Hardi présente "Donald"

Hardi présente "Donald" was published weekly by the French publisher Opera Mundi in 1947 to 1953. It was printed in a large format of 27,5 x 41.5 cms, having a "Donald Duck" strip on each cover. Even if the magazine contains only 8 pages, it features several classical comics such "Jungle Jim","Flash Gordon", "King of the Mounted Police", "The Lone ranger", "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Rusty Riley"...

The first issue was released on March 23, 1947 and the last (issue # 313) on March 22, 1953. An promotional issue numbered issue# 0 was also released but was not destined to public sale. Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums". A total of 26 albums were published.

In 1953, Paul Winkler - Opera Mundi director - has to stop the publishing being unable to respect the new regulation, about publications destined to Youth, which was imposing 75 percent of French comics in each magazine.

Issue overview (Mandrake stories only)

• "Les démons chantants" ("The Singing Devils"), starts in # 1 and ends in # 17.
• "Les sauterelles dans la vallée" ("Pleasant Valley"), starts in # 18 and ends in # 37.
• "Le masque d'argent" ("Medusa"), starts in # 38 and ends in # 55.
• "Le chancelier de fer" ("HRH Cuddles"), starts in # 56 and ends in # 75.
• "La vallée des loups" ("Wolf Valley"), starts in # 76 and ends in # 86.
• "La perle céleste" ("Sky Acres"), starts in # 87 and ends in # 94.
• "L'avion fantôme" ("The Ghost Plane"), starts in # 65 and ends in # 94.
• "Le singe d'Argile" ("The Brass Monkey"), starts in # 104 and ends in # 115.
• "La comtesse mystérieuse" ("Felina"), starts in # 116 and ends in # 131.
• "Danger public" ("Derek"), starts in # 132 and ends in # 146.
• "Le rayon magique" ("The Amazing Ray"), starts in # 146 and ends in # 158.
• "La reine d'ebène" ("Queen Ebony"), starts in # 158 and ends in # 167.
• "La dame en hermine" ("Lady Ermine"), starts in # 168 and ends in # ?.
• "Charade" ("Mystery Taxi"), starts in # ? and ends in # 182.
• "Mandrake au ranch" ("Mystery at the Bar T Ranch"), starts in # 182 and ends in # ?.
• "Mandrake au ranch" ("Deadman's Gulch"), starts in # ? and ends in # 195.
• "Le collectionneur" ("The Beauty Collector"), starts in # 195 and ends in # 204.
• "Le roi des ténèbres" ("The Dark One"), starts in # 204 and ends in # 214.
• "La boîte noire" ("The Mystery of Uncle Ed"), starts in # 214 and ends in # 221.
• "La ferme des fantômes" ("The Haunted Farm"), starts in # 221 and ends in # 227.
• "Le maître de Mandrake" ("Swami"), starts in # 227 and ends in # 240.
• "Dangereuse expédition" ("Lenore"), starts in # 240 and ends in # 250.
• "L'anniversaire de Mandrake" ("Mandrake's Birthday"), starts in # 250 and ends in # 254.
• "Fausses têtes" ("The Face Mystery"), starts in # 254 and ends in # ?.
• "Les conquérants" ("The Conquerors"), starts in # ? and ends in # 270.
• "Un pain d'un millon de dollars" ("The Million Dollar Loaf"), starts in # 270 and ends in # 277.
• "Le mystère de la cabine téléphonique" ("The Mysterious Phone Booth"), starts in # 277 and ends in # 282.
• "Le pirate père noël" ("The Santa Claus Pirates"), starts in # 283 and ends in # 289.
• "La fontaine qui rajeuni" ("Fountain of Youth"), starts in # 290 and ends in # 297.
• "Le docteur Cyclone" ("Kingdom of the Wind"), starts in # 297 and ends in # ?.
• "La faille des Atlantes" ("The Attalan Deep"), starts in # ? and ends in # 313.