Adresseavisen

Adresseavisen (Locally known as Adressa) is a Norwegian newspaper that published "Mandrake the Magician" daily strip from 1948 to 1956 and 1962 to 1998.

History

"Adresseavisen" is the oldest Norwegian newspaper still being published. It was first published 3 July 1767 as Kongelig allene privilegerede Trondheims Adresse-Contoirs Efterretninger. The name has changed several times before the newspaper got its present name in 1927.

Mandrake in Adresseavisen

First run

June 9, 1948 "Adresseavisen" printed the first strip of the Mandrake story "Felina". In the beginning Mandrake was the only comic in the newspaper and was printed a bit irregular (0-6 strips a week). The newspaper run the Mandrake strips up to 1954, with approximately a year delay from the US date.

Second run

May 5, 1962 "Adresseavisen" had an article, "The return of Mandrake". Writing that; Mandrake is among the very most compelling and popular comics in the world, 380 newspapers publish Mandrake regularly in a variety of languages, Monday he will appear in our columns with the giant computer "Goliat". The newspaper run the Mandrake strips up to 1995, with approximately a year delay from the US date.

Third run

When the story "The Ears of the Earth" ended in 1995 "Adresseavisen" started to reprint

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Published stories

Daily stories

#	Original story title	Start date	End date	Comment
41	"Felina"	June 9, 1948	December 10, 1948
42 - 44				not printed in Adresseavisen
45	"Sky Acres"	December 11, 1948	March 1, 1949
46	"The Ghost Plane"	March 9, 1949	June 14, 1949
47	"Cinderella of the Sea"	June 15, 1949	October 15, 1949
48	"Queen Ebony"	October 17, 1949	January 12, 1950
49	"The Big Tyme"	January 13, 1950	April 15, 1950
50	"Derek"	April 17, 1950	August 17, 1950
51	"The Amazing Ray"	August 18, 1950	November 25, 1950
52	"Lady Ermine"	November 27, 1950	January 31, 1951
53	"Mystery Taxi"	February 1, 1951	March 31, 1951
54	"Mystery at the Bar T Ranch"	April 2, 1951	June 22, 1951
55	"Deadman's Gulch"	June 23, 1951	July 20, 1951
56	"The Beauty Collector"	July 21, 1951	October 5, 1951
57	"The Dark One"	October 6, 1951	January 2, 1952
58 - 59				not printed in Adresseavisen
60	"Swami"	January 3, 1952	April 19, 1952
61	"Lenore"	April 21, 1952	July 18, 1952
62	"Mandrake's Birthday"	July 19, 1952	August 22, 1952
63	"The Face Mystery"	August 23, 1952	September 26, 1952
64	"The Conquerors"	October 1, 1952	December 3, 1952
65	"The Million Dollar Loaf"	December 3, 1952	February 10, 1953
66	"The Mysterious Phone Booth"	February 12, 1953	March 27, 1953
67	"The Silly Stuff Department"	April 4, 1953	May 20, 1953
68	"Cleopatra's Treasure"	May 21, 1953	September 4, 1953
69	"Out of Nowhere"	September 5, 1953	November 12, 1953
70	"The Impostor"	November 13, 1953	February 10, 1954
71 - 112				not printed in Adresseavisen
113	"Goliath"	May 7, 1962	September 20, 1962
114	"The Peddler"	September 21, 1962	November 29, 1962
115	"The City Jungle"	November 30, 1962	February 19, 1963
116	"Narda's TV Show"	February 20, 1963
117	"The Gamblers"
118	"The First Visitors"
