Afacan
| Afacan | |
 First issue, third series | |
| Country/language: |  Turkey / Turkish
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | Ömer Lütfi Tarhan |
| Publishing years: | 1942-1943 |
| Issues: | 42 |
| Format: | ?×? cm , b/w and color |
History
First series
The children magazine Afacan was started in 1932 by Mehmet Faruk Gürtunca. The series run for 110 issues, ending in 1934. Comics inside are "Mickey Mouse" and various comics by Orhan Tolon.
Second series
Mehmet Faruk Gürtunca restarted the Afacan series in 1934. From issue 251 (September 7, 1939) Afacan merged with the magazine Çocuk Sesi, and this "double" series ended with # 309 in 1940. Comics inside are "Avcı Baytekin (Jungle Jim) and Tarzan.
Third series
Ömer Lütfi Tarhan restarted the Afacan series in 1942. Mandrake featured on the cover of the first issue (July 30th, 1942) of the third Afacan series, until issue 27 were Mandrake was shifted onto the b&w interior pages. About this time the paper and printing quality deteriorated due to the WWII situation. Mandrake is missing in issue 37 and with issue 39 Afacan began to print Mandrake in a traced form. The ongoing Mandrake story was left incomplete on #40 and Afacan, without Mandrake, survived for two more issues only.
Mandrake stories in Afacan
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Altın Şehirde" | "City of Gold" | 1942: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 | |
| "Fuarda" | "The Evil Man" | 22 | |
| "Fuarda" | "Trial of Strenght" | 23 | |
| "Fuarda" | "The Cure" | 1943: 24 | |
| "Fuarda" | "Lothar go Fishing" | 25 | |
| "no title" | "The Dishonest Merchant" | 26 | |
| "Hırsızlar Peşinde | "Saki, the Clay Camel" | 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32 | US strips from Sept 16, missing the 4 last strips and some strips are cencored |
| "no title" | "The Werewolf" | 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 |