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== Issue overview== | == Issue overview== | ||
'''Mandrake Selezione''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published from November 1976 to December 1979. | '''Mandrake Selezione''' was an Italian comic book dedicated to [[Mandrake]] and published from November 1976 to December 1979. On the cover and inside it says "mensile (monthly)" but in the publication period it skips 19 months. | ||
The stories in '''Mandrake Selezione''' were mainly dailies by [[Fred Fredericks]], except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a [[Fratelli Spada stories|Fratelli Spada story]]. The | A similar series, "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada featuring "[[The Phantom]]". The number of issues and release dates were the same for both series. | ||
=== Regular series=== | |||
The stories in '''Mandrake Selezione''' were mainly dailies by [[Fred Fredericks]], except one Sunday story and one ''reprint'' of a [[Fratelli Spada stories|Fratelli Spada story]]. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby". | |||
In August 1977 ''(issue 5)'' there is a sheet with two stickers. These are found in both the Mandrake and Phantom Selezione issues as well as also in the issues 3 and 4 in the Gordon series. There are four different sheets of stickers and these may vary within the same number. In total there are two stickers with Mandrake, two with the Phantom and four with drawings from Flash Gordon. | |||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1| | Image:mandrake-selezione-01.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 1|issue 1]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-02.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 2| | Image:mandrake-selezione-02.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 2|issue 2]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-03.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 3| | Image:mandrake-selezione-03.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 3|issue 3]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-04.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 4| | Image:mandrake-selezione-04.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 4|issue 4]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-05.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 5| | Image:mandrake-selezione-05.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 5|issue 5]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-06.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 6| | Image:mandrake-selezione-06.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 6|issue 6]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-07.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 7| | Image:mandrake-selezione-07.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 7|issue 7]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-08.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 8| | Image:mandrake-selezione-08.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 8|issue 8]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-09.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 9| | Image:mandrake-selezione-09.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 9|issue 9]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-10.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 10| | Image:mandrake-selezione-10.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 10|issue 10]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-11.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 11| | Image:mandrake-selezione-11.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 11|issue 11]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-12.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 12| | Image:mandrake-selezione-12.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 12|issue 12]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-13.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 13| | Image:mandrake-selezione-13.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 13|issue 13]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-14.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 14| | Image:mandrake-selezione-14.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 14|issue 14]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-15.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 15| | Image:mandrake-selezione-15.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 15|issue 15]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-16.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 16| | Image:mandrake-selezione-16.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 16|issue 16]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-17.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 17| | Image:mandrake-selezione-17.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 17|issue 17]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-18.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 18| | Image:mandrake-selezione-18.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 18|issue 18]] | ||
Image:mandrake-selezione-19.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 19| | Image:mandrake-selezione-19.png|[[Mandrake Selezione 19|issue 19]] | ||
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Unsold issues of the series were later collected into '''Super Mandrake''' albums with new covers. | Unsold issues of the series were later collected into '''Super Mandrake''' albums with new covers. | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png|[[Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione)| | File:mandrake-selezione-album-01.png|[[Super Mandrake 1 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 1]] | ||
File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png|[[Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione)| | File:mandrake-selezione-album-02.png|[[Super Mandrake 2 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 2]] | ||
File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png|[[Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione)| | File:mandrake-selezione-album-03.png|[[Super Mandrake 3 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 3]] | ||
File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png|[[Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione)| | File:mandrake-selezione-album-04.png|[[Super Mandrake 4 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 4]] | ||
File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png|[[Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione)| | File:mandrake-selezione-album-05.png|[[Super Mandrake 5 (Mandrake Selezione)|issue 5]] | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 12:33, 3 August 2026
| Mandrake Selezione | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | Fratelli Spada |
| Publishing years: | 1976-1979 |
| Issues: | 19 |
| Format: | 19x13 cm, color |
Issue overview
Mandrake Selezione was an Italian comic book dedicated to Mandrake and published from November 1976 to December 1979. On the cover and inside it says "mensile (monthly)" but in the publication period it skips 19 months.
A similar series, "Phantom Selezione", was also published by Fratelli Spada featuring "The Phantom". The number of issues and release dates were the same for both series.
Regular series
The stories in Mandrake Selezione were mainly dailies by Fred Fredericks, except one Sunday story and one reprint of a Fratelli Spada story. The series also printed various back-up stories such as: "Secret Agent X9", "Big Ben Bolt", "Captain Kate", "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler's Luck)", "Cisco Kid", "Flash Gordon" and "Rip Kirby".
In August 1977 (issue 5) there is a sheet with two stickers. These are found in both the Mandrake and Phantom Selezione issues as well as also in the issues 3 and 4 in the Gordon series. There are four different sheets of stickers and these may vary within the same number. In total there are two stickers with Mandrake, two with the Phantom and four with drawings from Flash Gordon.
Album series
Unsold issues of the series were later collected into Super Mandrake albums with new covers.