119	"The Aftermath"
120	"Smuggler's Luck"
121	"The Giant Toothache"
122	"Master of Magic"
123	"The Disturber"
124	"The Butterfly Man"
125	"The Chief"
126	"Return of the Mirror People"
127	"The Team"
128	"The Odd Fellow"
129	"The Sign of 8"
130	"The Witches"
131	"The UFO"
132	"The Trail of 8"
133	"The Return of Evil"
134	"The Secret Weapon Caper"
135	"The Mysterious Bureau"
136	"Dr Dell and 8"
137	"The Gold Crisis"
138	"The Evil Ones"
139	"Battle of Xanadu"
140	"The Connoisseur"
141	"The Bribe"
142	"The Cobra Strikes (The College of Magic)"
143	"Karma's Adventure"
144	"Hojo's Tale"
145	"The Clay Camel (plus Women's Lib!)"
146	"Narda and the Cats"
147	"Kolosso"
148	"Magic Man"
149	"The Rogues"
150	"The Mission"
151	"Trail of the Pusher"
152	"Dr Xoz Prof. of Smells"
153	"The Ratmen of Rodencia"
154	"The Incredible Thief"
155	"Tale of Aleena"
156	"Super-Elec"
157	"The Bug Man"
158	"The Cobra and the Cube"
159	"The Search for the Cobra"
160	"The Thieves"
161	"Super Shark"
162	"The Frame-Up"
163	"The Evil Twin"
164	"Narda and the Sheik"
165	"The Mysterious Chief"
166	"The Pacific Circle"
167	"Mirage in Space"
168	"8"
169	"The Cooler"
170	"Mu"
171	"The Demon Dance"
172	"Mandrake's Gangster Gallery"
173	"Derek"
174	"Aleena the Enchantress"
175	"Hojo and 8"
176	"Mandrake's Family"
177	"The Short Cut"
178	"Haunted Road"
179	"The Crater World"
180	"The Evil Spirit of the East Wind"
181	"Badtown"
182	"The Gangster Ship"
183	"The Cruise Ship Mystery"
184	"Little Man"
185	"The Cloud"
186	"The Frightful School Day"
187	"Behind Death's Door"
188	"The Supercomputer"
189	"Reni's Place"
190	"The Hijacking"
191	"Lothar’s Afternoon"
192	"The Murder Contract"
193	"The Case of the Headless Man"
194	"Aleena and the Smugglers"
195	"Return of the Tinies"
196	"Deadman's Key"
197	"The Executioner from 8"
198	"The Clairvoyants"
199	"The Woods"
200	"Wall Walker"
201	"Madam Sir-See"
202	"Matter Mover"		November 22, 1990
203	"The Gift from 8"	November 23, 1990	March 12, 1991
204	"King Kered"	March 13, 1991	August 15, 1991
205	"Voodoo"	August 16, 1991	December 9, 1991
206	"The Other Side of Nowhere"	December 10, 1991	April 28, 1992
207	"Return of the Clay Camel...and Others"	April 29, 1992	September 18, 1992
208	"The Terrorists"	September 19, 1992	?
209	"Dr. Loqo's Secret Formula"	?	May 3, 1993
210	"The Mirror Mystery"	May 4, 1993	October 11, 1993
211	"The Book of Criminals"	October 12, 1993	June 3, 1994
212	"Narda's Dream"	June 4, 1994	August 26, 1994
213	"The Doppelganger"	August 27, 1994	December 16, 1994
214	"The Ears of the Earth"	December 17, 1994	March 22, 1995
				reprinted in Adresseavisen
183	"The Cruise Ship Mystery"	May 10, 1995	August 11, 1995
184	"Little Man"	August 12, 1995	December 1, 1995
185	"The Cloud"	December 2, 1995	February 13, 1996
188	"The Supercomputer"	February 14, 1996	May 30, 1996
195	"Return of the Tinies"	June 1, 1996	August 15, 1996
196	"Deadman's Key"	August 20, 1996	January 11, 1997
197	"The Executioner from 8"	January 13, 1997	May 27, 1997
198	"The Clairvoyants"	May 28, 1997	October 20, 1997
199	"The Woods"	October 21, 1997	February 10, 1998

External links

• Official website