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	Image:Grit-page-1951.06.17.jpg\|''issue June 17, 1951 / Comics - Full page''		Image:Grit-page-1951.06.17.jpg\|''issue June 17, 1951 / Comics - Full page''
	Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''		Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''
			Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''
			Image:Grit-page-1962.07.08.jpg\|''issue July 8, 1962 / Mandrake stip''
	Image:Grit-page-1967.06.25.jpg\|''issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page''		Image:Grit-page-1967.06.25.jpg\|''issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page''
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	Image:Grit-page-1947.04.06.png\|''issue April 6, 1947 / All Sunday page panels on a single strip at the bottom of the page''		Image:Grit-page-1947.04.06.png\|''issue April 6, 1947 / All Sunday page panels on a single strip at the bottom of the page''
	Image:Grit-page-1949.09.04.png\|''issue ~~April 6~~, ~~1947~~ / Usual presentation''		Image:Grit-page-1949.09.04.png\|''issue September 4, 1949 / Usual presentation''
			Image:Grit-page-1951.06.17.jpg\|''issue June 17, 1951 / Comics - Full page''
			Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''
			Image:Grit-page-1967.06.25.jpg\|''issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page''
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Alain03: Sections added : Samples, Selling process and Links

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Sections added : Samples, Selling process and Links

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	In 1995 it became a a bi-monthly magazine.		In 1995 it became a a bi-monthly magazine.

	"Mandrake the Magician" was published in "Grit" from ~~1950~~ to 1970.		"Mandrake the Magician" was published in "Grit" from 1947 to 1970.

	==Published stories==		==Published stories==
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			==== Samples ====
			<gallery>
			Image:Grit-page-1947.04.06.png\|''issue April 6, 1947 / All Sunday page panels on a single strip at the bottom of the page''
			Image:Grit-page-1949.09.04.png\|''issue April 6, 1947 / Usual presentation''
			</gallery>

			==== Views (about specific selling process) ====
			<gallery>
			Image:Selling Grit-01.jpg\|
			Image:Selling Grit-02.jpg\|
			Image:Selling Grit-03.jpg\|
			</gallery>

			==External links==
			* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grit_(newspaper)] Wikipedia article.

	[[Category:American newspapers\|Grit]]		[[Category:American newspapers\|Grit]]

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American newspaper

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'''''Grit''''' was a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural U.S., founded in December 1882.
It carried the subtitle "America's Greatest Family Newspaper" and targeted small town and rural families with, by 1932, a circulation of 425,000 in 48 states (83% of its circulation was in towns of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants)

It introduces such delivery innovations as selling across the country by children and teenagers - many recruited by ads in comic books from the 1940's to the 1970's- as well as through direct mail,

At differents periods and always in black-and-white, such classics as "Blondie", "Donald Duck", "Flash Gordon", "Henry", "Joe Palooka", "Jungle Jim", "The Lone Ranger", "[[Mandrake the Magician]]", "Prince Valiant", were published amongst others.

In 1995 it became a a bi-monthly magazine.

"Mandrake the Magician" was published in "Grit" from 1950 to 1970.

==Published stories==
{| {{table}}
!#!! Original story title!! Start date !! End date !! Comment
|-

