Confidences
Confidences was a French women weekly magazine founded in May 1938 by "Paul Winkler" who was also founder of the "Le Journal de Mickey" and of "Hardi présente "Donald""; Furthermore he was Chairman of the Press agency "Opera Mundi" that held the publishing rights for France of the comics depending of "King Features Syndicate".
The magazine quickly became a success and its circulation reached one million copies in 1939. However it ceased publication in 1940 at the request of the German authorities who had conquered France at that time and it was not until October 1947 that the magazine reappeared with a new numbering.
During the fifties, a few comics ("Rip Kirby", "The Heart of Juliet Jones") were included in the magazine; with these ones, more Sunday pages reprints of several comics characters were featured in the sixties, such as "Blondie", "Hi and Lois", "Li'l Abner", "Ben Casey", "Popeye", "Jiggs and Maggie", "Archibald Razmott" (a French comic) and "Mandrake the Magician". The magazine ceased completely its publication in 1986.
Published stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Double" | October 1, 1967 (issue #1039) | February 11, 1968 (issue #1058) | |
| "The Mole" | February 18, 1968 (issue #1059) | October 6, 1968 (issue #1089) | |
| "The Ghost Lover" | October 13, 1968 (issue #1090) | March 3, 1969 (issue #1114) |
Reference
- [1], Wikipedia (in French).
