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 selected stories from the 80's.

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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"		August 30, 1974
155	"Tale of Aleena"	August 31, 1974	January 14, 1975
156	"Super-Elec"	January 15, 1975	March 24, 1975
157	"The Bug Man"	March 25, 1975	August 25, 1975
158	"The Cobra and the Cube"	July 26, 1975	November 3, 1975
159	"The Search for the Cobra"	November 4, 1975	January 22, 1976
160	"The Thieves"	January 23, 1976	August 16, 1976	Missing the two last weeks
161	"Super Shark"	August 17, 1976	November 19, 1977
162	"The Frame-Up"	November 20, 1977	February 14, 1977	Missing the first week ?
163	"The Evil Twin"	February 15, 1977	June 28, 1977
164	"Narda and the Sheik"	June 29, 1977	September 27, 1977
165	"The Mysterious Chief"	September 28, 1977	December 20, 1977
166	"The Pacific Circle"	December 21, 1977	May 10, 1978
167	"Mirage in Space"	May 11, 1978	August 4, 1978	Missing the two last weeks
168	"8"	August 5, 1978	December 16, 1978
169	"The Cooler"	December 18, 1978	July 27, 1979
170	"Mu"	July 28, 1979	January 8, 1980
171	"The Demon Dance"	January 9, 1980	February 19, 1980
172	"Mandrake's Gangster Gallery"	February 20, 1980	February 23, 1981
173	"Derek"	February 24, 1981	June 9, 1981
174	"Aleena the Enchantress"	June 10, 1981	January 29, 1982
175	"Hojo and 8"	January 30, 1982	May 6, 1982
176	"Mandrake's Family"	May 7, 1982	January 28, 1983	Missing the last week
177	"The Short Cut"	January 29, 1983	May 20, 1983
178	"Haunted Road"	May 21, 1983	August 13, 1983
179	"The Crater World"	August 15, 1983	December 24, 1983
180	"The Evil Spirit of the East Wind"	December 27, 1983	June 5, 1984
181	"Badtown"	June 6, 1984	September 5, 1984
182	"The Gangster Ship"	September 6, 1984	October 31, 1984
183	"The Cruise Ship Mystery"	November 1, 1984	February 2, 1985
184	"Little Man"	February 4, 1985	June 4, 1985
185	"The Cloud"	June 5, 1985	August 9, 1985
186	"The Frightful School Day"	August 10, 1985	November 15, 1985
187	"Behind Death's Door"	November 16, 1985	May 13, 1986
188	"The Supercomputer"	May 14, 1986	August 21, 1986
189	"Reni's Place"	August 22, 1986	January 5, 1987
190	"The Hijacking"	January 6, 1987	March 30, 1987
191	"Lothar’s Afternoon"	March 31, 1987	June 16, 1987
192	"The Murder Contract"	June 17, 1987	September 22, 1987
193	"The Case of the Headless Man"	September 23, 1987	January 21, 1988
194	"Aleena and the Smugglers"	January 22, 1988	May 27, 1988
195	"Return of the Tinies"	May 28, 1988	August 10, 1988
196	"Deadman's Key"	August 13, 1988	January 7, 1989
197	"The Executioner from 8"	January 9, 1989	May 23, 1989
198	"The Clairvoyants"	May 24, 1989	October 17, 1989
199	"The Woods"	October 18, 1989	February 9, 1990
200	"Wall Walker"	February 10, 1990	April 25, 1990
201	"Madam Sir-See"	April 26, 1990	September 10, 1990
202	"Matter Mover"	September 11, 1990	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