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Mandrake - Il Vascello was the regular series of Mandrake comic books published by the Italian publisher Fratelli Spada. Being the direct continuation of a similar series previously released by the La Freccia publications, with a total of 474 issues released from 1962 to 1980. Although it was essentially the same publication for the entire run, it was relaunched with restarted numbering several times, dividing the run into four distinctive series.

Issue overview

First series (1962-1967)

The first issue is dated January 5, 1962 and the last (#140) February 19, 1967. The format was 15 × 21.5 cm for generally 32 pages but some issues had 80 pages.

Mandrake being written predominantly as the main title but the numbering are for the subtitle Il Vascello. The with a new layout for the covers for issue 27 the sub-title changed to Albi de Il Vascello. The layout for the covers changes once more from issue 129, but the sub-tile was still Albi de Il Vascello.

The "Mandrake" material was mainly composed of stories drawn by Italian artists but American reprinted material was also published.

As back-up stories the series started to print "Bat Star" (Brick Bradford) by William Ritt and Clarence Gray from issue 84. #102 presents "Judd Saxon" by Ken Bald and #103 present "Juliet Jones" by Stan Drake. The series also printed various series as: "Sub Agent"; "Cheenne Kid" and war stories from Charlton.

In addition there are several one page comic in issues 80 to 90: "Pippo a Lalla" (Hi and Lois) by Mort Walker and Dick Browne; "Il Professor Filippa" (Professor Phumble) by Bill Yates; "Beetle Bailey" by Mort Walker; "Blondie" by Chic Young; "Henry" by Carl Anderson; "Lord Blumm" by Ralston Jones and Frank Ridgeway; "Barney Google" and "Snuff Smith" by Frank Lasswell. And in issues 99 to 102: "Gian Tempesta" (Dennis the Menace) by Hank Ketcham are printed on the two last cover pages, while issues 118 to 120 have "Lulu" by Sixta.

The covers are made by: E. Car, Domenico Mirabella, Germano Ferri and Mario Caria

1962	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1963	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52
1964	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78
1965	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104
1966	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136
1967	137	138	139	140

Albums

Unsold copies were later glued together and given new covers and sold as Raccolta Mandrake.

Mandrake Raccolta #1

Second series (1967-1971)

The first issue of this specific is dated March 4, 1967. The cover layout and format size was kept but the numbering restarted from #1, now with the sub-title Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie. The number of pages was also 36 until issue #100. It increased to 56 pages from issue #100 to 110, before having 68 pages for the rest of the series. The sub-title once again changes from issue 171; Albi de Il Vascello. The series ended with the issue #206 dated April 18, 1971.

Once again, it was mainly composed of "Mandrake" stories drawn by Italian artists, but also by Phil Davis and Fred Fredericks.

As back up stories the series printed "Johnny Safari" from #67, issues 85 to 93 printed "Cino e Franko" (Tim Tyler's Luck) by Lyman Young, issues 77 to 89 have "Capitan Baroud" by Carraz and the comic book version of "Bat Star" (Brick Bradford).

"Gordon" (Flash Gordon) by Al Wllliamson, Mac Raboy, Dan Barry and Ric Estrada are printed as back up stories from #97 to 150 and #167 to the end of the series.

In addition from #67 the series reprinted various adventure stories from the archives of "Victorious" including "Gervasio" by Carlo Peroni. And other back up series as: "Agent Sub"; "Merman" by Lee Elias; "Wyatt Earp" by Nicholas Alascia and Sal Trapani; "Furia Nera" (Black Fury) by Mastroserio.

The covers are made by: Mario Caria, Mario Pedrazzi, Nicholas Alascia, Domenico Mirabella, Angelo Todaro Romano Felmang and U. Sam. They sometimes represented others comic characters than Mandrake and were less often painted.

