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{{Series | |||
|Title= King Comics | |||
|image= [[Image:King Comics 042.jpg001.jpg|200 px]] | |||
|Sample= First issue | |||
|Country= [[Image:mini_usa.gif]] USA / English | |||
|Publisher= [[David McKay|David McKay Company]] | |||
|Date= 1936-1949 | |||
|Issues= 159 | |||
|Format= 18×36 cm, color | |||
|}} | |||
After the end of the series (# 155, November-December 1949), four more issues (numbering #156 to 159) were published by "Standard: Best Books, Inc." /"Standard Comics; This is a King Feature" between March 1950 and February 1952, under the logo ''King Comics''. | '''King Comics''' was published by [[David McKay Company]] from April 1936 to November-December 1949, and again early 1950 to February 1952. | ||
==History== | |||
The series was a compilation of newspaper strip reprints such as "[[Mandrake the Magician]]", "Brick Bradford", "Popeye", "Henry", "The Lone Ranger", "Blondie", "Prince Valiant" and "[[The Phantom]]". | |||
'''King Comics''' reprinted Sunday pages of Mandrake in ## 1 to 147. After the end of the series ''(# 155, November-December 1949)'', four more issues ''(numbering #156 to 159)'' were published by "Standard: Best Books, Inc." /"Standard Comics; This is a King Feature" between March 1950 and February 1952, under the logo ''King Comics''. | |||
== Issue overview == | == Issue overview == | ||
=== | ===Mandrake stories=== | ||
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!Title !!Issues !!Comment | !Title !!Issues !!Comment | ||
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=== Mandrake covers === | === Mandrake covers === | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Revision as of 19:54, 2 July 2016
| King Comics | |
| File:King Comics 042.jpg001.jpg First issue | |
| Country/language: |  USA / English
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | David McKay Company |
| Publishing years: | 1936-1949 |
| Issues: | 159 |
| Format: | 18×36 cm, color |
King Comics was published by David McKay Company from April 1936 to November-December 1949, and again early 1950 to February 1952.
History
The series was a compilation of newspaper strip reprints such as "Mandrake the Magician", "Brick Bradford", "Popeye", "Henry", "The Lone Ranger", "Blondie", "Prince Valiant" and "The Phantom".
King Comics reprinted Sunday pages of Mandrake in ## 1 to 147. After the end of the series (# 155, November-December 1949), four more issues (numbering #156 to 159) were published by "Standard: Best Books, Inc." /"Standard Comics; This is a King Feature" between March 1950 and February 1952, under the logo King Comics.
Issue overview
Mandrake stories
Mandrake covers
The last four issues have a small picture of Mandrake on the cover:
