Allers Familj-Journal

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First issue with Mandrake inside
Country/language:	Sweden / Swedish
Publishing company:	Allers
Publishing years:	1879
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Illustrated Familj-Journal started in 1879 as a Swedish version of the Danish Illustreret Familie-Journal founded in 1877 by Carl Aller. In 1894 the magazine changed its name to the Allers Familj-Journal, which was shortened to Allers in 1938 (late 1937 ?).

History

Allers

Allers start printing "Mandrake - den mystiske hjäparen" in 1940. The two first Mandrake stories was daily strips edited to sunday pages.

Starting with the first issue in 1942 the comic pages were printed in a separate insert titled "Allers Ungdoms-Revy" ("Ungdoms-Revy" from issue 24 1944). The series ended with issue 23 in 1947. Each year had 52 issues, with an exception in the year 1944 which had only 51 issues. On the front covers of issues late 1944 early 1944 it is a drawing of a club pin for the "Ungdoms-Revy".

The comics inside were: "Björn Starke" by H. Berg, "Jim och Piraterna"/"Terry och Piraterna" by Milton Caniff, "Mandrake" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis, "Ming Foo" by Brandon Walsh (from 1944: 01), "Nalle och Lisa" by Harry Nielsen (from 1945: 12), "Willy på äventyr" by Tage Andersen and Aage Grauballe, "Hr Karlssons fataliteter", "Tina" by Hilda Terry, "Pippi Långstrump" by Astrid Lindgren/Wang-Nyman (in 1947: 13-23).

Mandrake replaced "Björn Starke" on the covers from issue 12 1946.

Mandrake stories in Allers

# S (d)	Original story title	Swedish title	Start issue	End issue	Comment
(21)	"The Museum Mystery"	"Den vandrande mumien"	22-1940	50-1940	reformated dailies
(22)	"The Octopus Ring"	"Bläckfisken"	51-1940	49-1941	reformated dailies
7	"The Treasure Hunt"	"Det dölda testamentet"	50-1941	20-1942
14	"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"	"Eldpärlorna"	21-1942
15	"The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island"	"Eldpärlorna"	33-1942
16	"The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"	"Eldpärlorna"
16	"The Swordfish"	"Eldpärlorna"
17	"The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"	"Eldpärlorna"
18	"The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship"	"Eldpärlorna"
19	"The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"	"Eldpärlorna"
20	"The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants"	"Eldpärlorna"
21	"The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles"	"Eldpärlorna"		21-1944
23	"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"	"De rödhåriga flickorna"	22-1944
24	"Cloud City"	"Molnstaden"
25	"Gloria Golden"	"Den mystiske regissören"
26	"The Garden of Wuzzu"	"Wuzzus trädgårdar"
27	"The Circus Adventure"	"Sam Jones Cirkus"
28	"The Santa Claus Pirates"	"Jultomtepiraten"	01-1946	14-1946
29	"Fountain of Youth"	"Ungdomens källa"	15-1946	29-1946
30	"Kingdom of the Wind"	"Dr Cyklon"	30-1946	42-1946
31	"The Attalan Deep"	"Atlantisdjupet"	43-1946	05-1947	missing US strips of September 9, 16, 23, 30 and October 14
32	"The Twins of Karana"	"Tvillingarna i Karana"	06-1947	22-1947
33	"The Singing Devils"	"De sjungande djävlarna"	23-1947	24-1947

Note

The Sundays continued in the magazine Karl-Alfred.

FamiljeJournalen

The weekly magazine "FamiljeJournalen" started in 1941 as 25:an. The title changed to FamiljeJournalen 25:an in 1951 and then to FamiljeJournalen in 1953. When the magazine "Karl Alfred" ceased the Mandrake Sundays continued in "FamiljeJournalen".

