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Image:mandrake_formatic-01.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-01.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 1/1962 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1/1962]] | ||
Image:mandrake_formatic-02.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-02.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 1/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1/1963]] | ||
Image:mandrake_formatic-03.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-03.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 2/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #2/1963]] | ||
Image:mandrake_formatic-04.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-04.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 3/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #3/1963]] | ||
Image:mandrake_formatic-05.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-05.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 4/1963 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #4/1963]] | ||
Image:mandrake_formatic-06.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Formatic Press) | Image:mandrake_formatic-06.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake 1/1964 (Formatic Press)|''Mandrake'' #1/1964]] | ||
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Unsold issues from ''Formatic Press'' was stitched together by '''Tidskriftservice Stockholm''' and sold as '''''Dubbelserien'''''. | Unsold issues from ''Formatic Press'' was stitched together by '''Tidskriftservice Stockholm''' and sold as '''''Dubbelserien'''''. | ||
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Revision as of 13:03, 6 May 2012
Mandrake was published by the Swedish publisher Formatic Press in 1962 - 1964.
History
In 1962 Formatic Press start printing large sized comic books in black and white. With the nice quality of the print and with the thicker cover the magazine was something between a comic book and an album.
The various series was mainly reprint of daily strips; Flash Gordon (Blixt Gordon!! by Dan Barry, Mandrake by Phil Davis, Buzz Sawayer (Buzz Cooper) by Roy Crane, Rip Kirby (Peter Falk) by Alex Raymond, Spud & Co (Spud och Tim / Bob och Frank) by Lyman Young. Dr Bennett by Frank Thorne, John Perry by Ken Bald, Ben Bolt by John Collen Murphy, Uncas by Bertil Wilhelmsson.
Issue overview
Unsold issues from Formatic Press was stitched together by Tidskriftservice Stockholm and sold as Dubbelserien.
