stories

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# Original story title Start date End date Comment
25 "The Great Grando" 23 Jun 1941 8 Nov 1941
26 "Lothar the Champ" 10 Nov 1941 11 Jul 1942
27 "The Rumor Factory" 13 Jul 1942 12 Sep 1942
28 "Baron Kord" 14 Sep 1942 10 Apr 1943
29 "The Witch of Kaloon" 12 Apr 1943 23 Oct 1943
30 "The Earthshaker" 25 Oct 1943 29 Jan 1944
31 "The Dome" 31 Jan 1944 24 Jun 1944
32 "Doctor Congo" 26 Jun 1944 7 Oct 1944
33 "The Mirror People" 9 Oct 1944 16 Dec 1944
34 "The Ice Lady" 18 Dec 1944 31 Mar 1945
35 "The Old Ones" 2 Apr 1945 30 Jun 1945
36 "The Mysterious Prince" 2 Jul 1945 13 Oct 1945
37 "The Sleeping Beauty" 15 Oct 1945 12 Jan 1946
38 "Pleasant Valley" 14 Jan 1946 23 Mar 1946
39 "Medusa" 25 Mar 1946 1 Jun 1946
40 "The Jinx" 3 Jun 1946 3 Aug 1946
41 "Felina" 5 Aug 1946 14 Dec 1946
42 "The Brass Monkey" 16 Dec 1946 22 Mar 1947
43 "HRH Cuddles" 24 Mar 1947 2 Aug 1947
44 "Wolf Valley" 4 Aug 1947 1 Nov 1947
45 "Sky Acres" 3 Nov 1947 3 Jan 1948
46 "The Ghost Plane" 5 Jan 1948 20 Mar 1948
47 "Cinderella of the Sea" 22 Mar 1948 17 Jul 1948
48 "Queen Ebony" 19 Jul 1948 2 Oct 1948
49 "The Big Tyme" 4 Oct 1948 25 Dec 1948
50 "Derek" 27 Dec 1948 23 Apr 1949
51 "The Amazing Ray" 25 Apr 1949 30 Jul 1949
52 "Lady Ermine" 1 Aug 1949 1 Oct 1949
53 "Mystery Taxi" 3 Oct 1949 26 Nov 1949
54 "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch" 28 Nov 1949 11 Feb 1950
55 "Deadman's Gulch" 13 Feb 1950 11 Mar 1950
56 "The Beauty Collector" 13 Mar 1950 27 May 1950
57 "The Dark One" 29 May 1950 19 Aug 1950
58 "The Mystery of Uncle Ed" 21 Aug 1950 14 Oct 1950
59 "The Haunted Farm" 16 Oct 1950 2 Dec 1950
60 "Swami" 4 Dec 1950 17 Mar 1951
61 "Lenore" 19 Mar 1951 9 Jun 1951
62 "Mandrake's Birthday" 11 Jun 1951 14 Jul 1951
63 "The Face Mystery" 16 Jul 1951 15 Sep 1951
64 "The Conquerors" 17 Sep 1951 17 Nov 1951
65 "The Million Dollar Loaf" 19 Nov 1951 19 Jan 1952
66 "The Mysterious Phone Booth" 21 Jan 1952 1 Mar 1952
67 "The Silly Stuff Department" 3 Mar 1952 12 Apr 1952
68 "Cleopatra's Treasure" 14 Apr 1952 26 Jul 1952
69 "Out of Nowhere" 28 Jul 1952 4 Oct 1952
70 "The Impostor" 6 Oct 1952 27 Dec 1952
71 "The Jungle Witch" 29 Dec 1952 18 Apr 1953
72 "The Vanishing Rocket" 20 Apr 1953 20 Jun 1953
73 "The Mysterious Mr Beam" 22 Jun 1953 26 Sep 1953
74 "The Monsters" 28 Sep 1953 12 Dec 1953
75 "The Haunted Slope" 14 Dec 1953 6 Feb 1954
76 "The Royal Suitor" 8 Feb 1954 29 May 1954
77 "The Deep Sea Mystery" 31 May 1954 28 Aug 1954
78 "The Museum Theft" 30 Aug 1954 9 Oct 1954
79 "The Enchantress" 11 Oct 1954 1 Jan 1955
80 "The Tourist" 3 Jan 1955 2 Apr 1955