1967	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44
1968	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	96
1969	97	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	130	131	132	133	134	135	136	137	138	139	140	141	142	143	144
1970	145	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154	155	156	157	158	159	160	161	162	163	164	165	166	167	168	169	170	171	172	173	174	175	176	177	178	179	180	181	182	183	184	185	186	187	188	189	190	191	192
1971	193	194	195	196	197	198	199	200	201	202	203	204	205	206

Supplements

Card: C'era una volta in #191.
Cards: Le Cartorama in issues 99 to 108.

Albums

Unsold copies of the first and second series were later glued together and given new covers and sold as Raccolta Mandrake.

During this time one also find some Mandrake issues in the Busta Spada series / nb: some similar albums for the "Fratelli Spada" series "Avventure Americane - L'Uomo Mascherato" may also contains a few " Mandrake - Il Vascello" issues. However the issues inside the albums may vary due to how many copies the publisher had of each unsold issue (example : raccolta "Avventure Americane - L'Uomo Mascherato" # 6 may contains Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 76...).

Third series (1971-1972)

Beginning on May 9, 1971 with an issue numbered #1, it stopped on March 15, 1972 with the issue #32. This time the format size was reduced. The sub-title was Il Vascello - nuova serie and below the main title Mandrake one now find e le avventure Flash Gordon.

The Mandrake stories are by Phil Davis, Fred Fredericks, Domenico Mirabella (issues 8 and 11), Angelo Todaro (issues 6 and 12) and Maurizio Santoro (issue 7).

1971	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
1972	26	27	28	29	30	31	32

Supplements

Comic book: La legge del deserto, 16 pgs, 13,8 x 20,3 cm, in #11.

Fourth series (1972-1980)

On April 16, 1972, this new start was founded on a larger format size and with sub-title Albi del Vascello – Serie Cronologica. The Serie Cronologica issues 1 to 8 had a dual numbering; Serie Cronologica #1 was also Mandrake #33, continuing the numbering of the previous third series. From issue 77 the sub-title for the series was renamed to Albi del Vascello and the series continued until #96 on January 1, 1980.

The humorous "Convegno dell'allegria" by Albe was printed on the back cover from #25, and from #41 the back cover figures Jacovitti. As back up series from issue 75: "Flash Gordon" by Dan Barry, "Big Ben Bolt" by John Cullen Murphy, "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins, "Rip Kirby" by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson.

The covers are by Mario Caria.

1972	1 / 33	2 / 34	3 / 35	4 / 36	5 / 37	6 / 38	7 / 39	8 / 40	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
1973	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
1974	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70
1975	71	72	73	74
1976	75	76
1977	77	78	79	80	81	82
1978	83	84	85	86	87	88
1979	89	90	91	92	93	94	95
1980	96

Supplements

Sunday pages: Issues 1 to 40 had a separate folded supplement of 8 pages included which reproduced the Sunday stories in chronological order.
Poster: Mandrake in #45.
Stickers: Billy Sport in #91.

Albums

Collector binder

In 1973 Spada sold two collector binders so the folded supplement inserts could be collected into two hardcover books, both with index pages for the supplement.

Raccolta Super Mandrake

Unsold copies of the fourth series, glued together and given new covers.

Raccolta Mandrake Special

Raccolta Mandrake Special #11

L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake

Reprint of the Sunday inserts, glued together to form a books. At the first inner cover it is an index the 4 issues of this series, similar as for the French L'âge d'or – Mandrake series. But it is uncertain whether issues 2, 3 and 4 were released in Italy.

