The Overseas Weekly

The Overseas Weekly World's Greatest Comics
sample from 1965
Country/language:	Germany / English
Publishing company:	(International Media Co./ (Overseas Media Corp. ?)
Publishing years:	1950-1975
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The Overseas Weekly was a tabloid, published in English, exclusively destined to the American forces which were stationed outside the U.S.A. (mainly in Germany and others NATO treaty places in Europe). It was only sold in newsstands of the U.S. bases and was "A touch of Home - Away from Home", as subtitled on the front page.

History

From 1950 to 1975, it was at first printed in Frankfurt am Main then in Darmstadt, both at the time in West Germany. Written and edited by former GI's, the publication was destined to defend soldier's rights in delivering less official information than the ones given by the official publication “The Stars and Stripes”.

Like the usual American newspapers, it included a comics supplement in color. Late 50's the supplement was reduced from 16 pages to 12 pages. In the seventies comics were however appearing, without any supplement and only into the black and white tabloid pages. Generally with a delay of three weeks on the original Sunday pages, it included Mandrake the Magician and others classical strips such as "The Phantom", "Flash Gordon", "The Lone Ranger", "Big Ben Bolt", "Beetle Bailey"...

It's worth to note that, especially for the Far East forces, another edition was printed in Saigon (then in South Vietnam), always with the same comics supplement.

Published stories

Sunday stories

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#	Original story title	Start (in O.W.)	End ( in O.W.)	Comments
64	"The Sleeping Forest"	January 9, 1955	April 17,1955
65	"Isle of the Giant"	April 24,1955	June 26, 1955
66	"Universal Love"	July 3,1955	September 11,1955
67	"Magnetic Island"	September 18, 1955	December 25, 1955
68	"The Castaway"	January 1, 1956	March 18, 1956
69	"City in the Deep"	March 25, 1956	July 8,1956
70	"Witchmen's Peak"	July 15, 1956	December 16, 1956
71	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"	December 23, 1956	July 14, 1957
72	"The Casino"	July 21, 1957	September 8, 1957
73	"The Place Called X"	September 15, 1957	February 2, 1958
74	"The Invaders"	February 9, 1958	May 25, 1958
75	"The Mesa"	June 1, 1958	August 10, 1958
76	"The Birthday Party"	August 17, 1958	January 4, 1959
77	"The Invisible Thief"	January 11, 1959	April 19, 1959
78	"The Watcher"	April 26, 1959	August 9, 1959
79	"The Old West Revisited"	August 16, 1959	October 4, 1959
80	"The Horse Thief"	October 11, 1959	December 20, 1959
81	"The Abominable Snowman"	December 27, 1959	June 5, 1960
82	"The Demon Photographer"	June 12, 1960	August 28, 1960
83	"The Radio Telescope"	September 04, 1960	September 11, 1960
84	"The Water Pirates"	September 18, 1960	January 8, 1961
85	"Sky Raid"	January 15, 1961	March 12, 1961
86	"The Summit Conference"	March 19, 1961	July 2, 1961
87	"The Space Thing"	July 9, 1961	October 29, 1961
88	"The Diversion"	November 5, 1961	January 14, 1962

December 16, 1974 issue

In the issue of December 16, 1974 the newspaper advertises that the Weekly in the next issue will be running five pages of vintage comics featuring: "The Phantom" 1937, "Flash Gordon" 1940, "Inspector Wade" 1935, "Secret Agent X-)" 1934, "Popeye" 1933, "The Ciso Kid" 1951, "Mandrake the Magician" 1934, "King of the Royal Mounted" 1938, "Red Ryder" 1949 and "Jungle Jim" 1935.

Sunday story

Original story title	Start date	End date	Comment
"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"	May 13, 1935	May 25, 1935	Ending with the strip of April 7, 1935