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'''''Mandrake Spécial''''' was the title of two [[France|French]] comic series dedicated to "[[Mandrake]]".
{{Series
|Title=Mondes Mystérieux<br>Spécial Mandrake
|image= [[Image:Spécial-Mandrake_01.jpg|200px]]
|Sample= First issue
|Country= [[Image:mini_france.gif]] France / French
|Publisher= [[Editions des Remparts]]
|Date= 1963–1979
|Issues= 99 + 22
|Format= 17×24 < 19×13 cm,<br>b/w & color
|}}


== First series ==
'''Spécial Mandrake''' was the title of two [[Mandrake publications in France|French]] comic series dedicated to "[[Mandrake]]".
The first series was based on the [[Italy|Italian]] series [[Super Albo - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Mandrake Super Albo'']]. The French series was published by ''[[Les Editions des Remparts]]'', a French comics editor based in Lyon, but it was printed in Italy by Fratelli Spada. It was also occasionally distributed in Quebec, [[Canada]] by ''Presses Selection Limitée'' in Montreal.  


99 issues were published from 1963 to 1972. It was published in a larger format than the regular ''[[Mandrake (Remparts)|Mandrake]]'' series, and was monthly for most of its run. Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums". There was to different series of the "albums". First there was 16 albums, containing issue 5 to 46. Next a total of 21 albums, containing issue 47 to 97, were published.  
==Issue overview==
===Regular series===
The first series was based on the [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] series [[Super Albo / Special Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|''Mandrake Super Albo'']] and was published in France by ''[[Les Editions des Remparts]]'', a French comics editor based in Lyon, but it was in fact translated and printed in Italy by Fratelli Spada. It was also occasionally distributed in Quebec, [[Mandrake publications in Canada|Canada]] by ''Presses Selection Limitée'' in Montreal.  


The issues featured [[dailies]] and [[Sundays]], from [[Phil Davis]] to [[Fred Fredericks]], and occasionally other back-up comics.
99 issues were published from 1963 to 1972, in a larger format than the regular ''[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux)|Mandrake]]'' series, and was monthly for most of its run. The issues featured [[Daily stories|dailies]] and [[Sunday stories|Sundays]], from [[Phil Davis]] to [[Fred Fredericks]], and occasionally other back-up comics.  


===Issue overview===
Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums" under two different series : firstly, there were 16 albums, containing issues # 5 to 46, followed by 21 other albums, containing issues # 47 to 97. However, in some of these albums, the inside regular issues have been retaken in an erratic order when not simply  missing... 
==== Regular series====
{| {{table}}
||'''1963''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 1|1]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 2|2]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 3|3]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 4|4]] || colspan="8" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1964''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 5|5]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 6|6]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 7|7]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 8|8]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 9|9]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 10|10]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 11|11]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 12|12]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 13|13]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 14|14]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 15|15]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 16|16]]
|-
||'''1965''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 17|17]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 18|18]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 19|19]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 20|20]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 21|21]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 22|22]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 23|23]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 24|24]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 25|25]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 26|26]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 27|27]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 28|28]]
|-
||'''1966''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 29|29]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 30|30]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 31|31]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 32|32]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 33|33]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 34|34]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 35|35]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 36|36]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 37|37]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 38|38]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 39|39]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 40|40]]
|-
||'''1967''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 41|41]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 42|42]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 43|43]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 44|44]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 45|45]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 46|46]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 47|47]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 48|48]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 49|49]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 50|50]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 51|51]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 52|52]]
|-
||'''1968''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 53|53]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 54|54]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 55|55]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 56|56]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 57|57]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 58|58]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 59|59]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 60|60]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 61|61]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 62|62]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 63|63]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 64|64]]
|-
||'''1969''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 65|65]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 66|66]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 67|67]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 68|68]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 69|69]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 70|70]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 71|71]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 72|72]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 73|73]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 74|74]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 75|75]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1970''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 76|76]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 77|77]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 78|78]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 79|79]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 80|80]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 81|81]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 82|82]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 83|83]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 84|84]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 85|85]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 86|86]] || bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1971''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 87|87]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 88|88]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 89|89]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 90|90]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 91|91]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 92|92]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 93|93]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 94|94]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 95|95]] || colspan="3" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1972''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 96|96]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 97|97]] || [[Mandrake Spécial 98|98]] || colspan="9" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1973''' || [[Mandrake Spécial 99|99]] || colspan="11" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
|}


