The Oil City Derrick

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The Oil City Derrick was a daily newspaper printed in Oil City, Pennsylvania (Venango County.

The newspaper was founded in 1880 under the name "Oil City Derrick" and runs until 1954. Since then it continues as "The Derrick", a newspaper published six days a week - Monday through Saturday. (circulation estimate: 19,000.

"Mandrake the Magician" daily strips were published at least between 1940 and 1944, the precise dates remain to be determined with more details.

Mandrake in "The Oil City Derrick"

Published stories

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22 "The Octopus Ring" ? 21 Dec 1940 First known daily strip : July 12, 1940.
23 "Dr Griff's Invention" 23 Dec 1940 5 Apr 1941
24 "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid" 7 Apr 1941 21 Jun 1941
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 ? Last known daily strip : April 20, 1944.

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