Karl-Alfred

History

The first issue of Karl-Alfred was publicated in January 1946. This weekly magazine had a large format, changing to a comic book format in 1953. Karl-Alfred had several KFS comics, among them; "Popeye", "Rip Kirby", "Mandrake", "Blixt Gordon", "Prins Valiant", "Garth", "Mästerdetektiven X-9" och "Pär och Polly".

In total there was publicated 409 issues when the magazine ended in 1953.

Contents

Mandrake stories

• "Mandrake på månen" ("The Lunar Trip"), starts in # 37-1947 and ends in # 52-1947.

• "Mässingsapan" ("The Brass Monkey")

• "Jättefåglarna" ("Roc Island")
• "Det fantastiska kungadömet" ("Kingdom of Marvel")
• "Blå Banditen" ("The Blue Bandit")
• "Prinsen som aldrig log" ("The Prince Who Never Smiled")
• "Juvelstaden" ("City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates")
• "Juvelstaden" ("City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons")
• "Juvelstaden" ("City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion")

• "Flottfolket" ("The Raft People")
• "Orkan i tropikerna" ("The Raft People")
• "Förbrytarnas ö" ("Fear Island")

• "Jätteträdens hemlighet" ("The Mystery of the Big Trees")
• "De 1000 äventyrens djungel" ("Jungle Adventure")
• "Glömskans land" ("Jungle Adventure")
• "Spökvalen" ("The Ghost Whale")
• "Den förtrollade affären" ("The Department Store Mystery")
• "Smaragden från Kavroum" ("Curse of the Kavrun Emerald")
• "Den sovande skönhetens hus" ("The Venus Flytrap")
• "Husen som försvann" ("Mystery of the Vanishing Homes")
• "Rymdskeppet" ("The Spaceship to Venus")
• "Det karibiska mysteriet" ("The Caribbean Mystery")
• "Backen från djungeln" ("The Jungle Fullback")
• "Tabuland" ("Taboo Land")
• "Porten till Z" ("The Doorway to Z")
• "Juveltjuvarna" ("The Hide-out") ends in 46-1953 (the page of 31.12.52 missing).