Diario de la Marina

Diario de la Marina was a newspaper published in Havana, Cuba, and founded in in 1844 by merging of anterior newspapers. It was Cuba’s longest-running newspaper and the one with the highest circulation. It was closed on May 12, 1960, by orders of the Cuban Revolution government led by Fidel Castro.

"Mandrake the Magician" Sunday pages were published every Thursday in color in the comics section of the current edition in 1935 with the name of "Mandrake el mago".

It seems to be the earliest Mandrake publication in America, outside of the United States of America, that just 10 days after the original U.S. release.

"Mandrake the Magician" daily strips were also published in the "Diario de la Marina" newspaper in 1936.

Other comics published in "Diario de la Marina" were at the time: "Drummond el aviador" (""Ace Drummond"), "Betty Boop", "Skippy", "El auto-radio policíaco" ("Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol"), "Manolito el intréprido" ("Donnie"), among others.

Sunday pages / Published stories

#	Original story title	Title in "Diario de la Marina."	Start date	End date	Comment
1	"The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers"	no title	Jun 06 1935	same date	only May 26 1935 Sunday page
2	"Land of the Fakirs"	Mandrake en el pais de los faquires	Jun 13 1935	Oct 17 1935	full story
3	"Land of the Little People"	Gente pequeña	Oct 24 1935	Dec 12 1935	last = Dec 01 1935 Sunday page