Pacific Stars & Stripes
The Pacific Stars & Stripes, established in 1945, was a specific version of the national "Stars & Stripes" newspaper released in several editions for troops operating in various U.S. military theaters. Until 1963, it was printed in Tokyo, Japan, especially for the U.S. troops stationed in the country after the World War II, then later in Washington, District of Columbia (USA) until 1998.
As a full page, and a delay of several weeks when compared to the original american newspapers, and from - at least - 1965 to 1971 (however it maybe already published from 1956 but it remains to verify), "Mandrake the Magician" Sunday strip have been published in the "Pacific Stars & Stripes" in a color Sunday extra comics section (which was published as soon as 1945 but only in black and white).
In the other comics, featured each sunday, were "Bringing Up Father", "Little Abner", "Flash Gordon", "Buz Sawyer", "Mr. Abernathy", "The Lone Ranger", "Mickey Mouse" , "Blondie", "Prince Valiant" and "Snuffy Smith" when the black and white daily edition only had, as usual comics, daily strips of "Terry and the Pirates" and "Steve Canyon" - war heroes -"Dick Tracy", "Blondie"and "Li'l Abner". Towards the end of the "Pacific Stars & Stripes" publishing, comics were oriented to funnier comics material.
==Published stories== ("PS&S"= "Pacific Stars & Stripes")
| # | Original story title | Original story start | Original story date | Start in "PS&S" | End in "PS&S" | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96 | "The Traveller's Tale" | 21 Mar 1965 | 22 Aug 1965 | ? | 10 Oct 1965 | first known date in "PS&S" 4 July, 1965 (Original Sunday page 16 May, 1965) |
| 97 | "The Cobra Returns" | 29 Aug 1965 | 3 Apr 1966 | 17 Oct 1965 | 22 May 1966 | |
| 98 | "The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel" | 10 Apr 1966 | 7 Aug 1966 | 29 May 1966 | 25 Sep 1966 | |
| 99 | "The Astro Pirates" | 14 Aug 1966 | 25 Dec 1966 | 2 Oct 1966 | 12 Feb 1967 | |
| 100 | "The Blackout Caper" | 1 Jan 1967 | 23 Apr 1967 | 19 Feb 1967 | 11 June 1967 | |
| 101 | "The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar" | 30 Apr 1967 | 24 Sep 1967 | 18 June 1967 | 12 Nov 1967 | |
| 102 | "The Game of Chance" | 1 Oct 1967 | 11 Feb 1968 | 19 Nov 1967 | 31 Mar 1968 | |
| 103 | "Invasion of the Babu" | 18 Feb 1968 | 21 Jul 1968 | 7 Apr 1968 | 8 Sep 1968 | |
| 104 | "Second Chance" | 28 Jul 1968 | 3 Nov 1968 | 15 Sep 1968 | 22 Dec 1968 | |
| 105 | "The All or Nothing Hunt" | 10 Nov 1968 | 30 Mar 1969 | 29 Dec 1968 | 18 May 1969 | |
| 106 | "The Galactic Rumble" | 6 Apr 1969 | 7 Sep 1969 | 25 May 1969 | 26 Oct 1969 | |
| 107 | "The Invaders" | 14 Sep 1969 | 11 Jan 1970 | 2 Nov 1969 | 1 Mar 1970 | |
| 108 | "The 3D Monster" | 18 Jan 1970 | 19 Apr 1970 | 8 Mar 1970 | 7 Jun 1970 | |
| 109 | "The Solar Wind" | 26 Apr 1970 | 23 Aug 1970 | 14 Jun 1970 | 11 Oct 1970 | |
| 110 | "The Mystery" | 30 Aug 1970 | 3 Jan 1971 | 18 Oct 1970 | ? | last known date in "PS&S" 27 Dec, 1971 (Original Sunday page 8 Nov, 1970) |
Various Views
Comic section, June 28, 1970
1945 Comic section logo
Comic section October 02, 1966 Mandrake page (real page in color)