81 "The Inventor" 4 Apr 1955 21 May 1955
82 "Return of the Clay Camel" 23 May 1955 16 Jul 1955
83 "U-Hunt" 18 Jul 1955 3 Sep 1955
84 "The Experiment" 5 Sep 1955 12 Nov 1955
85 "Michael" 14 Nov 1955 21 Jan 1956
86 "The New Neighbors" 23 Jan 1956 21 Apr 1956
87 "The Decoy" 23 Apr 1956 30 Jun 1956
88 "The Little Fog" 2 Jul 1956 20 Oct 1956
89 "Tub's Gang" 22 Oct 1956 22 Dec 1956
90 "The Chess Kings" 24 Dec 1956 2 Mar 1957
91 "The Western" 4 Mar 1957 18 May 1957
92 "The Penthouse Mystery" 20 May 1957 27 Jul 1957
93 "Lothar's Day" 29 Jul 1957 31 Aug 1957
94 "Jami" 2 Sep 1957 21 Dec 1957
95 "The New-Type Radio" 23 Dec 1957 1 Mar 1958
96 "Employment Agency" 3 Mar 1958 24 May 1958
97 "Narda's Adventure" 26 May 1958 26 Jul 1958
98 "Tale of Detru" 28 Jul 1958 20 Sep 1958
99 "The Invisible Bandit" 22 Sep 1958 6 Dec 1958
100 "The Dollmaker" 8 Dec 1958 14 Mar 1959
101 "Queen of the Cats" March 16, 1959 May 16, 1959
102 "The Strange Fisherman" May 18, 1959 August 1, 1959
103 "The Spaceman Mystery" August 3, 1959 October 10, 1959
104 "Shirlana" October 12, 1959 December 26, 1959
105 "Secret of Sargasso" December 28, 1959 March 19, 1960
106 "Spooks" March 21, 1960 June 11, 1960
107 "The Thief (The Time Traveller)" June 13, 1960 September 3, 1960
108 "The Ambassador" September 5, 1960 December 24, 1960
109 "The Rockaby Thief" December 26, 1960 March 4, 1961
110 "Mystery of the Bikini Girl" March 6, 1961 May 13, 1961
111 "The Fishing Trip" May 15, 1961 July 29, 1961
112 "The Photo Mystery" July 31, 1961 September 23, 1961
113 "Goliath" September 25, 1961 January 27, 1962
114 "The Peddler (The Counterfeit Gang)" January 29, 1962 March 31, 1962
115 "The City Jungle" April 2, 1962 June 9, 1962
116 "Narda's TV Show" June 11, 1962 August 11, 1962
117 "The Gamblers" August 13, 1962 October 13, 1962
118 "The First Visitors" October 15, 1962 November 24, 1962
119 "The Aftermath" November 26, 1962 March 9, 1963
120 "Smuggler's Luck" March 11, 1963 May 4, 1963
121 "The Giant Toothache" May 6, 1963 August 3, 1963

Sunday Pages stories

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# Original story title Start date End date Comment
50 "The Spaceship to Venus" ?, 1951 28 Oct 1951 Best early known date: September 29, 1951.
51 "The Caribbean Mystery" 4 Nov 1951 16 Dec 1951
52 "The Jungle Fullback" 23 Dec 1951 17 Feb 1952
53 "Taboo Land" 24 Feb 1952 6 Jul 1952
54 "The Doorway to Z" 13 Jul 1952 16 Nov 1952
55 "The Hide-out" 23 Nov 1952 18 Jan 1953
56 "The Visitors" 25 Jan 1953 7 Jun 1953
57 "The Water Champ" 14 Jun 1953 ?, 1953 (probably complete story...).

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