L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake #1

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-'''''Mandrake - Il Vascello''''' was the regular series of [[Mandrake]] comic books published by the [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] publisher [[Fratelli Spada]]. Being the direct continuation of a similar series previously released by the (La Freccia) publications, with a total of 474 issues released from 1962 to 1980. Although it was essentially the same publication for the entire run, it was relaunched with  restarted numbering several times, dividing the run into four distinctive series.
+'''Mandrake - Il Vascello''' was the regular series of [[Mandrake]] comic books published by the [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] publisher [[Fratelli Spada]]. Being the direct continuation of a similar series previously released by the [[La Freccia]] publications, with a total of 474 issues released from 1962 to 1980. Although it was essentially the same publication for the entire run, it was relaunched with  restarted numbering several times, dividing the run into four distinctive series.
-== History==
+==Issue overview==
 === First series (1962-1967) ===
 The first issue is dated January 5, 1962 and the last (#140) February 19, 1967. The format was 15 × 21.5 cm for generally 32 pages but some issues had 80 pages.
-'''''Mandrake''''' being written predominantly as the main title but the numbering are for the subtitle '''''Il Vascello'''''. The with a new layout for the covers for issue 27 the sub-title changed to '''''Albi de Il Vascello'''''. The layout for the covers changes once more from issue 129, but the sub-tile was still '''''Albi de Il Vascello'''''.
+'''Mandrake''' being written predominantly as the main title but the numbering are for the subtitle '''Il Vascello'''. The with a new layout for the covers for issue 27 the sub-title changed to '''Albi de Il Vascello'''. The layout for the covers changes once more from issue 129, but the sub-tile was still '''Albi de Il Vascello'''.
-The material was mainly composed of stories drawn by Italian artists but American reprinted material was also published.
-A large part of the painted color covers are works by [[Mario Caria]].
+The "Mandrake" material was mainly composed of stories drawn by [[Fratelli Spada stories|Italian artists]] but American reprinted material was also published.
+As back-up stories the series started to print "Bat Star" ''(Brick Bradford)'' by William Ritt and Clarence Gray from issue 84. #102 presents "Judd Saxon" by Ken Bald and #103 present "Juliet Jones" by Stan Drake. The series also printed various series as: "Sub Agent"; "Cheenne Kid" and war stories from Charlton.
+In addition there are several ''one page'' comic in issues 80 to 90: "Pippo a Lalla" ''(Hi and Lois)'' by Mort Walker and Dick Browne; "Il Professor Filippa" ''(Professor Phumble)'' by Bill Yates; "Beetle Bailey" by Mort Walker; "Blondie" by Chic Young; "Henry" by Carl Anderson; "Lord Blumm" by Ralston Jones and Frank Ridgeway; "Barney Google" and "Snuff Smith" by Frank Lasswell. And in issues 99 to 102: "Gian Tempesta" ''(Dennis the Menace)'' by Hank Ketcham are printed on the two last cover pages, while issues 118 to 120 have "Lulu" by Sixta.
+The covers are made by: [[Ezio Carretti|E. Car]], [[Domenico Mirabella]], [[Germano Ferri]] and [[Mario Caria]]
-==== Issue overview====
 {| {{table}}
 ||'''1962''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 1|1]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 2|2]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 3|3]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 4|4]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 5|5]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 6|6]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 7|7]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 8|8]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 9|9]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 10|10]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 11|11]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 12|12]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 13|13]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 14|14]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 15|15]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 16|16]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 17|17]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 18|18]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 19|19]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 20|20]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 21|21]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 22|22]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 23|23]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 24|24]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 25|25]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello 26|26]] || colspan="6" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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 |-
 |}
+==== Albums====
+Unsold copies were later glued together and given new covers and sold as ''[[Mandrake - Supplemento Album de Il Vascello|Raccolta Mandrake]]''.
+<gallery>
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-01.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 1|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #1]]
+</gallery>
 === Second series (1967-1971) ===
-The first issue of this specific is dated March 4, 1967. The cover layout and format size was kept but the numbering restarted from #1, now with the sub-title '''''Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie'''''. The number of pages was also 36 until issue #100. It increased to 56 pages from issue #100 to 110, before having 68 pages for the rest of the series. The sub-title once again changes from issue 171; '''''Albi de Il Vascello'''''.
+The first issue of this specific is dated March 4, 1967. The cover layout and format size was kept but the numbering restarted from #1, now with the sub-title '''''Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie'''''. The number of pages was also 36 until issue #100. It increased to 56 pages from issue #100 to 110, before having 68 pages for the rest of the series. The sub-title once again changes from issue 171; '''''Albi de Il Vascello'''''. The series ended with the issue #206 dated April 18, 1971.
-The series ended with the issue #206 dated April 18, 1971. Once again, it was mainly composed of stories drawn by Italian artists with some stories already published in the previous series.
-The covers sometimes represented others comic characters than the Mandrake and were less often painted. Unsold copies were later glued together and given new covers and sold as ''[[Raccolta Mandrake (Supplemento album de il Vascello)|Raccolta Mandrake]]''. During this time one also find some Mandrake issues in a series named [[Busta Spada]].