<gallery>
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_01.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 1|issue 1]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_02.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 2|issue 2]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_03.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 3|issue 3]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_04.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 4|issue 4]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_05.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 5|issue 5]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_06.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 6|issue 6]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_07.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 7|issue 7]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_08.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 8|issue 8]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_09.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 9|issue 9]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_10.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 10|issue 10]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_11.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 11|issue 11]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_12.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 12|issue 12]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_13.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 13|issue 13]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_14.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 14|issue 14]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_15.JPG|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 15|issue 15]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_16.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 16|issue 16]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_17.JPG|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 17|issue 17]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_18.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 18|issue 18]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_19.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 19|issue 19]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_20.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 20|issue 20]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_21.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 21|issue 21]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_22.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 22|issue 22]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_23.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 23|issue 23]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_24.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 24|issue 24]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_25.JPG|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 25|issue 25]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_26.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 26|issue 26]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_27.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 27|issue 27]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_28.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 28|issue 28]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_29.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 29|issue 29]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_30.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 30|issue 30]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_31.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 31|issue 31]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_32.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 32|issue 32]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_33.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 33|issue 33]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_34.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 34|issue 34]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_35.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 35|issue 35]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_36.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 36|issue 36]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_37.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 37|issue 37]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_38.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 38|issue 38]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_39.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 39|issue 39]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_40.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 40|issue 40]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_41.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 41|issue 41]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_42.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 42|issue 42]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_43.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 43|issue 43]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_44.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 44|issue 44]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_45.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 45|issue 45]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_46.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 46|issue 46]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_47.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 47|issue 47]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_48.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 48|issue 48]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_49.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 49|issue 49]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_50.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 50|issue 50]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_51.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 51|issue 51]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_52.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 52|issue 52]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_53.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 53|issue 53]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_54.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 54|issue 54]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_55.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 55|issue 55]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_56.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 56|issue 56]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_57.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 57|issue 57]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_58.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 58|issue 58]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_59.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 59|issue 59]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_60.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 60|issue 60]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_61.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 61|issue 61]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_62.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 62|issue 62]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_63.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 63|issue 63]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_64.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 64|issue 64]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_65.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 65|issue 65]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_66.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 66|issue 66]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_67.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 67|issue 67]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_68.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 68|issue 68]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_69.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 69|issue 69]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_70.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 70|issue 70]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_71.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 71|issue 71]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_72.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 72|issue 72]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_73.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 73|issue 73]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_74.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 74|issue 74]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_75.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 75|issue 75]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_76.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 76|issue 76]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_77.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 77|issue 77]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_78.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 78|issue 78]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_79.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 79|issue 79]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_80.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 80|issue 80]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_81.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 81|issue 81]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_82.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 82|issue 82]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_83.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 83|issue 83]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_84.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 84|issue 84]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_85.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 85|issue 85]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_86.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 86|issue 86]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_87.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 87|issue 87]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_88.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 88|issue 88]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_89.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 89|issue 89]]
Image:SpMand90.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 90|issue 90]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_91.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 91|issue 91]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_92.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 92|issue 92]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_93.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 93|issue 93]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_94.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 94|issue 94]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_95.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 95|issue 95]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_96.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 96|issue 96]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_97.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 97|issue 97]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_98.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 98|issue 98]]
Image:Spécial-Mandrake_99.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 99|issue 99]]
</gallery>