Mandrake stories in FamiljeJournalen

#	Original story title	Swedish title	Start issue	End issue	Comment
56	"The Visitors"	"Besöket"	46-1953
57	"The Water Champs"	"Mästaren i vattnet"	15-1954	18-1954
58	"Mandrake's Magic House"	"Rånarna"	19-1954
59	"Mandrake Plays Cupid"	"Mandrake som Cupido"
60	"Rex (The Living Fossil)"	"Den levande fossilen"
61	"The Mountain that Walked"	"Det vandrande berget"
62	"The Tomb"	"Graven"
63	"The Ocean Wind"	"Kentauren"
63	"The Ocean Wind"	"Zeppelinpiraterna"
63	"The Ocean Wind"	"Valdomptören"
64	"The Sleeping Forest"	"Den sovande skogen"
65	"Isle of the Giant"	"Jätteön"
66	"Universal Love"	"Besök från stjärnvärlden"
67	"Magnetic Island"	"Magnetön"
68	"The Castaway"	"Med raket till Jupiter"
69	"City in the Deep"	"Staden i djupet"
70	"Witchman's Peak"	"Häxtoppen"
71	"The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest"	"Skönhetstävlingen"
72	"The Casino"	"Kasinot"
73	"The Place Called X"	"En plats kallad X"
74	"The Invaders"	"Invasion"
75	"The Mesa"	"På resa i Vilda Västern"
76	"The Birthday Party"	"Återkomst till Magna/ Födelsedagsfesten"
77	"The Invisible Thief"	"Den osynlige tjuven"		49-1959	missing 2 strips

Allers familjejournal /Allers

The magazine merged with "Familjejournalen" in 1959 and the magazine changed its name to Allers familjejournal (from issue 46), shortened to Allers from the first issue in 1968.

Mandrake stories in Allers familjejournal /Allers

#	Original story title	Swedish title	Start issue	End issue	Comment
78	"The Watcher"	"Väktaren"	46-1959	09-1960
79	"The Old West Revisited"	"Kaktusligan"	10-1960	17-1960
80	"The Horse Thief"	"Hästtjuven"	18-1960	28-1960
81	"The Abominable Snowman"	"Besök på Olympen"	29-1960	52-1960
82	"The Demon Photographer"	"Demonfotografen"	01-1961	12-1961
83	"The Radio Telescope"	"Vattenpirater"	13-1961	14-1961
84	"The Water Pirates"	"Vattenpirater"	15-1961	31-1961
85	"Sky Raid"	"Räd i luften"	32-1961	40-1961
86	"The Summit Conference"	"Toppmötet"	41-1961
87	"The Space Thing"	"Parasiten"
88	"The Diversion"	"Zoorånet"	21-1962
89	"The Collector"	"Museimysteriet"
90	"Task Test"	"Hemligt uppdrag"		18-1963
91	"The Trade Commission"	"Ambassadörerna"
92	"The Ghost Lover"	"Galaxspöket"
93	"The Double"	"Andros"	18-1964	37-1964
94	"The Castaway"	"Rymdens fånge"
95	"The Mole"	"Mullvaden"
96	"The Traveller's Tale"	"Opolo"
97	"The Cobra Returns"	"Cobrans återkomst"
98	"The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel"	"Inter-Intel"
99	"The Astro Pirates"	"Stratosfärpirater"
100	"The Blackout Caper"	"D:r Zeds hemlighet"
101	"The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar"	"Första mötet med Lothar"
102	"The Game of Chance"	"Baron Chance"
103	"Invasion of the Babu"	"Baboonerna"
104	"Second Chance"	"Baron Chance igjen"
105	"The All or Nothing Hunt"	"Vadet"
106	"The Galactic Rumble"	"Kosmisk fälla"
107	"The Invaders"	"Test från rymden"
108	"The 3D Monster"	"De 3-dimensionella monstren"
109	"The Solar Wind"	"Ambassadören"		17-1971	1/3 of page format from #8
110	"The Mystery"	"Subspionen"
111	"Hojo's Secret"	"Hojos lediga dag"
112	"The Shark"	"Hajen"
113	"The Hidden College of Magic"	"Magiskolan invaderad"
114	"The Space Pack"	"Planetätarna"
115	"The Garden of the Inca"	"Guldträdgården"
116	"Emile, Emir of Emmo"	"Den odödlige emiren Emile"
117	"The Blue Thing"	"Kristalldimensionen"
118	"The Basilisk"	"Basilisken"
119	"The Mystery of the Stone Face"	"Stenansiktet"
120	"Lothar's Walk in the Park"	"Lothars promenad"
121	"The Mystery of Inter-Intel"	"Tjuven hos Inter Intel"
122	"Fun with Mandrake"	"Mandrakes promenad"
123	"The Bank Robbery"	"Mandrakes promenad"
124	"Return to X"	"Dimension X igen"		1975

External links

• Seriesam: Allers ungdomsrevy