Vísir

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Vísir (="The Indicator") is an Icelandic newspaper that published Mandrake Sunday strip with the title "Teitur töframaður" (="The Wonderful Wizard") from July 1972 to October 1980.

History

The newspaper was founded in December 1910. On 26 November 1981, "Vísir" and merged with "Dagblaðið", another Icelandic newspaper, to form "Dagblaðið Vísir" An online version remains now available since 1998. According to Gallup, it was the second-most popular website in Iceland as of February 2021.

Published stories

Original story title Start date End date Comment
"The Garden of the Inca" July 8, 1972 September 23, 1972
"Emile, Emir of Emmo" September 30, 1972 December 23, 1972
"The Blue Thing" December 29, 1972 April 7, 1973
"The Basilisk" April 14, 1973 August 11, 1973
"The Mystery of the Stone Face" August 18, 1973 November 17, 1973
"Lothar's Walk in the Park" November 24, 1973 January 19, 1974
"The Mystery of Inter-Intel" January 26, 1974 March 23, 1974
"Fun with Mandrake" ?, 1974 July 13, 1974
"The Bank Robbery" July 20, 1974 October 26, 1974
"Return to X" November 2, 1974 March 26, 1975
"Galaxy War" April 5, 1975 March 6, 1976
"The Roadhouse" March 13, 1976 April 14, 1976
"Ghost Town" April 24, 1976 September 19, 1976
"The Plane Hijackers" September 26, 1976 November 21, 1976
"The Man from Europa" November 28, 1976 February 27, 1977
"The Giant Head" March 6, 1977 June ?, 1977
"Moxley University Robbers" June ?, 1977 August 14, 1977
"Prairie Man" August 21, 1977 November 13, 1977
"Old Folks" November 20, 1977 March 15, 1978
"The Three Brothers" March ?, 1978 June 14, 1978
"Mr Ttazz" June 21, 1978 October 11, 1978
"Narq's Conquest" October 18, 1978 April 4, 1979 without the first four weeks
"Mandrake and Ali-Petro" April 10, 1979 August 15, 1979
"The Mysterious Birds" August 22, 1979 January 16, 1980
"The Sky Pirates" January 23, 1980 March 26, 1980
"Lothar's Workout" April 1, 1980 June 12, 1980
"Super Giant" June 19, 1980 September 17, 1980
"Mandrake's Hate Club" October 1, 1980 October 1, 1980 the first week only

Samples

  • Note:comics published in "Vísir" can be viewed on the Icelandic open access digital library "Timarit":[1]