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| The Australian Women's Weekly | |
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| Issues with Mandrake | |
| First: | December 1, 1934 |
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| Last: | n/a |
| Country: |  Australia
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| Website: | n/a |
The Australian Women's Weekly is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by ACP Magazines, a division of PBL Media based in Sydney. Audited circulation in 2009 exceeded 500,000 copies monthly, making it the largest magazine in Australia.
History
The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer as a weekly publication. In 1982, publication frequency was reduced from weekly to monthly.
It became responsible for introducing Mandrake to Australian audiences, when it unveiled their new comic strip character on December 1, 1934. Mandrake quickly became one of the Weekly's most popular features - a feat no doubt helped by the magazine's policy of replacing any mentions of American place names and idioms with their Australian equivalents, thus persuading readers that Mandrake was, in fact, an Australian character.
It seemed that almost from the day he decided to introduce "Mandrake the Magician" to the pages of the "Women’s Weekly" in December 1934, Packer was aware that comics would attract buyers. His involvement with "Fatty Finn"’s Weekly was undertaken at a time when no other newspaper proprietor would have given a second thought to the project. Throughout his publishing career, Packer was firmly committed to the use of comics in his papers and even named two of his dogs, "Mandrake" and "Henry", after comic strip characters. [1])
Mandrake's peak of popularity coincided with World War Two. When the Weekly was forced to reduce its page count as a wartime paper rationing measure, Mandrake was dropped from the magazine for a week - before readers' protests prompted the Weekly to bring him back in the next issue!
In the 40s the publisher of the Weekly, Consolidated Press, did produced some large black & white Mandrake the Magician comic books.
Daily
| Original story title | Start | End | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Cobra" | #1/12-1934 | #18/5-1935 | edited |
| "The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)" | #25/5-1935 | #20/7-1935 | edited |
| "The Monster of Tanov Pass" | #27/7-1935 | #12/10-1935 | edited |
| "Saki, the Clay Camel" | #19/10-1935 | #21/3-1936 | edited |
| "The Werewolf" | #28/3-1936 | #8/8-1936 | edited |
| "The Return of the Clay Camel" | #15/8-1936 | #23/1-1937 | edited |
| "The Slave Traders of Tygandi" | #30/1-1937 | #3/7-1937 | edited |
| "Mandrake in the Lost World" | #10/7-1937 | #18/12-1937 | edited |
| "In the Cobra's Grip" | #25/12-1937 | #11/6-1938 | edited |
| "Mandrake in America" | #18/06-1938 | #26/11-1938 | edited |
| "Mandrake in Hollywood" | #26/11-1938 | #11/2-1939 | edited |
| "Sonny the Child Movie Star" | #11/2-1938 | #1/4-1939 | edited |
| "Mandrake and the Haunted House" | #1/4-1939 | #3/6-1939 | edited |
| "Blozz the Champion" | #3/6-1939 | #18/8-1939 | edited |
| "Mandrake in Love" | #18/8-1939 | #25/11-1939 | edited |
| "Visitors from Space" | #25/11-1939 | #10/2-1940 | edited |
| "The Deep South" | #10/2-1940 | #1/6-1940 | edited |
| "Mandrake in Cockaigne" | #1/6-1940 | #19/10-1940 | edited |
| "Mandrake in North Africa" | #19/10-1940 | #5/4-1941 | edited |
| "The Mountain Bandits" | #5/4-1941 | #17/5-1941 | edited |
| "The Museum Mystery" | #17/5-1941 | #11710-1941 | edited |
| "The Octopus Ring" | #18/10-1941 | #19/9-1942 | edited |
| "Dr Griff's Invention" | #26/9-1942 | #27/2-1943 | edited |
| "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid" | #6/3-1943 | #5/5-1943 | edited |
| "The Great Grando" | #12/6-1943 | #11/12-1943 | edited |
| "Lothar the Champ" | #18/12-1943 | #25/11-1944 | edited |
| "The Rumor Factory" | #25/11-1944 | #25/11-1944 | only first strip |
| "Baron Kord" | #25/11-1944 | #29/9-1945 | edited |
Sundays
| Original story title | Start | End | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Prince Paulo the Tyrant" | #6/10-1945 | #26/01-1946 | edited |
