Grit
Grit was a weekly newspaper, popular in the rural U.S., founded in December 1882. It carried the subtitle "America's Greatest Family Newspaper" and targeted small town and rural families with, by 1932, a circulation of 425,000 in 48 states (83% of its circulation was in towns of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants)
It introduces such delivery innovations as selling across the country by children and teenagers - many recruited by ads in comic books from the 1940's to the 1970's- as well as through direct mail,
At differents periods and always in black-and-white, such classics as "Blondie", "Donald Duck", "Flash Gordon", "Henry", "Joe Palooka", "Jungle Jim", "The Lone Ranger", "Mandrake the Magician", "Prince Valiant", were published amongst others.
In 1995 it became a a bi-monthly magazine.
"Mandrake the Magician" was published in "Grit" from 1947 to 1970.
Published stories
| # | Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | "Kingdom of Marvel" | ? | 7 Sep 1947 | (best older date known: 6 Apr 1947, but remains to verify) |
| 36 | "The Blue Bandit" | 14 Sep 1947 | 1 Feb 1948 | |
| 37 | "The Prince Who Never Smiled" | 8 Feb 1948 | 4 Apr 1948 | |
| 38 | "City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates" | 11 Apr 1948 | 20 Jun 1948 | |
| 39 | "City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons" | 27 Jun 1948 | 5 Sep 1948 | |
| 40 | "City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion" | 12 Sep 1948 | 14 Nov 1948 | |
| 41 | "The Raft People" | 21 Nov 1948 | 23 Jan 1949 | |
| 42 | "Fear Island" | 30 Jan 1949 | 1 May 1949 | |
| 43 | "The Mystery of the Big Trees" | 8 May 1949 | 7 Aug 1949 | |
| 44 | "Jungle Adventure" | 14 Aug 1949 | 4 Jun 1950 | |
| 45 | "The Ghost Whale" | 11 Jun 1950 | 27 Aug 1950 | |
| 46 | "The Department Store Mystery" | 3 Sep 1950 | 22 Oct 1950 | |
| 47 | "Curse of the Kavrun Emerald" | 29 Oct 1950 | 14 Jan 1951 | |
| 48 | "The Venus Flytrap" | 21 Jan 1951 | 11 Mar 1951 | |
| 49 | "Mystery of the Vanishing Homes" | 18 Mar 1951 | 20 May 1951 | |
| 50 | "The Spaceship to Venus" | 27 May 1951 | 28 Oct 1951 | |
| 51 | "The Caribbean Mystery" | 4 Nov 1951 | 16 Dec 1951 | |
| 52 | "The Jungle Fullback" | 23 Dec 1951 | 17 Feb 1952 | |
| 53 | "Taboo Land" | 24 Feb 1952 | 6 Jul 1952 | |
| 54 | "The Doorway to Z" | 13 Jul 1952 | 16 Nov 1952 | |
| 55 | "The Hide-out" | 23 Nov 1952 | 18 Jan 1953 | |
| 56 | "The Visitors" | 25 Jan 1953 | 7 Jun 1953 | |
| 57 | "The Water Champ" | 14 Jun 1953 | 5 Jul 1953 | |
| 58 | "Mandrake's Magic House" | 12 Jul 1953 | 27 Sep 1953 | |
| 59 | "Mandrake Plays Cupid" | 4 Oct 1953 | 22 Nov 1953 | |
| 60 | "Rex (The Living Fossil)" | 29 Nov 1953 | 4 Apr 1954 | |
| 61 | "The Mountain that Walked" | 11 Apr 1954 | 23 May 1954 | |
| 62 | "The Tomb" | 30 May 1954 | 18 Jul 1954 | |
| 63 | "The Ocean Wind" | 25 Jul 1954 | 12 Dec 1954 | |
| 64 | "The Sleeping Forest" | 19 Dec 1954 | 13 Mar 1955 | |
| 65 | "Isle of the Giant" | 20 Mar 1955 | 22 May 1955 | |
| 66 | "Universal Love" | 29 May 1955 | 7 Aug 1955 | |
