King Comics (magazine)

King Comics
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Country/language:	USA / English
Publishing company:	David McKay Company
Publishing years:	1936-1949
Issues:	159
Format:	18×36 cm, color

King Comics was published by David McKay Company from April 1936 to November-December 1949, and by "Best Books Inc" from early 1950 to February 1952.

History

King Comics reprinted Sunday pages of "Mandrake the Magician" from # 1 to 147. After the end of the series (in # 155, November-December 1949)(*), four more issues (numbering #156 to 159) (*) were published quaterly - but in fact very irregularly as they are from Spring 1950 to February 1952 - by "Best Books Inc.", located in Meriden, Connecticut, this time under the emblem "Standard Comics" as appearing on covers. This last mark was linked to the "King Features Syndicate" comic publications. Since 1948, "Best Books" was specialized in the pursuit of some material previously edited under another label. ==Note (*): the issues #148 to #155 as well as #157 and 158 don't contain any Mandrake stories. .

Issue overview

Mandrake stories 1/ "David McKay Company"

Title	Issues	Comment
"Land of the Fakirs"	1, 2
"Land of the Little People"	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
"The Circus People"	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
"Chamber into the X Dimension"	14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
"Prince Paulo the Tyrant"	21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
"The Treasure Hunt"	27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
"The Lunar Trip"	34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
"Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival"	41, 42
"The Haunted Range"	42, 43, 44
"The Fisherman"	44
"Afternoon with Lothar"	44
"The Annoying"	45
"The Flying Pass By"	45
"The Clairvoyant"	45
"City of Gold"	45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
"The Evil Man"	52
"Trial of Strenght"	52
"The Cure"	53
"Lothar go Fishing"	53
"The Dishonest Merchant"	53
"The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain"	53, 54, 55, 56, 57
"Mandrake and Doubting Thomas"	57
"Lothar's Visit to the Dentist"	57
"Jam Session"	58
"Mandrake and the Burglar"	58
"The Music Lesson"	58
"The Theatre Mysteries"	59, 60, 61
"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"	61, 62, 63
"The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island"	63, 64, 65
"The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"	65, 66, 67
"The Swordfish"	67
"The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"	67, 68, 69, 70
"The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship"	70, 71, 72, 73, 74
"The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"	74, 75, 76
"The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants"	77, 78, 79, 80, 81
"The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles"	81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
"Pacifica"	87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"	94, 95, 96, 97, 98
"Cloud City"	99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
"Gloria Golden"	108, 109, 110
"The Garden of Wuzzu"	110, 111, 112, 113, 114
"The Circus Adventure"	115, 116, 117, 118
"The Santa Claus Pirates"	118, 119, 120, 121
"Fountain of Youth"	122, 123, 124, 125
"Kingdom of the Wind"	125, 126, 127, 128
"The Atalan Deep"	129, 130, 131, 132, 133
"The Twins of Karana"	134, 135, 136, 137, 138
"The Singing Devils"	138, 139, 140, 141, 142
"Roc Island"	142, 143, 144, 145, 146
"Kingdom of Marvel"	147	(first four Sunday pages only)

Mandrake stories 2/ "Best Books Inc"

Title	Issues	Comment
"The Old Ones"	156	(story entitled: "The Other Word!")
"Pleasant Valley"	159	(story entitled: "The Winged Menace!")

Mandrake covers (only one)

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  King Comics #4
  Joseph Musial

The last four issues have smalls pictures of Mandrake and/or "The Phantom" on the covers :

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  King Comics #156 (Mandrake ° The Phantom)

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  King Comics #157 (Mandrake ° The Phantom)

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  King Comics #158 (The Phantom)

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  King Comics #159 (Mandrake)