| "The Treasure Hunt" | #2/02-1946 | #6/07-1946 | edited |
| "The Lunar Trip" | #13/07-1946 | #14/12-1946 | edited |
| "The Haunted Range" | #21/12-1946 | #15/02-1947 | edited |
| "The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain" | #22/02-1947 | #24/05-1947 | edited, some extra panels added by unknown artist |
| "The Theatre Mysteries" | #31/05-1947 | #26/07-1947 | edited, one extra panel added by unknown artist |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" | #2/08-1947 | #6/09-1947 | edited |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island" | #6/09-1947 | #18/10-1947 | edited, missing the strips of June 30 and July 7, 1940 |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows" | #25/10-1947 | #29/11-1947 | edited |
| "The Swordfish (filler page)" | #29/11-1947 | #6/12-1947 | |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons" | #13/12-1947 | #14/02-1948 | edited |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship" | #14/02-1948 | #22/05-1948 | edited |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago" | #22/05-1948 | #10/07-1948 | edited |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants" | #10/07-1948 | #23/10-1948 | edited |
| "The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles" | #30/10-1948 | #19/03-1949 | edited |
| "The Singing Devils" | #26/03-1949 | #16/07-1949 | |
| "The Atalan Deep" | #23/07-1949 | #29/10-1949 | |
| "The Twins of Karana" | #5/11-1949 | #28/01-1950 | |
| "Roc Island" | #4/02-1950 | #29/04-1950 | |
| "Kingdom of Marvel" | #6/05-1950 | #2/12-1950 | |
| "The Blue Bandit" | #9/12-1950 | #24/03-1951 | |
| "The Prince Who Never Smiled" | #31/03-1951 | #5/05-1951 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates" | #12/05-1951 | #27/06-1951 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons" | #4/07-1951 | #22/08-1951 | |
| "City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion" | #29/08-1951 | #10/10-1951 | |
| "The Raft People" | #17/10-1951 | #28/11-1951 | |
| "Fear Island" | #5/12-1951 | #6/02-1952 | |
| "The Mystery of the Big Trees" | #13/02-1952 | #16/04-1952 | |
| "Jungle Adventure" | #23/04-1952 | #19/11-1952 | in color from #2/07-1952 |
| "The Ghost Whale" | #26/11-1952 | #14/01-1953 | |
| "The Department Store Mystery" | #21/01-1953 | #25/02-1953 | |
| "Curse of the Kavrun Emerald" | #4/03-1953 | #29/04-1953 | |
| "The Venus Flytrap" | #6/05-1953 | #10/06-1953 | |
| "The Spaceship to Venus" | #17/06-1953 | #9/09-1953 | |
| "Mystery of the Vanishing Homes" | #16/09-1953 | #21/10-1953 | |
| "The Caribbean Mystery" | #28/10-1953 | #18/11-1953 | |
| "The Jungle Fullback" | #25/11-1953 | #23/12-1953 | |
| "Taboo Land" | #30/12-1953 | #24/03-1954 | |
| "The Doorway to Z" | #31/03-1954 | #23/06-1954 | |
| "The Hide-out" | #30/06-1954 | #4/08-1954 | |
| "The Visitors" | #11/08-1954 | #3/11-1954 | |
| "The Water Champs" | #10/11-1954 | #24/11-1954 | |
| "Mandrake's Magic House" | #1/12-1954 | #19/01-1955 | |
| "Mandrake Plays Cupid" | #26/01-1955 | #2/03-1955 | |
| "Rex (The Living Fossil)" | #9/03-1955 | #25/05-1955 | |
| "The Mountain that Walked" | #1/06-1955 | #29/06-1955 | |
| "The Tomb" | #6/07-1955 | #3/08-1955 | |
| "The Ocean Wind" | #10/08-1955 | #9/11-1955 | |
| "The Sleeping Forest" | #16/11-1955 | #21/12-1955 | |
| "Isle of the Giant" | #28/11-1955 | #29/02-1956 | |
| "Universal Love" | #7/03-1956 | #18/04-1956 | |
| "Magnetic Island" | #25/04-1956 | #4/07-1956 | |
| "The Castaway" | #11/07-1956 | #5/09-1956 | |
| "City in the Deep" | #12/09-1956 | #28/11-1956 | |
| "Witchman's Peak" | #5/12-1956 | #8/05-1957 | |
| "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" | #15/05-1957 | #27/11-1957 | |
| "The Casino" | #4/12-1957 | #22/01-1958 | |
| "The Place Called X" | #29/01-1958 | #25/06-1958 | |
| "The Invaders" | #2/07-1958 | #15/10-1958 | |
| "The Mesa" | #22/10-1958 | #31/12-1958 | |
| "The Birthday Party" | #7/01-1959 | #27/05-1959 | b/w from February 25, 1959 |
| "The Invisible Thief" | #3/06-1959 | #9/09-1959 | |
| "The Watcher" | #16/09-1959 | #30/12-1959 | |
| "The Horse Thief" | #6/01-1960 | #16/03-1960 | |
| "The Abominable Snowman" | #23/03-1960 | #31/08-1960 | |
