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Revision as of 14:14, 19 April 2024
| Spøk og Spenning | |
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| Country/language: |  Norway / Norwegian
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| Publishing company: | Magasinet for Alle |
| Publishing years: | 1941–1945 + 1950-1954 |
| Issues: | 174 |
| Format: | 32,5 x 23,5 cm, b/w & color |
Spøk og Spenning is a Norwegian magazine, published by Magasinet for Alle between 1941 - 1945 and by Oddvar Larsen (Odvar Lamer) between 1950-1954.
Issue overview
Regular series
Spøk og Spenning reprinting various series such as: "Tilly (Tillie the Toiler)" by Russ Westover, "Radiopatruljen (Radio Patrol)" by Eddie Sullivan and Charlie Schmidt, "Mikke Mus (Mickey Mouse)" by , "Huckleberry Finn" by Clare Victor Dwiggins, "Rossi (Rosie's Beau)" by George McManus, "Skippy" by Percy Crosby, "Agent X9 (Secret Agent X9)" by Charles Flanders, "Elmer" by Doc Winner, "Præriens Sorte Maske (The Lone Ranger)" by Charles Flanders, "Obersten og Hertuginnen (Colonel Potterby and the Dutchess)" by Chic Young, "Etta Kett" by Paul Robinson, "Sappo" by E. C. Segar, "Ming Fu (Ming Foo)" by Brandon Walsh and Nicholas Afonsky, "Mandrake (the Magician)" by Lee Falk and Phil Davis, "Dingelhofer og bikja hans (Dingle-Hoofer Und His Dog)" by Harold Knerr, "Connie" by Frank Godwin, "Tarzan" by Hal Foster, "Bobby Gløgg (Bobby Dazzler)" by Otto Messmer, "Prinsesse Pusekatt (Pussycat Princess)" by Grace Drayton, "Valemon (Prince Valiant)" by Hal Foster.
1941
The issues in the 1941 edition has 16 pages and printed (issues 1 to 30) the Mandrake daily story "Den vandrende mumie (The Museum Mystery)" from 1940. This story is in color and is identical to the one printed in the Swedish weekly magazine "Allers Familj-Journal", translated into Norwegian. The second Mandrake daily story in "Spøk og Spenning", "Blekkspruten (The Octopus Ring)", started in issue 31. This is also a translated version from the Swedish magazine "Allers Familj-Journal".
The 1941 edition have four covers with art lifted from Mandrake panels. It is a mystery that these panels are from stories which was never printed in "Spøk og Spenning" or in "Allers Familj-Journal". The cover of issue 16 has a panel from "Mandrake in America" (January 11, 1938), issue 23 has a panel from "The Treasure Hunt" (February 1, 1938), issue 29 has a panel from "Chamber into the X Dimension" (January 31, 1937) and issue 30 has a panel from "Blozz the Champion" (September 6, 1938). Kjell Steen have mentioned that Gunnar Tandberg made most of the covers in this series, and also indicates that several other covers this year were also taken from panels that were not published in the magazine.
1942
The Mandrake story, "Blekkspruten (The Octopus Ring)" continues in all 1942 issues. The "Secret Agent X9" story, "Blake Martin-gjengen (Martin Gang from 1936?)", ended in issue 21 and was the only "Secret Agent X9" story in "Spøk og Spenning". "Tarzan" was replased by "Prince Valiant" between issues 24 and 27.
From issue 33 the number of pages in "Spøk og Spenning" is reduced from 20 pages to 16 pages, and the a page with "Prince Valiant" replaces the previously drawn covers.
1943
The Mandrake story, "Blekkspruten (The Octopus Ring)" continues in all 1943 issues.
In the year 1944 no issues of the magazine were published.
1945
The Mandrake story, "Blekkspruten (The Octopus Ring)" ending in issue 1 and in issue 2 a new Mandrake story, "Penger som forsvinner (The Great Grando)", started. Unlike the first two Mandrake stories in "Spøk og Spenning", this one was not taken from the Swedish weekly magazine "Allers". "Prince Valiant" had been named "Valemon" in the previous issues but in 1945 his name was changed to "Valiant".
Second series
A second series of "Spøk og Spenning" started in 1950, but this time without Mandrake the Magician. It was published monthly the two first years. In 1952 20 issues were released, increasing to 26 issues in 1953. The series ended with issue 18 in 1954.
Mandrake stories in Spøk og Spenning
The Mandrake stories printed in Spøk og Spenning is dailies edited into Sunday pages.
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
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| "Den vandrende mumie" | "The Museum Mystery" | 1941: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | Translation of the Allers Familj-Journal version |
| "Blekkspruten" | "The Octopus Ring" | 1941: 31, 32, 33, 34 and 1942: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 1943: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 1945: 1 |
Translation of the Allers Familj-Journal version |
| "Penger som forsvinner" | "The Great Grando" | 1945: 2, 3, 4 |