Mandrake the Magician 1 (Miller)
| Mandrake the Magician #1 | |
 Cover artist: unknown | |
| Country/language: |  United Kingdom / English
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| Format: | 18.5 × 24.5 cm |
| Pages: | 68 pgs, b/w |
| Publishing date: | 1959 |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | L. Miller & Son |
| Preceded by: | N/A |
| Followed by: | Mandrake the Magician #2 |
Contents
Mandrake stories
- "The Little Fog" ("The Little Fog") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis
- "The Trapping of 'Tub'" ("Tub's Gang") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
Publishing date
This issue was released without a publishing date on the cover or inside, but is likely released in June 1959.
The Jolly Books
On the back cover of the first Mandrake issue there is an ad for the "Jolly Books" series by US Avon Publications released for the UK market by L. Miller. The same ad was used in other comic books from L. Miller, like: "Gary Colt" #9, "Kid Montana" #53, "Marvelman Family" #23 and "Young Marvelman" #275.
This ad promote the 4 new titles: "Moko the Circus Monkey", "Tuffy the Truck", "Up goes the House" and "Fun in the Firehouse" - strangly, all with the original US covers. When released in UK the original US copyright date written inside was keept.
The ad also have pictures of the new "Jolly Book - comics album" and "Happy Boys and Girls - comic album". Both the "Jolly Book" and the "Happy Boys and Girls" is the first issue of a series of 3 issues, believed to be annuals from 1958, 1959 and 1960. At GCD the publisher for the first "Happy Boys and Girls" is listed as "L. Miller & Son" and the two other as "L. Miller & Co".
ad for the Jolly Books
US vs UK print
first issues
