King Comics (magazine)

King Comics
First issue
Country/language:	USA / English
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

Title	Issues	Comment
"Land of the Fakirs"	1, 2
"Land of the Little People"	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
"The Circus People"	7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
"Chamber into the X Dimension"	14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20
"Prince Paulo the Tyrant"	21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
"The Treasure Hunt"	27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34
"The Lunar Trip"	34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40
"Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival"	41, 42
"The Haunted Range"	42, 43, 44
"The Fisherman"	44
"Afternoon with Lothar"	44
"The Annoying"	45
"The Flying Pass By"	45
"The Clairvoyant"	45
"City of Gold"	45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52
"The Evil Man"	52
"Trial of Strenght"	52
"The Cure"	53
"Lothar go Fishing"	53
"The Dishonest Merchant"	53
"The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain"	53, 54, 55, 56, 57
"Mandrake and Doubting Thomas"	57
"Lothar's Visit to the Dentist"	57
"Jam Session"	58
"Mandrake and the Burglar"	58
"The Music Lesson"	58
"The Theatre Mysteries"	59, 60, 61
"The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination"	61, 62, 63
"The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island"	63, 64, 65
"The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows"	65, 66, 67
"The Swordfish"	67
"The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons"	67, 68, 69, 70
"The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship"	70, 71, 72, 73, 74
"The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago"	74, 75, 76
"The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants"	77, 78, 79, 80, 81
"The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles"	81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87
"Pacifica"	87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
"Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair"	94, 95, 96, 97, 98
"Cloud City"	99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
"Gloria Golden"	108, 109, 110
"The Garden of Wuzzu"	110, 111, 112, 113, 114
"The Circus Adventure"	115, 116, 117, 118
"The Santa Claus Pirates"	118, 119, 120, 121
"Fountain of Youth"	122, 123, 124, 125
"Kingdom of the Wind"	125, 126, 127, 128
"The Atalan Deep"	129, 130, 131, 132, 133
"The Twins of Karana"	134, 135, 136, 137, 138
"The Singing Devils"	138, 139, 140, 141, 142
"Roc Island"	142, 143, 144, 145, 146
"Kingdom of Marvel"	147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159

Mandrake covers

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  King Comics #4
  Joseph Musial

The last four issues have smalls pictures of Mandrake and/or "The Phantom" on the covers :

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  King Comics #156 (Mandrake ° The Phantom)

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  King Comics #157 (Mandrake ° The Phantom)

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  King Comics #158 (The Phantom)

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  King Comics #159 (Mandrake)