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 24,5x34 cm changing to 37,5x27,5 cm from issue 53. Some of the pages 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 |
Albums
Unsold magazines was rebound into albums. It seems that it was two (or more) variants of the covers in the album series, one with Mandrake.
Issue 79 to 104
Mandrake cover
Issue 79 - 104
Eagle Scout Roy Powers cover