====Album====
Unsold copies of comics from Editions des Remparts were collected into albums, glued together wrapped with a new cover.
===== Fantôme Album =====
Editions des Remparts also published a similar series with "[[The Phantom]]", ''"Le Fantôme"'' and ''[[Le Fantôme Spécial|"Spécial Le Fantôme]]"'', and unsold issues from these series were collected into a ''Fantôme Album'' series. The fourth issue often have issues 9 and 10 from the ''"Spécial Le Fantôme"'' series. In addition the third issue inside is mostly from the ''"Spécial Mandrake"'' series; like #5, #11.
There are Mandrake back-up stories in issues [[Le Fantôme Spécial 8|8]] and [[Le Fantôme Spécial 9|9]] in the regular ''"Spécial Le Fantôme"'' series, which is often collected in the fifth album in this series.
<gallery>
Image:Sp04albumserie1.jpg|[[Fantôme Album 4|''Fantôme'' Album 4]]
Image:Sp05albumserie1.jpg|[[Fantôme Album 5|''Fantôme'' Album 5]]
</gallery>
===== Mandrake Album =====
Unsold issues from the regular ''"Mandrake"'' and ''"Spécial Mandrake"'' were collected into a ''"Mandrake Album"'' series. The first ''"Spécial Mandrake"'' is in the sixth issue in this album series, which often contains the tenth issue from the regular ''"Spécial Mandrake"'' series. The fourteenth album often contains ''"Spécial Mandrake"'' issues up to #46.
<gallery>
Image:mmma-01-01.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 1|''Album #1<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-02.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 2|''Album #2<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-03.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 3|''Album #3<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-04.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 4|''Album #4<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-05.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 5|''Album #5<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-06.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 6|''Album #6<br>(Spécial Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-07.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 7|''Album #7<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-08.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 8|''Album #8<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-09.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 9|''Album #9<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-10.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 10|''Album #10<br>(Spécial Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-11.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 11|''Album #11<br>(Spécial Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-12.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 12|''Album #12<br>(Spécial Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-13.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 13|''Album #13<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-14.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 14|''Album #14<br>(Spécial Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-15.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 15|''Album #15<br>(Mandrake)]]
Image:mmma-01-16.jpg|[[Mandrake Album (initial series) 16|''Album #16<br>(Mandrake)]]
</gallery>
===== Spécial Mandrake Album =====
The unsold issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series #47 to #97 were collected into albums. Each album collected 3 issues from the regular "Spécial Mandrake" series, starting with #47-#49.
Since this was unsold issues the publishe now and then did not have enough unsold "Spécial Mandrake" to put into the albums. Then other older issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series or issues from other series were put into the albums.
<gallery>
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_01.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 1|''Spécial Mandrake'' #1]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_02.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 2|''Spécial Mandrake'' #2]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_03.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 3|''Spécial Mandrake'' #3]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_04.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 4|''Spécial Mandrake'' #4]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_05.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 5|''Spécial Mandrake'' #5]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_06.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 6|''Spécial Mandrake'' #6]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_07.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 7|''Spécial Mandrake'' #7]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_08.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 8|''Spécial Mandrake'' #8]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_09.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 9|''Spécial Mandrake'' #9]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_10.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 10|''Spécial Mandrake'' #10]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_11.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 11|''Spécial Mandrake'' #11]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_12.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 12|''Spécial Mandrake'' #12]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_13.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 13|''Spécial Mandrake'' #13]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_14.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 14|''Spécial Mandrake'' #14]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_15.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 15|''Spécial Mandrake'' #15]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_16.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 16|''Spécial Mandrake'' #16]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_17.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 17|''Spécial Mandrake'' #17]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_18.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 18|''Spécial Mandrake'' #18]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_19.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 19|''Spécial Mandrake'' #19]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_20.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 20|''Spécial Mandrake'' #20]]
Image:Spésial-Mandrake_Album_21.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) Album 21|''Spécial Mandrake'' #21]]
</gallery>
===== Spécial Le Fantôme Album =====
The unsold issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series #98 and #99 were collected into the "Spécial Le Fantôme" album series.
<gallery>
Image:Spésial-fantome_Album_10.jpg|[[Spécial Le Fantôme (Aventures Americaines) Album 21|''Spécial Le Fantôme'' #21]]
</gallery>
=== Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série ===
On the basis of the Italian series "[[I Quaderni del Fumetto]]" and "Flash Gordon" [[Les Editions des Remparts]] released four new series in 1973: '''"Spécial Mandrake"''' ''Nouvelle Série'', "Spécial Le Fantôme" ''Nouvelle Série'', "Parade de la bande dessinée" and "Flash Gordon" ''Guy l'Eclair''. These four series have the same covers and format as the Italian series, but the Mandrake and Phantom issues have other stories inside. Strangly enough, it seems that "Spécial Mandrake" #6 never was printed.
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Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-01.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 1|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #1]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-02.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 2|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #2]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-03.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 3|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #3]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-04.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 4|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #4]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-05.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 5|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #5]]
</gallery>
Starting from #7 the "Spécial Mandrake" series printed issues 4 to 19 from the Italian [[Mandrake Selezione]] series.
<gallery>
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-07.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 7|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #7]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-08.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 8|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #8]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-09.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 9|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #9]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-10.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 10|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #10]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-11.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 11|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #11]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-12.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 12|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #12]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-13.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 13|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #13]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-14.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 14|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #14]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-15.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 15|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #15]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-16.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 16|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #16]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-17.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 17|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #17]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-18.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 18|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #18]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-19.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 19|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #19]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-20.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 20|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #20]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-21.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 21|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #21]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-22.png|[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) - Nouvelle Série 22|''Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série'' #22]]
</gallery>
==== Spécial Mandrake Album ====
After the last issue of the series issues 7 to 18 was collected into Albums with "''new''" covers.
<gallery>
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-01.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 1 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #1]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-02.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 2 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #2]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-03.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 3 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #3]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-04.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 4 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #4]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-05.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 5 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #5]]
Image:spesial-mandrake-nouvelle-album-06.jpg|[[Spécial Mandrake Album 6 (second series)|''Spécial Mandrake<br>Album'' #6]]
</gallery>