+Once again, it was mainly composed of "Mandrake" stories drawn by Italian artists, but also by [[Phil Davis]] and [[Fred Fredericks]].
+As back up stories the series printed "Johnny Safari" from #67, issues 85 to 93 printed "Cino e Franko" ''(Tim Tyler's Luck)'' by Lyman Young, issues 77 to 89 have "Capitan Baroud" by Carraz and the comic book version of "Bat Star" ''(Brick Bradford)''.
+"Gordon" ''(Flash Gordon)'' by Al Wllliamson, Mac Raboy, Dan Barry and Ric Estrada are printed as back up stories from #97 to 150 and #167 to the end of the series.
+In addition from #67 the series reprinted various adventure stories from the archives of "Victorious" including "Gervasio" by Carlo Peroni. And other back up series as: "Agent Sub"; "Merman" by Lee Elias; "Wyatt Earp" by Nicholas Alascia and Sal Trapani; "Furia Nera" ''(Black Fury'') by Mastroserio.
+The covers are made by: [[Mario Caria]], [[Mario Pedrazzi]], [[Nicholas Alascia]], [[Domenico Mirabella]], [[Angelo Todaro]]
+[[Romano Felmang]] and [[Umberto Sammarini|U. Sam]]. They sometimes represented others comic characters than Mandrake and were less often painted.
-==== Issue overview====
 {| {{table}}
 || '''1967''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 1|1]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 2|2]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 3|3]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 4|4]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 5|5]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 6|6]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 7|7]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 8|8]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 9|9]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 10|10]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 11|11]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 12|12]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 13|13]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 14|14]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 15|15]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 16|16]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 17|17]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 18|18]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 19|19]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 20|20]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 21|21]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 22|22]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 23|23]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 24|24]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 25|25]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 26|26]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 27|27]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 28|28]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 29|29]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 30|30]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 31|31]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 32|32]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 33|33]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 34|34]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 35|35]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 36|36]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 37|37]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 38|38]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 39|39]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 40|40]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 41|41]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 42|42]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 43|43]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 44|44]] || colspan="8" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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 |-
 |}
+====Supplements====
+*Card: ''C'era una volta'' in #191.
+*Cards: ''Le Cartorama'' in issues 99 to 108.
+==== Albums====
+Unsold copies of the first and second series were later glued together and given new covers and sold as ''[[Mandrake - Supplemento Album de Il Vascello|Raccolta Mandrake]]''.
+<gallery>
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-02.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 2|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #2]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-03.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 3|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #3]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-04.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 4|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #4]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-05.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 5|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #5]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-06.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 6|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #6]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-07.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 7|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #7]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-08.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 8|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #8]]
+Image:raccolta_mandrake-supp-09.jpg|[[Mandrake - Raccolta 9|''Mandrake'' Raccolta #9]]
+</gallery>
+During this time one also find some Mandrake issues in the [[Busta Spada]] series / nb: some similar albums for the "Fratelli Spada" series "Avventure Americane - L'Uomo Mascherato" may also contains a few " Mandrake - Il Vascello" issues. However the issues inside the albums may vary due to how many copies the publisher had of each unsold issue (example :  raccolta  "Avventure Americane - L'Uomo Mascherato" # 6 may contains [[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 76]]...).
 === Third series (1971-1972) ===
 Beginning on May 9, 1971 with an issue numbered #1, it stopped on March 15, 1972 with the issue #32. This time the format size was reduced. The sub-title was '''''Il Vascello - nuova serie''''' and below the main title '''''Mandrake''''' one now find '''''e le avventure Flash Gordon'''''.
+The Mandrake stories are by [[Phil Davis]], [[Fred Fredericks]], [[Domenico Mirabella]] ''(issues 8 and 11)'', [[Angelo Todaro]] ''(issues 6 and 12)'' and [[Maurizio Santoro]] ''(issue 7)''.
-==== Issue overview====
 {| {{table}}
