Collana Albi grandi avventure (1)

Mandrake, L'uomo del mistero
Cover artist: Giove Toppi second print third print
Country/language:	Italy / Italian
Format:	31,5 × 22,6 cm
Pages:	48 pgs, b/w
Publishing date:	April, 1935 October, 1935
Editor:	unknown
Publishing company:	Casa Editrice Nerbini
Preceded by:	none
Followed by:	Mandrake #2

The first seven issues of this series have no generic title, but are later known as Collana Albi grandi avventure; serie Mandrake #1.

Contents

Mandrake stories

• "L'Uomo del mistero" ("The Cobra") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.

Variants

There are three different variants of the cover for this issue:

• First print: with the date April 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
• Second print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
• Third print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,20 printed on the cover.

I addition there also exist issues with a different back cover, where the publisher advertising the various series with back issues.

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  back cover
  Third print

Reprint

The album was reprinted in 1976, in format 34 x 24,5 cm. The cover is as the second print. The back list on the reverse lists the "Solotario della Foresta" and "Cino e Franco" issues from Desember 1940, but not the Mandrake issue from January 15, 1941. Indicating that the source for the 1976 reprint was an album released in Desember 1940.

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  1976 reprint

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  back cover