|35 || "[[Kingdom of Marvel]]" || ? || 7 Sep 1947 || (best older date known: 6 Apr 1947, but remains to verify)
|-
|36 || "[[The Blue Bandit]]" || 14 Sep 1947 || 1 Feb 1948 ||
|-
|37 || "[[The Prince Who Never Smiled]]" || 8 Feb 1948 || 4 Apr 1948 ||
|-
|38 || "[[City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates]]" || 11 Apr 1948 || 20 Jun 1948 ||
|-
|39 || "[[City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons]]" || 27 Jun 1948 || 5 Sep 1948 ||
|-
|40 || "[[City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion]]" || 12 Sep 1948 || 14 Nov 1948 ||
|-
|41 || "[[The Raft People]]" || 21 Nov 1948 || 23 Jan 1949 ||
|-
|42 || "[[Fear Island]]" || 30 Jan 1949 || 1 May 1949 ||
|-
|43 || "[[The Mystery of the Big Trees]]" || 8 May 1949 || 7 Aug 1949 ||
|-
|44 || "[[Jungle Adventure]]" || 14 Aug 1949 || 4 Jun 1950 ||
|-
|45 || "[[The Ghost Whale]]" || 11 Jun 1950 || 27 Aug 1950 ||
|-
|46 || "[[The Department Store Mystery]]" || 3 Sep 1950 || 22 Oct 1950 ||
|-
|47 || "[[Curse of the Kavrun Emerald]]" || 29 Oct 1950 || 14 Jan 1951 ||
|-
|48 || "[[The Venus Flytrap]]" || 21 Jan 1951 || 11 Mar 1951 ||
|-
|49 || "[[Mystery of the Vanishing Homes]]" || 18 Mar 1951 || 20 May 1951 ||
|-
|50 || "[[The Spaceship to Venus]]" || 27 May 1951 || 28 Oct 1951 ||
|-
|51 || "[[The Caribbean Mystery]]" || 4 Nov 1951 || 16 Dec 1951 ||
|-
|52 || "[[The Jungle Fullback]]" || 23 Dec 1951 || 17 Feb 1952 ||
|-
|53 || "[[Taboo Land]]" || 24 Feb 1952 || 6 Jul 1952 ||
|-
|54 || "[[The Doorway to Z]]" || 13 Jul 1952 || 16 Nov 1952 ||
|-
|55 || "[[The Hide-out]]" || 23 Nov 1952 || 18 Jan 1953 ||
|-
|56 || "[[The Visitors]]" || 25 Jan 1953 || 7 Jun 1953 ||
|-
|57 || "[[The Water Champ]]" || 14 Jun 1953 || 5 Jul 1953 ||
|-
|58 || "[[Mandrake's Magic House]]" || 12 Jul 1953 || 27 Sep 1953 ||
|-
|59 || "[[Mandrake Plays Cupid]]" || 4 Oct 1953 || 22 Nov 1953 ||
|-
|60 || "[[Rex (The Living Fossil)]]" || 29 Nov 1953 || 4 Apr 1954 ||
|-
|61 || "[[The Mountain that Walked]]" || 11 Apr 1954 || 23 May 1954 ||
|-
|62 || "[[The Tomb]]" || 30 May 1954 || 18 Jul 1954 ||
|-
|63 || "[[The Ocean Wind]]" || 25 Jul 1954 || 12 Dec 1954 ||
|-
|64 || "[[The Sleeping Forest]]" || 19 Dec 1954 || 13 Mar 1955 ||
|-
|65 || "[[Isle of the Giant]]" || 20 Mar 1955 || 22 May 1955 ||
|-
|66 || "[[Universal Love]]" || 29 May 1955 || 7 Aug 1955 ||
|-
|67 || "[[Magnetic Island]]" || 14 Aug 1955 || 20 Nov 1955 ||
|-
|68 || "[[The Castaway (1955 story)|The Castaway]]" || 27 Nov 1955 || 12 Feb 1956 ||
|-
|69 || "[[City in the Deep]]" || 19 Feb 1956 || 3 Jun 1956 ||
|-
|70 || "[[Witchmen's Peak]]" || 10 Jun 1956 || 11 Nov 1956 ||
|-
|71 || "[[The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest]]" || 18 Nov 1956 || 9 Jun 1957 ||
|-
|72 || "[[The Casino]]" || Falk || 4 Aug 1957 ||
|-
|73 || "[[The Place Called X]]" || 11 Aug 1957 || 29 Dec 1957 ||
|-
|74 || "[[The Invaders]]" || 5 Jan 1958 || 20 Apr 1958 ||
|-
|75 || "[[The Mesa]]" || 27 Apr 1958 || 6 Jul 1958 ||
|-
|76 || "[[The Birthday Party]]" || 13 Jul 1958 || 30 Nov 1958 ||
|-
