La Nación (Costa Rican newspaper)
La Nación was an Costa Rica newspaper, founded on October 12, 1946 and published in San José (Costa Rica).
It has published "Mandrake the Magician" Sunday strip at least from March 1959 to November 1991 in the Sunday edition.
The current newspaper belongs to the "Grupo Nación" which also owns several natioal newspapers and magazines as well as radio stations.It also owns some important newspapers in Panama and Guatemala. At the time being, the newspaper includes various supplements concerning domains like cultural life, television, entertainment...
Published stories
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| # | Spanish title | Original story title | "La Nación": Start date | "La Nación": End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 77 | ? | "The Invisible Thief" | March 1, 1959 | June 14, 1959 | |
| 78 | "El vigilante" | "The Watcher" | June 21, 1959 | October 4, 1959 | |
| 79 | "Visita del antiguo Oeste" | "The Old West Revisited" | October 11, 1959 | November 29, 1959 | |
| 80 | "El caballo ladrón" | "The Horse Thief" | December 6, 1959 | February 14, 1960 | |
| 81 | "El horrendo Hombre-nivéo" | "The Abominable Snowman" | February 21, 1960 | July 31, 1960 | |
| 82 | "El fotógrafo diabólico" | "The Demon Photographer" | August 7, 1960 | October 30, 1960 | |
| 83 | "El radio-telecopio" | "The Radio Telescope" | November 6, 1960 | November 13, 1960 | |
| 84 | "Piratas acuaticos" | "The Water Pirates" | November 20, 1960 | March 12, 1961 | |
| 85 | "Asalto en el aire!" | "Sky Raid" | March 19, 1961 | May 21, 1961 | |
| 86 | "La conferencia magna" | "The Summit Conference" | May 28, 1961 | September 10, 1961 | |
| 87 | "La cosa del espacio" | "The Space Thing" | September 17, 1961 | January 7, 1962 | |
| 88 | "La distracción" | "The Diversion" | January 14, 1962 | April 1, 1962 | |
| 89 | "El coleccionista" | "The Collector" | April 8, 1962 | August 26, 1962 | |
| ...... / ...... | ...... / ...... | ||||
| 147 | "Centre Stage Terror" | ? | December 18, 1982 | ||
| 148 | "Prince Nasdaq" | December 25, 1982 | ? |
Samples
Comics Supplement Logo"
Mandrake Sunday page / La Nación, March 8, 1959 edition"
Mandrake Sunday page / La Nación, January 8, 1967 edition"
Mandrake Sunday page / La Nación, June 11, 1967 edition
Note
- The newpaper dated July 8, 1976 contains a four page article intilted "Los dos heroes de Lee Falk" by Josette Alvarado de Exprúa.