The Bee
The Bee was an American newspaper that published "Mandrake" Sunday strip from 1935 to 1972.
History
The Bee printed the Mandrake strips in their comic supplement which was an insert in the Saturday edition. The size of the Mandrake strips was the tabloid variant up to October 28, 1972. From 4 November 1972 to 22 September 1973 The Bee printed the half page variant.
Published stories
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Land of the Fakirs" | June 22, 1935 | October 5, 1935 | missing the 3 first strips |
| "Land of the Little People" | October 12, 1935 | February 29, 1936 | |
| "The Circus People" | March 7, 1936 | August 22, 1936 | |
| "Chamber into the X Dimension" | August 29, 1936 | March 6, 1937 | |
| "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" | March 13, 1937 | August 27, 1937 | |
| "The Treasure Hunt" | September 4, 1937 | March 19, 1938 | |
| "The Lunar Trip" | March 26, 1938 | September 17, 1938 | |
| "Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival" | September 24, 1938 | October 22, 1938 | |
| "The Haunted Range" | October 29, 1938 | December 24, 1938 | |
| "The Fisherman" (filler page) | December 31, 1938 | December 31, 1938 | |
| "The Visit" (filler page) | January 7, 1939 | January 7, 1939 | |
| "The Annoying" (filler page) | January 14, 1939 | January 14, 1939 | |
| "The Flying Pass By" (filler page) | January 21, 1939 | January 21, 1939 | |
| "The Clairvoyant" (filler page) | January 28, 1939 | January 8, 1939 | |
| "City of Gold" | February 4, 1939 | August 5, 1939 | |
| "The Evil Man" (filler page) | August 13, 1939 | August 13, 1939 | |
| "Trial of Strenght" (filler page) | August 19, 1939 | August 19, 1939 | |
| "The Cure" (filler page) | August 26, 1939 | August 26, 1939 | |
| "Lothar go Fishing" (filler page) | September 2, 1939 | September 2, 1939 | |
| "The Dishonest Merchant" (filler page) | September 9, 1939 | September 9, 1939 | |
| "The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain" | September 16, 1939 | December 23, 1939 | |
| "Mandrake and Doubting Thomas" (filler page) | December 30, 1939 | December 30, 1939 | |
| "Lothar at the Dentist" (filler page) | January 6, 1940 | January 6, 1940 | |
| "The Concert" (filler page) | January 13, 1940 | January 13, 1940 | |
| "Mandrake and the Burglar" (filler page) | January 20, 1940 | January 20, 1940 | |
| "The Music Lession" (filler page) | January 27, 1940 | January 27, 1940 | |
| "The Theatre Mysteries" | February 3, 1940 | April 13, 1940 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" | April 20, 1940 | May 25, 1940 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island" | June 1, 1940 | August 10, 1940 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows" | August 17, 1940 | September 21, 1940 | |
| "The Swordfish" (filler page) | September 28, 1940 | October 5, 1940 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons" | October 12, 1940 | December 21, 1940 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship" | December 28, 1940 | April 19, 1941 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago" | April 26, 1941 | June 21, 1941 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants" | June 28, 1941 | November 1, 1941 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles" | November 8, 1941 | April 11, 1942 | |
| "Pacifica" | April 18, 1942 | October 31, 1942 | |
| "Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" | November 7, 1942 | February 27, 1943 | |
| "Cloud City" | March 6, 1943 | November 6, 1943 | |
| "Gloria Golden" | November 13, 1943 | January 22, 1944 | |
| "The Garden of Wuzzu" | January 29, 1944 | May 20, 1944 | |
| "The Circus Adventure" | May 27, 1944 | August 26, 1944 | |
| "The Santa Claus Pirates" | September 2, 1944 | December 2, 1944 | |
| "Fountain of Youth" | December 9, 1944 | March 17, 1945 | |
| "Kingdom of the Wind" | March 24, 1945 | June 16, 1945 | |
| "The Atalan Deep" | June 23, 1945 | November 3, 1945 | |
| "The Twins of Karana" | November 10, 1945 | March 2, 1946 | |
| "The Singing Devils" | March 9, 1946 | June 29, 1946 | |
| "Roc Island" | July 6, 1946 | November 2, 1946 | |
| "Kingdom of Marvel" | November 9, 1946 | September 6, 1947 | |
| "The Blue Bandit" | September 13, 1947 | January 31, 1948 | |
| "The Prince Who Never Smiled" | February 7, 1948 | April 3, 1948 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates" | April 10, 1948 | June 19, 1948 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons" | June 26, 1948 | September 4, 1948 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion" | September 11, 1948 | November 13, 1948 | |
| "The Raft People" | November 20, 1948 | January 22, 1949 | |
| "Fear Island" | January 29, 1949 | April 30, 1949 | |
| "The Mystery of the Big Trees" | May 7, 1949 | August 67, 1949 | |
| "Jungle Adventure" | August 13, 1949 | June 3, 1950 | |
| "The Ghost Whale" | June 10, 1950 | August 26, 1950 | |
