Hop-là!
Hop-là! was published weekly by the French publisher Opera Mundi in 1937 to 1940. It was a compilation of newspaper strip reprints such as "Mandrake the Magician", "Brick Bradford", "Popeye", "Prince Valiant" and others.
The issues from 1 to 52 and 95 to 132 had 8 pages, from 53 to 94 12 pages. The format was 24x34 cm changing from issue 53 to 37,5x27,5 cm.
The page with the Mandrake daily strips was in color.
Issue overview
Mandrake stories in Hop-la!
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Le dromadair d'argile" | "Saki, the Clay Camel" | 1937: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | |
| "Mandrake et le loup-garou" | "The Werewolf" | 1938: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 | |
| "Frégoli du mal" | "The Return of the Clay Camel" | 1938:, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51 | |
| ""L'oasis d'acradi" | "The Slave Traders of Tygandi" | 1938: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 | |
| "Voyage en préhistoire" | "Mandrake in the Lost World" | 1939: 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88 | |
| "Dans les griffes du Cobra" | "In the Cobra's Grip" | 1939: 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121 | |
| "Le magicien 900" & "Faucon cheval de course" | "Mandrake in America" | 1940: 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132 |
Album issues
Unsold magazines was rebound into 5 albums:
- Album (## 1-26)
- Album (## 27-52)
- Album (## 53-78)
- Album (## 79-104)
- Album (## 105-??)
It seems that it was two (or more) variants of the covers in the albus series. One with Mandrake cover.
