Mandrake (Vidyarthi Mithram)
| Mandrake the Magician മാന്രികനായ മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് in Malayalam | |
First issue | |
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| Publishing company: | Vidyarthi Mithram |
| Publishing years: | 1975-1978 |
| Issues: | 13 (?) |
| Format: | ? cm x ? cm, b/w |
Issue overview
Regular series
Mandrake stories
This list is from the Malayalam language version of "The Phantom" #12. Some of the Malayalam ligatures are written in traditional script forms and I have tried to write them in modern form below:
| Issue | Romanization | in Malayalam | note | possible story |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mandrekkum klekāmaluṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും ക്ലേകാമലും | possible ലു lu and not ല la | |
| 2 | mandrekkum kŏllakkāruṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും കൊള്ളക്കാരും | രു ru is written traditional | |
| 3 | mandrekkum kavarchchakkāruṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും കവർച്ചക്കാരും | രു ru is written traditional | |
| 4 | mandrekkum svarnnakkŏllayuṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും സ്വർണ്ണക്കൊള്ളയും | last one yum not yam/ym ? | |
| 5 | mandrekkum māsmaravalayavuṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്കും മാസ്മർവളയവും | last one vum not vam/vm ? | |
| 6 | mandrekkum Dr. sosaṁ | Dr. സോസം | "Dr Xoz Prof. of Smell" | |
| 7 | "8" ṇŏ niguḍha-davi-p_ | "8" നൊ നിഗുഢ-ദവി-പ | gu written traditional not ഗു, possible -"davi"-, ending puh/pu/p not pa ? | |
| 8 | māyārūvikathaṁ | മായാരൂവികഠം | രു rū is written traditional | |
| 9 | mandrekk - rahasa(rā/yā?)yudhaṁ | മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് - രഹസ്യായുധം | ||
| 10 | mandrekk - pishāchukkalanto | മാൻഡ്രേക്ക് - പിശാചുക്കളണ്ടോ | possible ചു chu not ച cha ? | "The Evil Twin" |
| 11 | yugasanchārikatha | യുഗസഞ്ചാരികഠ | "The Mission" | |
| 12 | bahirākāśakeāḷḷakkārṟā (?) | ബഹിരാകാശകൊള്ളക്കാർറാ | "The Pacific Circle" | |
| 13 | kābra siṟāḍikkēṟaṟa (?) | കൊബ്ര സിറാഡിക്കേററ | last letter first word written traditional possible "bra" ബ്ര | |
| 14 | printed ? | "The Cooler" |
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the first 11 issues
| Series | |
|---|---|
| One-shots | |
| Anthologies |
Comic World • Comic Digest • Indrajal Comics • Mandrake • Muthu Comics • Rani Comics • Regal Comics |
| As back-up title | |
| Publishers |
Bennet, Coleman & Co. • Diamond Comics • Egmont Imagination • Prakash Publishers • ThinaThanthi • Vidyarthi Mithram |
| 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 • Honduras • 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 |