Mandrake (Vidyarthi Mithram)
| Mandrake the Magician മാന്രികനായ മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് in Malayalam | |
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| Country/language: |  India / Malayalam
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| Publishing company: | Vidyarthi Mithram |
| Publishing years: | 1975-1978 |
| Issues: | 13 (?) |
| Format: | ? cm x ? cm, b/w |
Issue overview
Regular series
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Mandrake stories
This list is from the Malayalam language version of "The Phantom" #12. Some of the Malayalam ligatures are written in traditional script forms and I have tried to write them in modern form below:
| Issue | Romanization | in Malayalam | note | possible story |
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| 1 | mānḍrēkkuṁ klē kāmaluṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും ക്ലേ കാമലും | ഡ്രേ ḍrē and ലു lu is written traditional | (Mandrake and Clay Camel) - "The Clay Camel" |
| 2 | mandrekkum kŏllakkāruṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും കൊള്ളക്കാരും | രു ru is written traditional | (Mandrake and the bandits) |
| 3 | mandrekkum kavarchchakkāruṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും കവർച്ചക്കാരും | രു ru is written traditional | (Mandrake and the robbers) |
| 4 | mandrekkum svarnnakkŏllayuṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും സ്വർണ്ണക്കൊള്ളയും | (Mandrake and the gold robber) | |
| 5 | mandrekkum māsmaravalayavuṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും മാസ്മർവളയവും | (Mandrake and Mass Marvel (ring ?)) | |
| 6 | mandrekkum Dr. sosaṁ | Dr. സോസം | (Dr. Sauce ) "Dr Xoz Prof. of Smells" | |
| 7 | 8 neā niguḍhadavīpu | "8" ൻൊ നിഗുഢദവീപു | gu written traditional not ഗു | (8 Mystery Island) |
| 8 | māyārūvikathaṁ | മായാരൂവികഠം | രു rū is written traditional | |
| 9 | mandrekk rahasr̥āyudhaṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് രഹസൃായുധം | (Secret weapon) | |
| 10 | mandrekk - pishāchukkalanto | മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് - പിശാചുക്കളണ്ടോ | possible ചു chu not ച cha ? | (the devils) |
| 11 | yugasanchārikatha | യുഗസഞ്ചാരികഠ | (time travel) "The Mission" | |
| 12 | bahirākāśakeāḷḷakkārṟā (?) | ബഹിരാകാശകൊള്ളക്കാർറാ | (space robber) "The Pacific Circle" | |
| 13 | kēābra siṟāḍikkēṟaṟ | കോബ്ര സിറാഡിക്കേററ് | last letter first word written traditional "bra" ബ്ര | (Cobra ??) |
| 14 | kāmukaneṟa pr̥tikāraṁ | കാമുകൻെറ പൃതികാരം | മു and പൃ is written traditional | (Revenge of the lover) "The Cooler" |
the first 11 issues
| Mandrake publications in India
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| Series | |
| One-shots | |
| Anthologies |
Comic World • Comic Digest • Indrajal Comics • Mandrake • Muthu Comics • Rani Comics • Regal Comics |
| As back-up title | |
| Publishers |
Bennet, Coleman & Co. • Diamond Comics • Egmont Imagination • Prakash Publishers • ThinaThanthi • Vidyarthi Mithram |
| Mandrake publications by country | |
| Europe |
Austria • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece • Iceland • Italy • Ireland • Netherlands • Norway • Poland • Portugal • Serbia • Slovenia • Spain • Sweden • Turkey • United Kingdom • Yugoslavia |
| Americas |
Argentina • Bahamas • Brazil • Canada • Chile • Colombia • Costa Rica • Cuba • Dominican Republic • Guatemala • Jamaica • Mexico • Panama • El Salvador • Uruguay • USA • Venezuela |
| Other |
Angola • Australia • French Polynesia • Hong Kong • India • Indonesia • Israel • Lebanon • Malaysia • New Zealand • Papua New Guinea • Philippines • Singapore • South Africa • UAE |