Euroclub Magerit
| Euroclub Magerit S.L. | |
| Biographical information | |
| Founded: | 1997 |
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| Country: |  Spain
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Euroclub Magerit was a Spanish publisher, based in Madrid , who from 1997 until 2003 specialized in publishing of translated US newspaper strips.
Publication history
Eight different series were published:
- "El Hombre Enmascarado (The Phantom, dailies)" - 1997-2002, 70 issues.
- "El Hombre Enmascarado (The Phantom, Sundays)" - 1997-1999, 27 issues. (note: Sundays also in the daily issues 47-50)
- "Inspector Wade" - 1998-2000, 26 issues.
- "Jorge y Fernando" - 1997-2003, 77 issues.
- "Jungle Jim" - 1997-2000, 20 issues.
- "The Lone Ranger" - 1997-1998, 17 issues.
- "Mandrake", dailies - 1997-2002, 52 issues.
- "Mandrake", Sundays - 1998, 5 issues.
- "Radio Patrulla" - 1997-1998, issues 7 to 20 (!).
- "Red Barry" - 1997, 3 issues.
- "Rip Kirby" - 1997-2003, 163 issues
About the releases
Most releases have a copyright year printed on the inside, with the oldest being from 1995 and the newest being from 2003. A good part of the publication also has an ISBN number and a Depósito legal number printed inside.
The Depósito lega number is a number given by the Spanish National Library to which a copy of what is published in Spain is received. The number consists of a letter, followed by a sequential numbering on submission, as well as the year the printed materials were submitted. Like for example M-380-1999 = Madrid-book_nr_recieved-in_year.
As mentioned, not all of Euroclub Magerit's publications have an ISBN number. This may be because these publications were printed in small editions and intended for collectors only.
The first publication with an ISBN number is the first "Jungle Jim" issue, with 84-95013-00-2. This isbn number means = Spain-Euroclub_Magerit-release_number-check_digit. One problem here is that such a number can only have 10 digits, which means that the publisher cannot publish more than 100 different books (00-99). The copyright years printed on the inside of publications using the publisher number 84-95013 span between 1995 and 1998.
In 1998, Euroclub Magerit gets a new four-digit publishing number and the first release to use this number is "Rip Kirby" issue 56 La mujer del misterio with isbn: 84-8337-000-X (note that 10=0 and 11=X). The copyright years printed on the inside of publications using the publisher number 84-8337 span between 1997 and 2003.
The ISBN numbering does not always follow the numbering for the series, like:
- 84-8337-021-2 is Mandrake #45 and
- 84-8337-050-6 is Mandrake #33
This may be due to planned releases being delayed and released at a later date.
There is something similar with the first six "Jorge y Fernando" releases. These are available in double issues (1-2, 3-4 and 5-6) and were published in the year 2000. As for issue 7, this one has Depósito legal year 1998 printed on the inside. So either there is a delay in the release of these first six books, or the double issues could be a reprint of previously published issues.
Mandrake publications published by Euroclub Magerit
The first series with Mandrake reprinted daily stories from 1943 to 1967 and 1980 to 1988, similar to the Italian New Comics Now series by Comic Art. The second Mandrake series reprinted Sunday pages from 1935 to 1940 in color. The source for the first stories looks like those used for the Italian Mandrake - Serie Cronologica by Fratelli Spada.
| Title | Year(s) | Issues |
|---|---|---|
| Mandrake (Daily strips | 1997-2000 | 52 |
| Mandrake (Sunday pages) | 1934-1959 | 5 |
Reprint
Under the trade name Lector S.L. "Studio Comics / Viñetas S. L." reprinted the first Mandrake series in two parts (26 issues x2) and then the second series. It is possible this three part reprinting was repeated several times.