Consolidated Press

Consolidated Press was a Australian publisher.

History

Based on the "Telegraph" and the "Australian Women's Weekly" Frank Packer created Consolidated Press Ltd in January 1936, . The company was reformed as Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd in 1954 and then Australian Consolidated Press Ltd (ACP) in 1957. The company continues to operate as the magazine publishing division of Nine Entertainment Co, a major Australian media and entertainment company. ACP acquired K. G. Murray in 1974, although it continued to publish the comics under Murray-related branding.

Mandrake the Magician Comics by Consolidated Press

Title	Year(s)	Issues
Mandrake the Magician	1938-194?
The Supercomic Series	1948-1959	9
Mandrake Annual	1951-1958	8
Mandrake Comic	1953-1959	29

Publishing schedule - Mandrake Comic and Mandrake Annual

Year\Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1951												Annual 1951
1952												Annual 1952
1953		2			3	4	5	6	7		8	Annual 1953
1954		9		10				11		12		Annual 1954
1955				13		14			15		16	Annual 1955
1956		18		19	20		21			22		Annual 1956
1957				23			24		25			Annual 1957
1958		26				27						Annual 1958
1959									28		29

Note

From Mandrake Annual 1954 Shakespeare Head Press, a subsidiary publishing company acquired some years before by Consolidated Press, became the publisher of both the Mandrake series.