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The San Francisco Examiner is an American newspaper distributed in and around San Francisco, California, and published since 1863 as a media of Hearst Corporation chain since 1880. It published "Mandrake the Magician" daily strip from November 12, 1934 (illustrated announcement the day before) to April 10, 1959 and Sunday strip from February 3, 1935 to October 30, 1960.
Published daily strips stories
The Mandrake strips started in the 6 colums format, splitted into two half and printed spanning 3 columns.
| # | Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Cobra" | 12 Nov 1934 | 24 Nov 1934 | starting in week 23 |
| 2 | "The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)" | 26 Nov 1934 | 23 Feb 1935 | printed spanning 5 columns from January 7, 1935 |
| 3 | "The Monster of Tanov Pass" | 25 Feb 1935 | 15 Jun 1935 | |
| 4 | "Saki, the Clay Camel" | 17 Jun 1935 | 2 Nov 1935 | |
| 5 | "The Werewolf" | 4 Nov 1935 | 29 Feb 1936 | |
| 6 | "The Return of the Clay Camel" | 2 Mar 1936 | 18 Jul 1936 | |
| 7 | "The Slave Traders of Tygandi" | 20 Jul 1936 | 28 Nov 1936 | |
| 8 | "Mandrake in the Lost World" | 30 Nov 1936 | 17 Apr 1937 | |
| 9 | "In the Cobra's Grip" | 19 Apr 1937 | 11 Sep 1937 | |
| 10 | "Mandrake in America" | 13 Sep 1937 | 29 Jan 1938 | |
| 11 | "Mandrake in Hollywood" | 31 Jan 1938 | 2 Apr 1938 | |
| 12 | "Sonny the Child Movie Star" | 4 Apr 1938 | 14 May 1938 | |
| 13 | "Mandrake and the Haunted House" | 16 May 1938 | 9 Jul 1938 | |
| 14 | "Blozz the Champion" | 11 Jul 1938 | 10 Sep 1938 | |
| 15 | "Mandrake in Love" | 12 Sep 1938 | 3 Dec 1938 | |
| 16 | "Visitors from Space" | 5 Dec 1938 | 4 Feb 1939 | |
| 17 | "The Deep South" | 6 Feb 1939 | 13 May 1939 | |
| 18 | "Mandrake in Cockaigne" | 15 May 1939 | 2 Sep 1939 | |
| 19 | "Mandrake in North Africa" | 4 Sep 1939 | 23 Dec 1939 | |
| 20 | "The Mountain Bandits" | 25 Dec 1939 | 20 Jan 1940 | |
| 21 | "The Museum Mystery" | 22 Jan 1940 | 4 May 1940 | |
| 22 | "The Octopus Ring" | 6 May 1940 | 21 Dec 1940 | |
| 23 | "Dr Griff's Invention" | 23 Dec 1940 | 5 Apr 1941 | |
| 24 | "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid" | 7 Apr 1941 | 21 Jun 1941 | |
| 25 | "The Great Grando" | 23 Jun 1941 | 8 Nov 1941 | |
| 26 | "Lothar the Champ" | 10 Nov 1941 | 11 Jul 1942 | |
| 27 | "The Rumor Factory" | 13 Jul 1942 | 12 Sep 1942 | |
| 28 | "Baron Kord" | 14 Sep 1942 | 10 Apr 1943 | |
| 29 | "The Witch of Kaloon" | 12 Apr 1943 | 23 Oct 1943 | printed spanning 4 columns from September 27, 1943 |
| 30 | "The Earthshaker" | 25 Oct 1943 | 29 Jan 1944 | |
| 31 | "The Dome" | 31 Jan 1944 | 24 Jun 1944 | |
