Iljustrovano chetivo
Iljustrovano chetivo - in Cyrillic characters:"Илюстровано четиво" = "Illustrated Reading" - was a Bulgarian magazine published every thursday before the Second World War, It contained national comics creations as well as American classical comics such as "Flash Gordon", "The Lone Ranger", "Mandrake the Magician" (Cyrillic "Мандрак"), "Tarzan", "Mickey Mouse". The publishing was interrupted in 1943 during the war events which stopped the comic book tradition in Bulgaria for a long time.
Published stories
| Bulgarian title | Original story title | Start date | End date | |
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| "Царят на магията" | "Land of the Little People" | July 5, 1941 (#15) | November 18, 1941 (#36) | |
| "Мандрак в цирка" | "The Circus People" | May 19, 1942 (#62) | September 22, 1942 (#80) |
- The site Diaskop [1] indicates however that the two Mandrake stories run respectively from issues 17 to 36 and from issues 62 to 83.
Covers with Mandrake
Samples
 Mandrake publications in Bulgaria
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| One-shots | |
| Anthologies | |
| As back-up title | |
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| 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 |