== See also ==
== See also ==
*''[[Super Albo - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|Mandrake Super Albo]]''  
*''[[Super Albo / Special Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|Mandrake Super Albo]]''  
*''[[I Quaderni del Fumetto]]''
*''[[I Quaderni del Fumetto]]''
*''[[Mandrake Selezione]]''
*''[[Mandrake Selezione]]''
 
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Mondes Mystérieux
Spécial Mandrake
Spécial-Mandrake 01.jpg
First issue
Country/language: Mini france.gif France / French
Publishing company: Editions des Remparts
Publishing years: 1963–1979
Issues: 99 + 22
Format: 17×24 < 19×13 cm,
b/w & color


Spécial Mandrake was the title of two French comic series dedicated to "Mandrake".

Issue overview

Regular series

The first series was based on the Italian series Mandrake Super Albo and was published in France by Les Editions des Remparts, a French comics editor based in Lyon, but it was in fact translated and printed in Italy by Fratelli Spada. It was also occasionally distributed in Quebec, Canada by Presses Selection Limitée in Montreal.

99 issues were published from 1963 to 1972, in a larger format than the regular Mandrake series, and was monthly for most of its run. The issues featured dailies and Sundays, from Phil Davis to Fred Fredericks, and occasionally other back-up comics.

Unsold copies were later glued together with a new outer cover and sold as "albums" under two different series : firstly, there were 16 albums, containing issues # 5 to 46, followed by 21 other albums, containing issues # 47 to 97. However, in some of these albums, the inside regular issues have been retaken in an erratic order when not simply missing...

Album

Unsold copies of comics from Editions des Remparts were collected into albums, glued together wrapped with a new cover.

Fantôme Album

Editions des Remparts also published a similar series with "The Phantom", "Le Fantôme" and "Spécial Le Fantôme", and unsold issues from these series were collected into a Fantôme Album series. The fourth issue often have issues 9 and 10 from the "Spécial Le Fantôme" series. In addition the third issue inside is mostly from the "Spécial Mandrake" series; like #5, #11.

There are Mandrake back-up stories in issues 8 and 9 in the regular "Spécial Le Fantôme" series, which is often collected in the fifth album in this series.

Mandrake Album

Unsold issues from the regular "Mandrake" and "Spécial Mandrake" were collected into a "Mandrake Album" series. The first "Spécial Mandrake" is in the sixth issue in this album series, which often contains the tenth issue from the regular "Spécial Mandrake" series. The fourteenth album often contains "Spécial Mandrake" issues up to #46.

Spécial Mandrake Album

The unsold issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series #47 to #97 were collected into albums. Each album collected 3 issues from the regular "Spécial Mandrake" series, starting with #47-#49.

Since this was unsold issues the publishe now and then did not have enough unsold "Spécial Mandrake" to put into the albums. Then other older issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series or issues from other series were put into the albums.

Spécial Le Fantôme Album

The unsold issues from the "Spécial Mandrake" series #98 and #99 were collected into the "Spécial Le Fantôme" album series.

Spécial Mandrake - Nouvelle Série

On the basis of the Italian series "I Quaderni del Fumetto" and "Flash Gordon" Les Editions des Remparts released four new series in 1973: "Spécial Mandrake" Nouvelle Série, "Spécial Le Fantôme" Nouvelle Série, "Parade de la bande dessinée" and "Flash Gordon" Guy l'Eclair. These four series have the same covers and format as the Italian series, but the Mandrake and Phantom issues have other stories inside. Strangly enough, it seems that "Spécial Mandrake" #6 never was printed.

Starting from #7 the "Spécial Mandrake" series printed issues 4 to 19 from the Italian Mandrake Selezione series.

Spécial Mandrake Album

After the last issue of the series issues 7 to 18 was collected into Albums with "new" covers.

See also