| 67 | "Magnetic Island" | 14 Aug 1955 | 20 Nov 1955 | |
| 68 | "The Castaway" | 27 Nov 1955 | 12 Feb 1956 | |
| 69 | "City in the Deep" | 19 Feb 1956 | 3 Jun 1956 | |
| 70 | "Witchmen's Peak" | 10 Jun 1956 | 11 Nov 1956 | |
| 71 | "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" | 18 Nov 1956 | 9 Jun 1957 | |
| 72 | "The Casino" | Falk | 4 Aug 1957 | |
| 73 | "The Place Called X" | 11 Aug 1957 | 29 Dec 1957 | |
| 74 | "The Invaders" | 5 Jan 1958 | 20 Apr 1958 | |
| 75 | "The Mesa" | 27 Apr 1958 | 6 Jul 1958 | |
| 76 | "The Birthday Party" | 13 Jul 1958 | 30 Nov 1958 | |
| 77 | "The Invisible Thief" | 7 Dec 1958 | 15 Mar 1959 | |
| 78 | "The Watcher" | 22 Mar 1959 | 5 Jul 1959 | |
| 79 | "The Old West Revisited" | 12 Jul 1959 | 30 Aug 1959 | |
| 80 | "The Horse Thief" | 6 Sep 1959 | 15 Nov 1959 | |
| 81 | "The Abominable Snowman" | 22 Nov 1959 | 1 May 1960 | |
| 82 | "The Demon Photographer" | 8 May 1960 | 24 Jul 1960 | |
| 83 | "The Radio Telescope" | 31 Jul 1960 | 7 Aug 1960 | |
| 84 | "The Water Pirates" | 14 Aug 1960 | 4 Dec 1960 | |
| 85 | "Sky Raid" | 11 Dec 1960 | 5 Feb 1961 | |
| 86 | "The Summit Conference" | 12 Feb 1961 | 28 May 1961 | |
| 87 | "The Space Thing" | 4 Jun 1961 | 24 Sep 1961 | |
| 88 | "The Diversion" | 1 Oct 1961 | 10 Dec 1961 | |
| 89 | "The Collector" | 17 Dec 1961 | 29 Apr 1962 | |
| 90 | "Task Test" | 6 May 1962 | 9 Sep 1962 | |
| 91 | "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)" | 16 Sep 1962 | 10 Mar 1963 | |
| 92 | "The Ghost Lover" | 17 Mar 1963 | 1 Sep 1963 | |
| 93 | "The Double" | 8 Sep 1963 | 19 Jan 1964 | |
| 94 | "The Castaway" | 26 Jan 1964 | 9 Aug 1964 | |
| 95 | "The Mole" | 16 Aug 1964 | 14 Mar 1965 | |
| 96 | "The Traveller's Tale" | 21 Mar 1965 | 22 Aug 1965 | |
| 97 | "The Cobra Returns" | 29 Aug 1965 | 3 Apr 1966 | |
| 98 | "The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" | 10 Apr 1966 | 7 Aug 1966 | |
| 99 | "The Astro Pirates" | 14 Aug 1966 | 25 Dec 1966 | |
| 100 | "The Blackout Caper" | 1 Jan 1967 | 23 Apr 1967 | |
| 101 | "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" | 30 Apr 1967 | 24 Sep 1967 | |
| 102 | "The Game of Chance" | 1 Oct 1967 | 11 Feb 1968 | |
| 103 | "Invasion of the Babu" | 18 Feb 1968 | 21 Jul 1968 | |
| 104 | "Second Chance" | 28 Jul 1968 | 3 Nov 1968 | |
| 105 | "The All or Nothing Hunt" | 10 Nov 1968 | 30 Mar 1969 | |
| 106 | "The Galactic Rumble" | 6 Apr 1969 | 7 Sep 1969 | |
| 107 | "The Invaders" | 14 Sep 1969 | 11 Jan 1970 | |
| 108 | "The 3D Monster" | 18 Jan 1970 | (ending on 5 Apr, 1970) | see on left, last Mandrake strip in Grit |
Samples
issue April 6, 1947 / All Sunday page panels on a single strip at the bottom of the page
issue September 4, 1949 / Usual presentation
issue June 17, 1951 / Comics - Full page
issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip
issue August 23, 1953 / Mandrake stip
issue July 8, 1962 / Mandrake stip
issue June 25, 1967 / Mandrake - Full page
Views (about specific selling process)
External links
- [1] Wikipedia article.