 || '''1971''' || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 1 |1]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 2 |2]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 3 |3]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 4 |4]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 5 |5]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 6 |6]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 7 |7]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 8 |8]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 9 |9]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 10 |10]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 11 |11]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 12 |12]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 13 |13]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 14 |14]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 15 |15]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 16 |16]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 17 |17]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 18 |18]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 19 |19]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 20 |20]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 21 |21]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 22 |22]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 23 |23]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 24 |24]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 25 |25]]
 |-
 || '''1972''' || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 26 |26]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 27 |27]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 28 |28]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 29 |29]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 30 |30]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 31 |31]] || [[Mandrake (e le avventure Flash Gordon) - Il Vascello 32 |32]] || colspan="18" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
 |-
 |}
+====Supplements====
+*Comic book: ''La legge del deserto'', 16 pgs, 13,8 x 20,3 cm, in #11.
 === Fourth series (1972-1980) ===
-On April 16, 1972, this new start was founded on a larger format size and with sub-title '''''Albi del Vascello – Serie Cronologica'''''. The ''Serie Cronologica'' issues 1 to 8 had a dual numbering; ''Serie Cronologica'' #1 was also ''Mandrake'' #33, continuing the numbering of the previous third series. From issue 77 the sub-title for the series was renamed to '''''Albi del Vascello''''' and the series continued until #96 on January 1, 1980.
+On April 16, 1972, this new start was founded on a larger format size and with sub-title '''Albi del Vascello – Serie Cronologica'''. The ''Serie Cronologica'' issues 1 to 8 had a dual numbering; ''Serie Cronologica'' #1 was also ''Mandrake'' #33, continuing the numbering of the previous third series. From issue 77 the sub-title for the series was renamed to '''Albi del Vascello''' and the series continued until #96 on January 1, 1980.
-Unsold copies were glued together and given new covers and sold as '''''[[Raccolta Super Mandrake]]'''''.
-Issues 1 to 40 had a separate folded supplement of 8 pages included which reproduced the [[Sunday stories]] in chronological order. In 1973 the inserts were collected into two [[Mandrake (Tavole domenicali cronologiche)|hardcover books]], both with loose index pages and supplement. In 1980 the Sunday inserts were reprinted and glued together to form the four books named ''[[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake]]''.
+The humorous "Convegno dell'allegria" by Albe was printed on the back cover from #25, and from #41 the back cover figures Jacovitti. As back up series from issue 75: "Flash Gordon" by Dan Barry, "Big Ben Bolt" by John Cullen Murphy, "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins, "Rip Kirby" by John Prentice and Fred Dickenson.
+The covers are by [[Mario Caria]].
-==== Issue overview====
 {| {{table}}
 || '''1972''' || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 33 – Serie Cronologica 1|1 / 33]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 34 – Serie Cronologica 2|2 / 34]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 35 – Serie Cronologica 3|3 / 35]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 36 – Serie Cronologica 4|4 / 36]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 37 – Serie Cronologica 5|5 / 37]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 38 – Serie Cronologica 6|6 / 38]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 39 – Serie Cronologica 7|7 / 39]] || <small>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello 40 – Serie Cronologica 8|8 / 40]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 9|9]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 10|10]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 11|11]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 12|12]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 13|13]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 14|14]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 15|15]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 16|16]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 17|17]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 18|18]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 19|19]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 20|20]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 21|21]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 22|22]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 23|23]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 24|24]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 25|25]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 26|26]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 27|27]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 28|28]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 29|29]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 30|30]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 31|31]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 32|32]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 33|33]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 34|34]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 35|35]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 36|36]]
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 || '''1976''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 75|75]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 76|76]] || colspan="34" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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-|| '''1977''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 77|77]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 78|78]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 79|79]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 80|80]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 81|81]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 82|82]] || colspan="30" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
