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Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-r.jpg|''back cover''<br>Second print <small>(1935)</small> | Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-r.jpg|''back cover''<br>Second print <small>(1935)</small> | ||
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==Reprint== | ==Reprint== | ||
The album was reprinted in 1976, in format 34 x 24,5 cm. | The album was reprinted in 1976, in format 34 x 24,5 cm. | ||
The cover is as the third print | The cover is as the third print, but the back list on the reverse ''(issues up to April 1937)'' indicating that the source for the 1976 reprint was an April 1937 print. | ||
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Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-r-01.jpg|''1976 reprint'' | Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-r-01.jpg|''1976 reprint'' | ||
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Revision as of 12:38, 14 December 2019
| Mandrake, L'uomo del mistero | |
 Cover artist: Giove Toppi  second print  third print | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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|---|---|
| Format: | 31,5 × 22,6 cm |
| Pages: | 48 pgs, b/w |
| Publishing date: | April, 1935 October, 1935 |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | Casa Editrice Nerbini |
| Preceded by: | none |
| Followed by: | Mandrake #2 |
The first seven issues of this series have no generic title, but are later known as Collana Albi grandi avventure; serie Mandrake #1.
Contents
Mandrake stories
- "L'Uomo del mistero" ("The Cobra") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
Variants
There are three different variants of the cover for this issue:
- First print: with the date April 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
- Second print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,20 printed on the cover.
- Third print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
I addition there also exist issues with a different back cover, where the publisher advertising the various series with back issues. One edition of the second print lists the "Jim della Giungla" and "L'Agente Segreto X-9" issues from April 1937, indicating a reprint of the Mandrake issue in April 1937. Interesting, there exists two[1] versions of this back cover, where the layout for the title heading (Gli Albi preferiti dalla Gioventù) is different.
back cover
Second print (1935)
back cover
Third print (December 1940)
Reprint
The album was reprinted in 1976, in format 34 x 24,5 cm. The cover is as the third print, but the back list on the reverse (issues up to April 1937) indicating that the source for the 1976 reprint was an April 1937 print.
1976 reprint