| "The Demon Photographer" | #7/09-1960 | #23/11-1960 | landscape layout from September 28, 1960 |
| "The Radio Telescope" | #30/11-1960 | #7/12-1960 | |
| "The Water Pirates" | #14/12-1960 | #5/04-1961 | |
| "Sky Raid" | #12/04-1961 | #7/06-1961 | |
| "The Summit Conference" | #14/06-1961 | #27/09-1961 | portrait layout from August 16, 1961 |
| "The Space Thing" | #4/10-1961 | #24/01-1962 | |
| "The Diversion" | #31/01-1962 | #11/04-1962 | |
| "The Collector" | #18/04-1962 | #29/08-1962 | |
| "Task Test" | #5/09-1962 | #9/01-1963 | |
| "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)" | #16/01-1963 | #3/07-1963 | |
| "The Ghost Lover" | #10/07-1963 | #25/12-1963 | |
| "The Double" | #01/01-1964 | #13/05-1964 | |
| "The Castaway" | #20/05-1964 | #18/11-1964 | |
| "The Mole" | #25/11-1964 | #23/06-1965 |
Sundays by Fred Fredericks
| Original story title | Start | End | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Traveller's Tale" | #30/06-1965 | #1/12-1965 | |
| "The Cobra Returns" | #18/12-1965 | #13/07-1966 | |
| "The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" | #20/07-1966 | #16/11-1966 | color from August 31, 1966 |
| "The Astro Pirates" | #23/11-1966 | #5/04-1967 | b/w from December 28, 1966 |
| "The Blackout Caper" | #12/04-1967 | #2/08-1967 | |
| "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" | #9/08-1967 | #24/01-1968 | |
| "The Game of Chance" | #31/01-1968 | #22/05-1968 | |
| "Invasion of the Babu" | #29/05-1968 | #30/10-1968 | |
| "Second Chance" | #6/11-1968 | #12/02-1969 | |
| "The All or Nothing Hunt" | #19/02-1969 | #9/07-1969 | |
| "The Galactic Rumble" | #16/07-1969 | #17/12-1969 | |
| "The Invaders" | #24/12-1969 | #22/04-1970 | |
| "The 3D Monster" | #29/04-1970 | #29/07-1970 | |
| "The Solar Wind" | #5/08-1970 | #2/12-1970 | |
| "The Mystery" | #9/12-1970 | #14/04-1971 | |
| "The Mystery of Hojo " | #21/04-1971 | #02/06-1971 | |
| "The Shark" | #09/06-1971 | #01/09-1971 | |
| "The College of Magic" | #08/09-1971 | #08/12-1971 | |
| "The Space Pack" | #15/12-1971 | #01/03-1972 | |
| "The Garden of the Inca" | #08/03-1972 | #24/05-1972 | last issue has a double date : 24 and 31/05-1972 |
| "Emile, Emir of Emmo" | #07/06-1972 | #23/08-1972 | |
| "The Blue Thing" | #30/08-1972 | #06/12-1972 | |
| "The Basilisk" | #13/12-1972 | #11/04-1973 | |
| "The Mystery of the Stone Face" | #18/04-1973 | #18/07-1973 | |
| "Lothar's Walk in the Park" | #25/07-1973 | #12/09-1973 | |
| "The Mystery of Inter-Intel" | #19/09-1973 | #07/11-1973 | |
| "Fun with Mandrake" | #14/11-1973 | #23/01-1974 | |
| "The Bank Robbery" | #30/01-1974 | #08/05-1974 | |
| "Return to X" | #15/05-1974 | #16/10-1974 | |
| "Galaxy War" | #23/10-1974 | #17/09-1975 | |
| "The Roadhouse" | #24/09-1975 | #29/10-1975 | |
| "Ghost Town" | #05/11-1975 | #18/02-1976 | |
| "The Plane Hijackers" | #25/02-1976 | #14/04-1976 | |
| "Heavy" | #21/04-1976 | #30/06-1976 | |
| "The Giant Head" | #07/07-1976 | #29/09-1976 | |
| "Moxley University Robbers" | #06/10-1976 | #01/12-1976 | |
| "Prairie Man" | #08/12-1976 | #23/03-1977 | |
| "Mysterious Bigfoot" | #30/03-1977 | #20/07-1977 | |
| "Old Folks" | #27/07-1977 | #02/11-1977 | |
| "The Three Brothers" | #09/11-1977 | #01/02-1978 | |
| "Mr Ttazz" | #08/02-1978 | #21/06-1978 | |
| "Narq's Conquest" | #28/06-1978 | #10/01-1979 | |
| "Mandrake and Ali-Petro" | #17/01-1979 | #23/05-1979 | |
| "The Mysterious Birds" | #30/05-1979 | #03/10-1979 | |
| "The Sky Pirates" | #10/10-1979 | #05/12-1979 | |
| "Lothar's Workout" | #12/12-1979 | #13/02-1980 | |
| "Super Giant" | #20/02-1980 | #21/05-1980 | |
| "Mandrake's Hate Club" | #28/05-1980 | #08/10-1980 | |
| "The Cave Mystery" | #15/10-1980 | #11/02-1981 | |
| "The Rat Men" | #18/02-1981 | #14/10-1981 | |
| "Mandrake's Masquerade - The Xanadu Story" | #21/10-1981 | #19/05-1982 | |
| "Centre Stage Terror" | #26/05-1982 | #07/07-1982 | |
| "Prince Nasdaq" | #14/07-1982 | #08/12-1982 | |
| "El Dorado" | #15/12-1982 |
Various Views
December 1, 1934 (First Mandrake page)
detail of Mandrake banner on first Mandrake page
October 15, 1938 (Advertisement for Mandrake The Magician (Consolidated Press 1938)
June 14, 1947 issue
July 9, 1949 issue
June 20, 1965 issue
November 17, 1965 issue
