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*The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician. | *The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician. | ||
*The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon. | *The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon. | ||
*If the ''collestor's note'' is correct it has to be a third printing of this book, since there exists issues with a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Mandrake the Magician. | |||
===Various views=== | ===Various views=== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418back.png|''back cover'' | Image:Betterlittlebook-1418back.png|''back cover'' | ||
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418slice.jpg|''slice'' | Image:Betterlittlebook-1418slice.jpg|''slice'' | ||
Image:Betterlittlebook-1418-ad.jpg | Image:Betterlittlebook-1418-ad.jpg|''third printing (?)'' | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Revision as of 12:21, 13 August 2016
| Big Little Book #1418 | |
 Cover artist: unknown | |
| Country/language: |  USA / English
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|---|---|
| Format: | 11.5 × 9 cm |
| Pages: | 352 pgs, b/w |
| Publishing date: | 1946 |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | Whitman Publishing |
| Preceded by: | Big Little Book #1167 |
| Followed by: | Better Little Book #1431 |
Big Little Book #1418
Contents
Mandrake stories
- "Mandrake the Magician and the Flame Pearls" (text version with pictures from "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" to "The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
Table of contents
| Chapter | Title | Page |
|---|---|---|
| I | "Three Cows for a Wife" | 5 |
| II | "The Island of Amazons" | 36 |
| III | "Revolt of the Husbands" | 68 |
| IV | "The Stranglers Straits" | 98 |
| V | "Secret of the Ghost Ship" | 148 |
| VI | "Land of the Giants" | 170 |
| VII | "Farwell to Colossi" | 204 |
| VIII | "Danger Lurks in Hungry Isles" | 242 |
| IX | "The Burning Water" | 284 |
Notes
According to biglittlebooks.com:
- The first printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Captain Midnight and Sheik Jomak Khan and ends with Mandrake the Magician.
- The second printing is identified by a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Flash Gordon.
- If the collestor's note is correct it has to be a third printing of this book, since there exists issues with a 3-page ad which begins with Uncle Wiggily's Adventures and ends with Mandrake the Magician.
Various views
back cover
slice
third printing (?)
See also
Coleção Gibi #29 published in Brazil in 1949.