Mundo de Aventuras

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Mundo de Aventuras
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First issue
Country/language: Mini portugal.gif Portugal / Portuguese
Publishing company: Aguiar & Dias, Lda
Publishing years: 1949-1973
Issues: 1252
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Mundo de Aventuras was a successful comic magazine published in Portugal by Aguiar & Dias, Lda which was running on two successive series from 1949 to 1986.

Issue overview

Regular series

The first of the two distinct series of Mundo de Aventuras had been released from August 1949 to September 1973 for a prolific run of 1252 weekly issues. The series started with each issue featured several comics characters with stories that readers could follow from week to week. This series was directed by Mário de Aguiar e José de Oliveira Cosme. BD Portugal list the series in four different phases:

Phase Issues Format Note
1 #1 - #44 28 x 40 cm
2 #45 - #462 25.5 x 29 cm
3 #463 - #511 18.5 x 26.5 cm
4 #512 - #1252 14 x 21.5 cm

Between 1950 and 1973, Mandrake the Magician appears in 313 issues for a total of 16 different stories.

Issues with Mandrake

1950
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
1951
73
74
75
76
77
78
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
1952
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
150
151
152
153
154
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159
160
161
162
163
164
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166
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168
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171
172
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174
175
176
1953
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
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196
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208
209
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211
212
219
220
221
222
223
224
225
1954
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247
248
249
250
251
252
260
261
262
263
264
265
266
281
1955
282
283
284
285
286
287
288
289
290
291
292
293
294
295
296
297
302
303
304
305
306
307
308
309
310
311
312
313
314
315
316
317
318
319
1956
347
348
349
350
351
352
353
354
355
356
357
358
369
370
371
372
373
374
375
376
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
1957
386
387
388
389
390
391
392
393
394
395
396
397
398
399
400
1958
467
468
469
470
1959
486
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
494
495
496
497
498
1960
537
1962
643
1964
766
781
784
785
786
787
792
793
794
795
1965
800
801
802
803
808
812
813
820
821
826
827
832
836
840
844
1966
850
865
1967
910
928
941
1968
1000
1969
1016
1028
1037
1045
1970
1068
1076
1093
1104
1971
1119
1142
1159
1972
1168
1189
1198
1208
1973
1216
1221
1226
1233
1239
1246
1251

Album

A Christmas album was released in 1954. According to BD Portugal the album was reprinted some years after.

Issues with Mandrake

Album Especial

4 unnumbered issues with the sub title Album Especial were released before 1972 (the 4th issue was released June 20, 1972). Most of the stories inside were reprint of previous stories in the regular series.

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Second series

Under a more modern look, a second Mundo de Aventuras series was released by Aguiar & Dias, Lda) from October 1973 to January 1987 with a run of 589 issues featuring at least one complete story for one specific comics character in each issue, completed by following parts for other comics. This series was directed by Vitoriano Rosa e António Verde.

As far as Mandrake the Magician is concerned, 35 stories were published in 58 issues.

Issues with Mandrake

1973
5
7
1974
32
40
46
63
1975
82
99
116
1976
135
151
1977
177
194
211
1978
225
239
241
242
243
244
245
248
249
255
1979
277
296
315
1980
331
345
363
1981
377
378
379
380
381
382
383
384
385
386
387
388
389
390
391
399
416
1982
441
480
481
1983
482
483
484
493
1985
562
1986
575
586

Mundo de Aventuras Especial

In addition, a separate series - entitled Mundo de Aventuras Especial - was also published in Portugal by Aguiar & Dias, Lda from May 1975 to April 1983 (last issue#32). Several classical comics, such as The Phantom, Big Ben Bolt, Secret Agent X9, Brick Bradford, Dick Tracy and some European series, were published in this series. "Mandrake the Magician" appears in three issues.

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