| "The Department Store Mystery" | September 2, 1950 | October 21, 1950 | |
| "Curse of the Kavrun Emerald" | October 28, 1950 | January 13, 1951 | |
| "The Venus Flytrap" | January 20, 1951 | March 10, 1951 | |
| "Mystery of the Vanishing Homes" | March 17, 1951 | May 19, 1951 | |
| "The Spaceship to Venus" | May 26, 1951 | October 27, 1951 | |
| "The Caribbean Mystery" | November 3, 1951 | December 15, 1951 | |
| "The Jungle Fullback" | December 22, 1951 | February 16, 1952 | |
| "Taboo Land" | February 23, 1952 | July 5, 1952 | |
| "The Doorway to Z" | July 12, 1952 | November 15, 1952 | |
| "The Hide-out" | November 22, 1952 | January 17, 1953 | |
| "The Visitors" | January 24, 1953 | June 6, 1953 | |
| "The Water Champs" | June 13, 1953 | July 4, 1953 | |
| "Mandrake's Magic House" | July 11, 1953 | September 26, 1953 | |
| "Mandrake Plays Cupid" | October 3, 1953 | November 21, 1953 | |
| "Rex (The Living Fossil)" | November 28, 1953 | April 3, 1954 | |
| "The Mountain that Walked" | April 10, 1954 | May 22, 1954 | |
| "The Tomb" | May 29, 1954 | July 17, 1954 | |
| "The Ocean Wind" | July 24, 1954 | December 11, 1954 | |
| "The Sleeping Forest" | December 18, 1954 | March 12, 1955 | |
| "Isle of the Giant" | March 19, 1955 | May 21, 1955 | |
| "Universal Love" | May 28, 1955 | August 6, 1955 | |
| "Magnetic Island" | August 13, 1955 | November 19, 1955 | |
| "The Castaway" | November 26, 1955 | February 11, 1956 | |
| "City in the Deep" | February 18, 1956 | June 2, 1956 | |
| "Witchman's Peak" | June 9, 1956 | November 10, 1956 | |
| "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" | November 17, 1956 | June 8, 1957 | |
| "The Casino" | June 15, 1957 | August 3, 1957 | |
| "The Place Called X" | August 10, 1957 | December 28, 1957 | |
| "The Invaders" | January 4, 1958 | April 19, 1958 | |
| "The Mesa" | April 26, 1958 | July 5, 1958 | |
| "The Birthday Party" | July 12, 1958 | November 29, 1958 | |
| "The Invisible Thief" | December 6, 1958 | March 14, 1959 | |
| "The Watcher" | March 21, 1959 | July 4, 1959 | |
| "The Old West Revisited" | July 11, 1959 | August 29, 1959 | |
| "The Horse Thief" | September 5, 1959 | November 14, 1959 | |
| "The Abominable Snowman" | November 21, 1959 | April 30, 1960 | |
| "The Demon Photographer" | May 7, 1960 | July 23, 1960 | |
| "The Radio Telescope" | July 30, 1960 | August 6, 1960 | |
| "The Water Pirates" | August 13, 1960 | December 3, 1960 | |
| "Sky Raid" | December 10, 1960 | February 4, 1961 | |
| "The Summit Conference" | February 11, 1961 | May 27, 1961 | |
| "The Space Thing" | June 3, 1961 | September 23, 1961 | |
| "The Diversion" | September 30, 1961 | December 9, 1961 | |
| "The Collector" | December 16, 1961 | April 28, 1962 | |
| "Task Test" | May 5, 1962 | September 8, 1962 | |
| "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)" | September 15, 1962 | March 9, 1963 | |
| "The Ghost Lover" | March 16, 1963 | August 31, 1963 | |
| "The Double" | November 2, 1963 | January 18, 1964 | |
| "The Castaway" | January 25, 1964 | August 8, 1964 | |
| "The Mole" | August 15, 1964 | March 13, 1965 | |
| "The Traveller's Tale" | March, 20, 1965 | August 21, 1965 | |
| "The Cobra Returns" | August 28, 1965 | April 2, 1966 | |
| "The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" | April 9, 1966 | August 6, 1966 | |
| "The Astro Pirates" | August 13, 1966 | December 24, 1966 | |
| "The Blackout Caper" | December 31, 1966 | April 22, 1967 | |
| "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" | April 29, 1967 | September 23, 1967 | |
| "The Game of Chance" | September 30, 1967 | February 10, 1968 | |
| "Invasion of the Babu" | February 17, 1968 | July 20, 1968 | |
| "Second Chance" | July 27, 1968 | November 2, 1968 | |
| "The All or Nothing Hunt" | November 9, 1968 | March 29, 1969 | |
| "The Galactic Rumble" | April 5, 1969 | September 6, 1969 | |
| "The Invaders" | September 13, 1969 | January 10, 1970 | |
| "The 3D Monster" | January 17, 1970 | April 18, 1970 | |
| "The Solar Wind" | April 25, 1970 | August 22, 1970 | |
| "The Mystery" | August 29, 1970 | January 2, 1971 | |
| "The Mystery of Hojo" | January 9, 1971 | February 27, 1971 | |
| "The Shark" | March 6, 1971 | May 22, 1971 | |
| "The College of Magic" | May 29, 1971 | August 28, 1971 | |
| "The Space Pack" | September 4, 1971 | November 20, 1971 | |
| "The Garden of the Inca" | November 27, 1971 | February 12, 1972 | |
| "Emile, Emir of Emmo" | February 19, 1972 | May 13, 1972 | |
| "The Blue Thing" | May 20, 1972 | September 2, 1972 | |
| "The Basilisk" | September 9, 1972 | November 17, 1972 | without the last seven weeks |
| "The Mystery of the Stone Face" | 13 Jan 1973 | 14 Apr 1973 | |
| "Lothar's Walk in the Park" | 21 Apr 1973 | 9 Jun 1973 | |
| "The Mystery of Inter-Intel" | 16 Jun 1973 | 4 Aug 1973 | |
| "Fun with Mandrake" | 11 Aug 1973 | 22 Sep 1973 | missing the last 4 strips |