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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN HC VOL 04 THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES
(W) LEE FALK (A) PHIL DAVIS (C) PHIL DAVIS
HERMES PRESS
StockID: 170217 SKU: 0126HP0793
Mandrake the Magician began as a daily strip on June 11- 1934- and whether Lee Falk knew it as a sophomore at the University of Illinois- he was making history. The daily strip ended after a 79-year run- and the Sunday strip- which started in 1935- ran for 68 years. Any fan of comic strips is almost certainly familiar with Falk’s other creation- The Phantom- which started in 1936 and continues to this day. Mandrake the Magician whisked readers to exotic locales (often fictional amalgams of the Orient- the Middle East- India or Eastern Europe) and immersed them in extended narratives with memorable villains and a colorful support cast. The strips presented in this series of reprints feature two staple characters in addition to the master magician: Lothar and Princess Narda (princess of the mythical European kingdom Cockaigne). Lothar appears within the first few days (June 14- 1934)- and Narda is introduced in Mandrake’s second adventure. Narda is similar to Flash Gordon’s Dale Arden: beautiful- constantly in need of rescue- and the love interest of our hero. A Prince of the Seven Nations of Africa- Lothar is Mandrake’s devoted servant- friend and companion. He is- “the strongest man in the world-” and decked out in a fez- shorts- and a leopard shirt. Comics historian Don Markstein commented that- “Some people say Mandrake the Magician... was comics’ first superhero-” and we at Hermes Press couldn’t agree more. Volume four presents: Mandrake in North Africa (September 4 - D
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MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN HC VOL 04 THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES
(W) LEE FALK (A) PHIL DAVIS (C) PHIL DAVIS
HERMES PRESS
StockID: 170217 SKU: 0126HP0793
Mandrake the Magician began as a daily strip on June 11- 1934- and whether Lee Falk knew it as a sophomore at the University of Illinois- he was making history. The daily strip ended after a 79-year run- and the Sunday strip- which started in 1935- ran for 68 years. Any fan of comic strips is almost certainly familiar with Falk’s other creation- The Phantom- which started in 1936 and continues to this day. Mandrake the Magician whisked readers to exotic locales (often fictional amalgams of the Orient- the Middle East- India or Eastern Europe) and immersed them in extended narratives with memorable villains and a colorful support cast. The strips presented in this series of reprints feature two staple characters in addition to the master magician: Lothar and Princess Narda (princess of the mythical European kingdom Cockaigne). Lothar appears within the first few days (June 14- 1934)- and Narda is introduced in Mandrake’s second adventure. Narda is similar to Flash Gordon’s Dale Arden: beautiful- constantly in need of rescue- and the love interest of our hero. A Prince of the Seven Nations of Africa- Lothar is Mandrake’s devoted servant- friend and companion. He is- “the strongest man in the world-” and decked out in a fez- shorts- and a leopard shirt. Comics historian Don Markstein commented that- “Some people say Mandrake the Magician... was comics’ first superhero-” and we at Hermes Press couldn’t agree more. Volume four presents: Mandrake in North Africa (September 4 - D