+|| '''1977''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 77|77]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 78|78]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 79|79]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 80|80]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 81|81]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 82|82]] || colspan="30" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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-|| '''1978''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 83|83]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 84|84]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 85|85]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 86|86]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 87|87]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 88|88]] || colspan="30" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
+|| '''1978''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 83|83]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 84|84]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 85|85]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 86|86]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 87|87]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 88|88]] || colspan="30" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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-|| '''1979''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 89|89]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 90|90]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 91|91]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 92|92]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 93|93]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 94|94]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 95|95]] || colspan="31" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
+|| '''1979''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 89|89]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 90|90]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 91|91]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 92|92]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 93|93]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 94|94]] || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello – Serie Cronologica 95|95]] || colspan="31" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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 || '''1980''' || [[Mandrake - Il Vascello - Serie Cronologica 96|96]] || colspan="35" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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 |}
+====Supplements====
+*Sunday pages: Issues 1 to 40 had a separate folded supplement of 8 pages included which reproduced the [[Sunday stories]] in chronological order.
+*Poster: ''Mandrake'' in #45.
+*Stickers: ''Billy Sport'' in #91.
+====Albums====
+=====Collector binder=====
+In 1973 Spada sold two collector binders so the folded supplement inserts could be collected into two hardcover books, both with index pages for the supplement.
+<gallery>
+Image:mandrake-tdc-01.jpg|[[Mandrake (Tavole domenicali cronologiche) 1|''issue'' 1]]
+Image:mandrake-tdc-01.jpg|[[Mandrake (Tavole domenicali cronologiche) 2|''issue'' 2]]
+</gallery>
+=====[[Mandrake - Supplemento Album de Il Vascello|Raccolta Super Mandrake]]=====
+Unsold copies of the fourth series, glued together and given new covers.
+<gallery>
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-01.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 1|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #1]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-02.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 2|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #2]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-03.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 3|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #3]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-04.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 4|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #4]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-05.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 5|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #5]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-06.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 6|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #6]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-07.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 7|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #7]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-08.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 8|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #8]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-09.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 9|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #9]]
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-10.jpg|[[Raccolta Super Mandrake 10|''Raccolta'' Super Mandrake #10]]
+</gallery>
+=====Raccolta Mandrake Special=====
+<gallery>
+Image:raccolta_super-mandrake-supp-11.jpg|[[Raccolta Mandrake Special 11|''Raccolta'' Mandrake Special #11]]
+</gallery>
+=====[[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake]]=====
+Reprint of the Sunday inserts, glued together to form a books. At the first inner cover it is an index the 4 issues of this series, similar as for the French [[L'âge d'or – Mandrake]] series. But it is uncertain whether issues 2, 3 and 4 were released in Italy.
+<gallery>
+Image:epoca-oro-mandrake-01.jpg|[[L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake 1|''L'epoca d'oro di'' Mandrake #1]]
+</gallery>
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Mandrake - Il Vascello: Difference between revisions

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Contents

Issue overview

First series (1962-1967)

Albums

Second series (1967-1971)

Supplements

Albums

Third series (1971-1972)

Supplements

Fourth series (1972-1980)

Supplements

Albums

Collector binder

Raccolta Super Mandrake

Raccolta Mandrake Special

L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake

Navigation menu

Mandrake - Il Vascello: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:18, 11 September 2022

Issue overview

First series (1962-1967)

Albums

Second series (1967-1971)

Supplements

Albums

Third series (1971-1972)

Supplements

Fourth series (1972-1980)

Supplements

Albums

Collector binder

Raccolta Super Mandrake

Raccolta Mandrake Special

L'epoca d'oro di Mandrake

Navigation menu

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