|77 || "[[The Invisible Thief]]" || 7 Dec 1958 || 15 Mar 1959 ||
|-
|78 || "[[The Watcher]]" || 22 Mar 1959 || 5 Jul 1959 ||
|-
|79 || "[[The Old West Revisited]]" || 12 Jul 1959 || 30 Aug 1959 ||
|-
|80 || "[[The Horse Thief]]" || 6 Sep 1959 || 15 Nov 1959 ||
|-
|81 || "[[The Abominable Snowman]]" || 22 Nov 1959 || 1 May 1960 ||
|-
|82 || "[[The Demon Photographer]]" || 8 May 1960 || 24 Jul 1960 ||
|-
|83 || "[[The Radio Telescope]]" || 31 Jul 1960 || 7 Aug 1960 ||
|-
|84 || "[[The Water Pirates]]" || 14 Aug 1960 || 4 Dec 1960 ||
|-
|85 || "[[Sky Raid]]" || 11 Dec 1960 || 5 Feb 1961 ||
|-
|86 || "[[The Summit Conference]]" || 12 Feb 1961 || 28 May 1961 ||
|-
|87 || "[[The Space Thing]]" || 4 Jun 1961 || 24 Sep 1961 ||
|-
|88 || "[[The Diversion]]" || 1 Oct 1961 || 10 Dec 1961 ||
|-
|89 || "[[The Collector]]" || 17 Dec 1961 || 29 Apr 1962 ||
|-
|90 || "[[Task Test]]" || 6 May 1962 || 9 Sep 1962 ||
|-
|91 || "[[The Trade Commission|The Trade Commission ''(The Blue Planet)'']]" || 16 Sep 1962 || 10 Mar 1963 ||
|-
|92 || "[[The Ghost Lover]]" || 17 Mar 1963 || 1 Sep 1963 ||
|-
|93 || "[[The Double]]" || 8 Sep 1963 || 19 Jan 1964 ||
|-
|94 || "[[The Castaway (1964 story)|The Castaway]]" || 26 Jan 1964 || 9 Aug 1964 ||
|-
|95 || "[[The Mole (story)|The Mole]]" || 16 Aug 1964 || 14 Mar 1965 ||
|-
|96 || "[[The Traveller's Tale]]" || 21 Mar 1965 || 22 Aug 1965 ||
|-
|97 || "[[The Cobra Returns]]" || 29 Aug 1965 || 3 Apr 1966 ||
|-
|98 || "[[The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel]]" || 10 Apr 1966 || 7 Aug 1966 ||
|-
|99 || "[[The Astro Pirates]]" || 14 Aug 1966 || 25 Dec 1966 ||
|-
|100 || "[[The Blackout Caper]]" || 1 Jan 1967 || 23 Apr 1967 ||
|-
|101 || "[[The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar]]" || 30 Apr 1967 || 24 Sep 1967 ||
|-
|102 || "[[The Game of Chance]]" || 1 Oct 1967 || 11 Feb 1968 ||
|-
|103 || "[[Invasion of the Babu]]" || 18 Feb 1968 || 21 Jul 1968 ||
|-
|104 || "[[Second Chance]]" || 28 Jul 1968 || 3 Nov 1968 ||
|-
|105 || "[[The All or Nothing Hunt]]" || 10 Nov 1968 || 30 Mar 1969 ||
|-
|106 || "[[The Galactic Rumble]]" || 6 Apr 1969 || 7 Sep 1969 ||
|-
|107 || "[[The Invaders (1969 story)|The Invaders]]" || 14 Sep 1969 || 11 Jan 1970 ||
|-
|108 || "[[The 3D Monster]]" || 18 Jan 1970 || (ending on 5 Apr, 1970) || see on left, last Mandrake strip in Grit
|-
|}

[[Category:American newspapers|Grit]]

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	Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''		Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''
			Image:Grit-page-1953.08.23.jpg\|''issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip''
			Image:Grit-page-1962.07.08.jpg\|''issue July 8, 1962 / Mandrake stip''
	Image:Grit-page-1967.06.25.jpg\|''issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page''		Image:Grit-page-1967.06.25.jpg\|''issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page''
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Grit - Revision history

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