Apu

Apu is a Finnish monthly women's magazine based in Helsinski and published by A-lehdet. (The Finnish word "Apu" means "Help", the magazine being founded at a time of economic recession to help the unemployed persons).

History

The magazine was founded in 1933 by its first editor-in-chief Yrjö Lyytikäinen as a weekly publication. In the late 30's (1938 ?) it started to print the Mandrake Sundays, under the name Taika-Jim. In the early 40's APU printed Mandrake dailies, reformated to fit a page, similar as the Swedish magazine Allers Familj-Journal. In the 50's Taika-Jim was often presented on the back cover. In the mid 70's (1974 ?) started to print the half page variant (eg 4 of 6 panels) with two Sunday pages in each issue of APU, soon changing to one Sunday page in each issue.

Often APU have double issues of the magazine in Midsummer and Christmas.

In the issues 25/25-1980 to 25/26-1981 the comics were collected into a comic supplement, "Apu Sarjis", as an insert in the main magazine.

Published stories

Daily stories

#	Original story title	Issue and start date	Issue and end date	Comment
26	"Lothar the Champ"	(1943)	(1944)	Example: #11/1944 = 16 to 21 February, 1942 Daily strips.

Sunday stories

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#	Original story title	Issue and start date	Issue and end date	Comment
7	The Treasure Hunt	1938 #2	1938 #11	starting with the Sunday strip of January 16, 1938
8	The Lunar Trip	1938 #12	1938 #19	the eight first strips only
...	....	....	(1940)
11	"City of Gold"	(1940)	(1940)	Example: # 30/1940 = 16 July, 1939 Sunday Page
...	....	....	....
23	"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"	# 4 (27.01.1945)	# 19 (12.05.1945)
...	....	....	....
26	"The Garden of Wuzzu"	# 21 (28.05.1949)	# 37 (17.09.1949)
...	....	....	....
36	"The Blue Bandit"	# 22 (03.06.1950)	# 42 (21.10.1950)
...	....	# 43 (28.10.1950)	# 2 (13.01.1951)
39	"City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons"	# 3 (20.01.1951)	# 13 (31.03.1951)
...	....	....	....
43	"The Mystery of the Big Trees"	(1951)	# 10 (08.03.1952)	beginning: maybe in # 47 (1951)
44	"Jungle Adventure"	# 11 (15.03.1952)	# 1 (03.01.1953)
45	"The Ghost Whale"	# 2 (10.01.1953)	# 13 (28.03.1953)
46	"The Department Store Mystery"	# 14 (04.04.1953)	# 21 (23.05.1953)
47	"Curse of the Kavrun Emerald"	# 22 (30.05.1953)	# 33 (15.08.1953)
48	"The Venus Flytrap"	# 34 (22.08.1953)	# 41 (10.10.1953)
49	"Mystery of the Vanishing Homes"	# 42 (17.10.1953)	# 51-52 (19.12.1953)
50	"The Spaceship to Venus"	# 51/52 (19.12.1953)	# 22 (29.05.1954)
51	"The Caribbean Mystery"	# 23 (05.06.1954)	# 29 (17.07.1954)
52	"The Jungle Fullback"	# 30 (24.07.1954)	# 38 (18.09.1954)
53	"Taboo Land"	# 39 (25.09.1954)	# 6 (05.02.1955)
54	"The Doorway to Z"	# 7 (12.02.1955)	# 25 (18.06.1955)
55	"The Hide-out"	# 26 (25.6.1955)	# 34 (20.08.1955)
56	"The Visitors	# 35 (27.08.1955)	# 2 (14.01.1956)
57	"The Water Champ"	# 3 (21.01.1956)	# 6 (11.02.1956)
58	"Mandrake's Magic House"	# 7 (18.02.1956)	# 18 (05.05.1956)
59	"Mandrake Plays Cupid"	# 19 (12.05.1956)	# 26 (30.06.1956)
60	"Rex (The Living Fossil)"	# 27 (21.07.1956)	# 45 (10.11.1956)
61	"The Mountain that Walked"	# 46 (17.11.1956)	# 2 (12.01.1957)
62	"The Tomb"	# 3 (19.01.1957)	# 10 (09.03.1957)
63	"The Ocean Wind"	# 11 (16.03.1957)	# 31 (03.08.1957)
64	"The Sleeping Forest"	# 32 (10.08.1957)	# 44 (02.11.19577)
65	"Isle of the Giant"	# 45 (09.11.1957)	# 2 (11.01.1958)
66	"Universal Love"	# 3 (18.01.1958)	# 13 (29.03.1958)
67	"Magnetic Island"	# 14 (05.04.1958)	# 28 (12.7.1958)
68	"The Castaway"	# 29 (19.7.1958)	# 40 (04.10.1958)
69	"City in the Deep"	# 41 (11.10.1958)	# 4 (24.01.1959)
70	"Witchmen's Peak"	# 5 (31.01.1959)	# 27 (04.07.1959)
71	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"	# 28 (11.07.1959)	#5 (30.01.1960)
72	"The Casino"	# 6 (06.02.1960)	#13 (26.03.1960)
73	"The Place Called X"	# 14 (02.04.1960)	#34 (20.08.1960)
76	"The Birthday Party"	#35 (27.08.1960	# ? (1961)
78	"The Watcher"	# 10 (11.03.1961)	#25 (24.06.1961)
...	....		....
80	"The Horse Thief"	# 44 (04.11.1961)	# 1 (06.01.1962)
81	"The Abominable Snowman"	# 2 (13.01.1962)	# 25 (23.06.1962)
...	....		....
90	"Task Test"	# ? (1962)	#16 (20.04.1963)
...	....		....
90	"The Double"	# ? (1964)	# ? (1965)
...	....		....
96	"The Traveller's Tale"	# ? (1965)	# 46 (20.11.1965)
95	"The Mole"	# 47 (27.11.1965)	# 26 (02.07.1966)
...	....		....
98	"The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel"	# ? (1967)	# ? (1967)
99	"The Astro Pirates"	# 1 (06.01.1968)	# 20 (18.05.1968)
...	....		....
101	"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"	# 39 (28.09.1968)	# ? (1969)
...	....		....
123	"The Bank Robbery "	# ? (1974)	# ? (1975)
...	....		....
132	"Prairie Man"	# ? (1976)	# ? (1977)
...	....		....
137	"Narq's Conquest"	# ? (1978)	# ? (1978)
...	....		....
144	"The Cave Mystery"	# ? (1981)	# ? (1981)
145	"The Rat Men"	# ? (1981)	# ? (1981)
...	....		....
157	"The Floating Island"	# ? (1988)	# ? (1989)
158	""The Young Prince"
159	"Taboo Isle"
160	"Singing Rocks"		#7/1990	the last story in Apu

External links

• KariLeppanenComics: APU-Lehden sarjoja
• Kvaak.fi: Apu-lehden stripit
• Kultaomena: APU-lehti
• Suomenkielisiä Scifi-Sarjakuvia: Apu Sarjis