Prinz Eisenherz-Heft

Prinz Eisenherz-Heft
First issue
Country/language:	Germany / German
Publishing company:	Aller GmbH
Publishing years:	1954 - 1955
Issues:	15
Format:	18,5 x 25,5 cm, color

Prinz Eisenherz is a German "Prince Valiant" publication, published between 1954 and 1955.

Issue overview

Regular series

Aller Verlag published the first issue of a title called "Prinz Eisenherz Heft" in 1954. The magazine was named after the main character "Prinz Eisenherz (Prince Valiant)" by Hal Foster, previous printed in the Phantom-Heft series. The first issue was year 3 so it seems like the "Phantom-Heft" series in January 1954 splitting into two different magazines: the "Phantom-Heft" and the "Prinz Eisenherz Heft" series.

In addition the magazine printed several other characters like:

• "Bob und Frank (Tim Tyler's Luck)" by Lyman Young and Tom Massey (1954: 1, 5 & 1955: 2, 5),
• "Hopalong Cassidy" by William Boyd (1954: 2, 3, 4),
• "Mandra (Mandrake the Magician)" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis (1954: 3 & 1955: 1),
• "Felix der Kater (Felix The Cat)" by Otto Messmer (1954: 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 1955: 1),
• "Blondie" by Chic Young (1954: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 1955: 1),
• "Lilo" by ? (1954: 5),
• "Rip Korby (Rip Kirby)" by Alex Raymond (1954: 6, 10 & 1955: 3, 4),
• "Hans Wagemut" (1954: 7),
• "Petz: ... und sein magischer Knopf" (1954: 8, 9),
• "Der Oberst und die Herzogin (Colonel Pottersby and the Duchess)" by Chic Young (1954: 8, 9, 10),
• "Karl Späher" (1954: 9),
• "Oma (Grandma)" by Charles Kuhn (1954: 9),
• "Klein Margot (Little Iodine)" by Jimmy Hatlo (1955: 1, 3),
• "Theobald (Henry)" by Carl Anderson (1955: 3) and
• "Schifferkarl (Popeye)" by Bud Sagendorf (1955: 3).

The photo covers are lifted from the Prince Valiant film from 1954.

The first magazine has price tag for West Germany, Österreich (Austria) and Saargebiet (eg Saarland, became part of West Germany in 1955). The second cover has price tag for West Germany, Österreich (Austria) and Saarland. Later the price tag including Schweiz (Switzerland) and Luxemburg (Luxembourg).

1954

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  issue 1

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  issue 2

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  issue 3
  with Mandrake

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  issue 4

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  issue 5

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  issue 6

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  issue 7

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  issue 8

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  issue 9

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  issue 10

1955

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  issue 1
  with Mandrake

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  issue 2

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  issue 3

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  issue 4

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  issue 5

Reprints

All issues was reprinted by Norbert Hethke Verlag in the years 1992 to 1993.

External links

• ComicGuide: Prinz Eisenherz-Heft