Las Grandes Aventuras: Merlin el Mago Moderno 9
| El Misterio de la Orquídea | |
 Cover artist: unknown | |
| Country/language: |  Spain / Spanish
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|---|---|
| Format: | 21 x 32 cm |
| Pages: | 16 pgs, b/w |
| Publishing date: | 1943 (1944 ?) |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | Hispano Americana |
| Preceded by: | Merlin el Mago Moderno #8 |
| Followed by: | Merlin el Mago Moderno #10 |
Contents
Mandrake stories
- "El Misterio de la Orquídea" ("The Mystery of the Striped Orchid") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
Back cover
Starting in 1942 the back covers of issues from the "Las Grandes Aventuras" and the "Los Albumes Preferidos por la Juventud" (Colleción "Audaz" & Aventuras y Misterio) printed various collector cards, which could be glued into different collecting albums. These folded "Álbumes Centella" sheets could be ordered free and measured 17,5x25 cm.
back cover
- Sticker: Serie 06-03: Alfonso Aparicio Gutiérrez, Atlético Aviación (squad of 1943-44)
- Sticker: Serie 11-13: Stan Laurel, actor
- Sticker: Serie 22-12: Oliver Hardy, actor
- Coupon to order collecting albums for the stickers (note: only for the series 1 to 15, 17, 18, 21, 23 and 24)
Note
Following the back covers these issues were released between the Mandrake issues:
| (Issue) | Year | Character | Title | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (79) | 1943 | Merlín | "El Mago del Deporte" | |
| (80) | 1943 | - | "El Loto Rojo" | número extraordinario (2,5 Ptas.) |
| (81) | 1943 | El Hombre Enmascarado | "Los Chacales del Desierto" | |
| (82) | 1943 | Doctor Brande | "La Rendición de Venia" | |
| (83) | 1943 | Tarzán | "El Enemigo de Tarzan" | |
| (84) | 1943 | Juan y Lois | "El Lago de los Caimanes" | ad for Almanaque 1944: Merlín, Yumbo, Centella and Jorge y Fernando; ad for Album: Flas Gordon (1-2), Merlín (1), Tarzán (1-2) and El Hombre Enmascarado (1-3) |
| - | 1943 | Merlín | "Almanaque Merlín 1944" | |
| (85) | 1944 | Flas Gordon | "Los Hombres Selváticos" | número extraordinario (2,5 Ptas.) |
Album
The back cover of "El Lago de los Caimanes" listing albums with 80 pages and price 7 Pesetas.
| Character | Issues 1943 | Album Verde | Album Rojo (?) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merlín | 8 issues | 1 issue | ? | 5 regular issues |
| Flas Gordon | 6 issues | 2 issues | ? | 3 regular issues in each |
| Tarzán | 14 issues | 2 issues | ? | 5 regular issues in each |
| El Hombre Enmascarado | 20 issues | none | 3 issues | 5 regular issues in each |
With the exception of El Hombre Enmascarado these albums were released as Album Verde (the green albums).
Almanaque 1944
Jorge y Fernando
back cover
El Hombre Enmascarado #1
El Hombre Enmascarado #2
El Hombre Enmascarado #3
Tarzán #1
Tarzán #2
Flas Gordon #1
Flas Gordon #2
