Collana Albi grandi avventure (1)
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| Mandrake, L'uomo del mistero | |
 Cover artist: Giove Toppi  second print  third print | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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| Format: | 31,5 × 22,6 cm |
| Pages: | 48 pgs, b/w |
| Publishing date: | April, 1935 October, 1935 |
| Editor: | unknown |
| Publishing company: | Casa Editrice Nerbini |
| Preceded by: | none |
| Followed by: | Mandrake #2 |
The first seven issues of this series have no generic title, but are later known as Collana Albi grandi avventure; serie Mandrake #1.
Contents
Mandrake stories
- "L'Uomo del mistero" ("The Cobra") by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
Variants
There are three different variants of the cover for this issue:
- First print: with the date April 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
- Second print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,50 printed on the cover.
- Third print: with the date October 1935 and price tag L 1,20 printed on the cover.
I addition there also exist issues with a different back cover, where the publisher advertising the various series with back issues.
back cover
First print
Reprint
The album was reprinted in 1976, in format 34 x 24,5 cm. The cover is as the second print. The back list on the reverse lists the "Solotario della Foresta" and "Cino e Franco" issues from Desember 1940, but not the Mandrake issue from January 15, 1941. Indicating that the source for the 1976 reprint was an album released in Desember 1940.
1976 reprint
back cover
