Expressen

Expressen ("The Express") is a Swedish nationwide evening newspaper with headquarters in Stockholm.

The first edition of "Expressen" was published on November 16, 1944. Its present circulation is more than 300.000 on weekdays and around 400.000 copies on Sundays.

The paper is owned by the Bonnier Group, a Swedish media group of 175 companies operating in 15 countries.

"Mandrake the Magician" daily strips were published in "Expressen" from 1944 to 1957 and from 1963 to 1966.

Published stories

Daily stories

Strangly, the story "Narda's TV Show" is different from the same story printed in other Swedish newspapers. The translation, lettering and numbering of the strips are different.

#	Original story title	Start date	End date	Comment
31	"The Dome"	November 16, 1944	April 17, 1945	Title: Mandraken
32	"Doctor Congo"	April 18, 1945	August 2, 1945
33	"The Mirror People"	August 3, 1945	October 11, 1945
34	"The Ice Lady"	October 12, 1945	January 21, 1946
35	"The Old Ones"	January 22, 1946	April 23, 1946
36	"The Mysterious Prince"	April 24, 1946	August 9, 1946
37	"The Sleeping Beauty"	August 10, 1946	November 8, 1946
38	"Pleasant Valley"	November 9, 1946	January 21, 1947
39	"Medusa"	January 22, 1947	April 2, 1947
40	"The Jinx"	not printed in Expressen
41	"Felina"	April 3, 1947	August 19, 1947
42	"The Brass Monkey"	not printed in Expressen
43	"HRH Cuddles"	August 20, 1947	January 2, 1948
44	"Wolf Valley"	January 3, 1948	April 6, 1948
45	"Sky Acres"	April 7, 1948	June 10, 1948
46	"The Ghost Plane"	June 11, 1948	August 27, 1948	Title: Mandraken - tecknad av Phil Davis (from June 16)
47	"Cinderella of the Sea"	August 28, 1948	December 26, 1948
48	"Queen Ebony"	December 27, 1948	March 15, 1949
49	"The Big Tyme"	March 16, 1949	June 10, 1949
50	"Derek"	June 11, 1949	October 8, 1949
51	"The Amazing Ray"	October 10, 1949	January 17, 1950
52	"Lady Ermine"	January 18, 1950	March 21, 1950
53	"Mystery Taxi"	March 22, 1950	May 20, 1950
54	"Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch"	May 22, 1950	August 5, 1950
55	"Deadman's Gulch"	August 7, 1950	September 2, 1950
56	"The Beauty Collector"	September 4, 1950	November 18, 1950
57	"The Dark One"	November 20, 1950	February 14, 1951
58	"The Mystery of Uncle Ed"	February 15, 1951	April 12, 1951
59	"The Haunted Farm"	April 13, 1951	June 2, 1951
60	"Swami"	June 4, 1951	September 17, 1951
61	"Lenore"	September 18, 1951	December 10, 1951
62	"Mandrake's Birthday"	December 11, 1951	January 17, 1952
63	"The Face Mystery"	January 18, 1952	March 20, 1952
64	"The Conquerors"	March 21, 1952	May 27, 1952
65	"The Million Dollar Loaf"	May 28, 1952	July 31, 1952
66	"The Mysterious Phone Booth"	August 1, 1952	September 11, 1952
67	"The Silly Stuff Department"	September 12, 1952	October 23, 1952
68	"Cleopatra's Treasure"	October 24, 1952	February 10, 1953
69	"Out of Nowhere"	February 11, 1953	April 25, 1953
70	"The Impostor"	April 27, 1953	July 20, 1953
71	"The Jungle Witch"	July 21, 1953	November 10, 1953
72	"The Vanishing Rocket"	November 11, 1953	January 16, 1954
73	"The Mysterious Mr Beam"	January 18, 1954	April 26, 1954
74	"The Monsters"	April 27, 1954	July 16, 1954
75	"The Haunted Slope"	July 17, 1954	September 10, 1954
76	"The Royal Suitor"	September 11, 1954	January 4, 1955
77	"The Deep Sea Mystery"	January 6, 1955	April 6, 1955
78	"The Museum Theft"	April 7, 1955	May 20, 1955	Title: Mandrake - tecknad av Phil Davis (April 25)
79	"The Enchantress"	May 21, 1955	August 15, 1955
80	"The Tourist"	August 16, 1955	November 15, 1955
81	"The Inventor"	November 16, 1955	January 4, 1956
82	"Return of the Clay Camel"	January 6, 1956	March 1, 1956
83	"U-Hunt"	March 2, 1956	April 20, 1956
84	"The Experiment"	April 21, 1956	July 4, 1959
85	"Michael"	July 5, 1956	September 12, 1956
86	"The New Neighbors"	September 13, 1956	December 13, 1956
87	"The Decoy"	December 14, 1956	February 25, 1957
88	"The Little Fog"	February 26, 1957	June 20, 1957
89	"Tub's Gang"	not printed in Expressen
90	"The Chess Kings"	not printed in Expressen
91	"The Western"	not printed in Expressen
92	"The Penthouse Mystery"	not printed in Expressen
93	"Lothar's Day"	not printed in Expressen
94	"Jami"	not printed in Expressen
95	"The New-Type Radio"	not printed in Expressen
96	"Employment Agency"	not printed in Expressen
97	"Narda's Adventure"	not printed in Expressen
98	"Tale of Detru"	not printed in Expressen
99	"The Invisible Bandit"	not printed in Expressen
100	"The Dollmaker"	not printed in Expressen
101	"Queen of the Cats"	not printed in Expressen
102	"The Strange Fisherman"	not printed in Expressen
103	"The Spaceman Mystery"	not printed in Expressen
104	"Shirlana"	not printed in Expressen
105	"Secret of the Sargasso"	not printed in Expressen
106	"Spooks"	not printed in Expressen
107	"The Thief (The Time Traveller)"	not printed in Expressen
108	"The Ambassador"	not printed in Expressen
109	"The Rockaby Thief"	not printed in Expressen
110	"Mystery of the Bikini Girl"	not printed in Expressen
111	"The Fishing Trip"	not printed in Expressen
112	"Photo Mystery"	not printed in Expressen
113	"Goliath"	not printed in Expressen
114	"The Peddler"	not printed in Expressen
115	"The City Jungle"	not printed in Expressen
116	"Narda's TV Show"	April 16, 1963	June 19, 1963	different version than in other Swedish newspapers
117	"The Gamblers"	not printed in Expressen
118	"The First Visitors"	not printed in Expressen
119	"The Aftermath"	June 20, 1963	October 4, 1963
120	"Smuggler's Luck"	October 5, 1963	November 30, 1963
121	"The Giant Toothache"	December 2, 1963	March 4, 1964
122	"Master of Magic"	March 5, 1964	July 14, 1964
123	"The Disturber"	July 15, 1964	September 29, 1964
124	"The Butterfly Man"	September 30, 1964	January 25, 1965
125	"The Chief"	January 26, 1965	April 5, 1965
126	"Return of the Mirror People"	April 6, 1965	August 21, 1965
127	"The Team"	August 23, 1965	December 20, 1965
128	"The Odd Fellow"	December 21, 1965	April 9, 1966