| 32 | "Doctor Congo" | 26 Jun 1944 | 7 Oct 1944 | |
| 33 | "The Mirror People" | 9 Oct 1944 | 16 Dec 1944 | |
| 34 | "The Ice Lady" | 18 Dec 1944 | 31 Mar 1945 | |
| 35 | "The Old Ones" | 2 Apr 1945 | 30 Jun 1945 | |
| 36 | "The Mysterious Prince" | 2 Jul 1945 | 13 Oct 1945 | |
| 37 | "The Sleeping Beauty" | 15 Oct 1945 | 12 Jan 1946 | |
| 38 | "Pleasant Valley" | 14 Jan 1946 | 23 Mar 1946 | |
| 39 | "Medusa" | 25 Mar 1946 | 1 Jun 1946 | |
| 40 | "The Jinx" | 3 Jun 1946 | 3 Aug 1946 | |
| 41 | "Felina" | 5 Aug 1946 | 14 Dec 1946 | |
| 42 | "The Brass Monkey" | 16 Dec 1946 | 22 Mar 1947 | |
| 43 | "HRH Cuddles" | 24 Mar 1947 | 2 Aug 1947 | |
| 44 | "Wolf Valley" | 4 Aug 1947 | 1 Nov 1947 | |
| 45 | "Sky Acres" | 3 Nov 1947 | 3 Jan 1948 | |
| 46 | "The Ghost Plane" | 5 Jan 1948 | 20 Mar 1948 | |
| 47 | "Cinderella of the Sea" | 22 Mar 1948 | 17 Jul 1948 | |
| 48 | "Queen Ebony" | 19 Jul 1948 | 2 Oct 1948 | |
| 49 | "The Big Tyme" | 4 Oct 1948 | 25 Dec 1948 | |
| 50 | "Derek" | 27 Dec 1948 | 23 Apr 1949 | |
| 51 | "The Amazing Ray" | 25 Apr 1949 | 30 Jul 1949 | |
| 52 | "Lady Ermine" | 1 Aug 1949 | 1 Oct 1949 | |
| 53 | "Mystery Taxi" | 3 Oct 1949 | 26 Nov 1949 | |
| 54 | "Mystery at the Bar-J Ranch" | 28 Nov 1949 | 11 Feb 1950 | |
| 55 | "Deadman's Gulch" | 13 Feb 1950 | 11 Mar 1950 | |
| 56 | "The Beauty Collector" | 13 Mar 1950 | 27 May 1950 | |
| 57 | "The Dark One" | 29 May 1950 | 19 Aug 1950 | |
| 58 | "The Mystery of Uncle Ed" | 21 Aug 1950 | 14 Oct 1950 | |
| 59 | "The Haunted Farm" | 16 Oct 1950 | 2 Dec 1950 | |
| 60 | "Swami" | 4 Dec 1950 | 17 Mar 1951 | |
| 61 | "Lenore" | 19 Mar 1951 | 9 Jun 1951 | |
| 62 | "Mandrake's Birthday" | 11 Jun 1951 | 14 Jul 1951 | |
| 63 | "The Face Mystery" | 16 Jul 1951 | 15 Sep 1951 | |
| 64 | "The Conquerors" | 17 Sep 1951 | 17 Nov 1951 | |
| 65 | "The Million Dollar Loaf" | 19 Nov 1951 | 19 Jan 1952 | |
| 66 | "The Mysterious Phone Booth" | 21 Jan 1952 | 1 Mar 1952 | |
| 67 | "The Silly Stuff Department" | 3 Mar 1952 | 12 Apr 1952 | |
| 68 | "Cleopatra's Treasure" | 14 Apr 1952 | 26 Jul 1952 | |
| 69 | "Out of Nowhere" | 28 Jul 1952 | 4 Oct 1952 | |
| 70 | "The Impostor" | 6 Oct 1952 | 27 Dec 1952 | |
| 71 | "The Jungle Witch" | 29 Dec 1952 | 18 Apr 1953 | |
| 72 | "The Vanishing Rocket" | 20 Apr 1953 | 20 Jun 1953 | |
| 73 | "The Mysterious Mr Beam" | 22 Jun 1953 | 26 Sep 1953 | |
| 74 | "The Monsters" | 28 Sep 1953 | 12 Dec 1953 | |
| 75 | "The Haunted Slope" | 14 Dec 1953 | 6 Feb 1954 | |
| 76 | "The Royal Suitor" | 8 Feb 1954 | 29 May 1954 | |
| 77 | "The Deep Sea Mystery" | 31 May 1954 | 28 Aug 1954 | |
| 78 | "The Museum Theft" | 30 Aug 1954 | 9 Oct 1954 | |
| 79 | "The Enchantress" | 11 Oct 1954 | 1 Jan 1955 | |
| 80 | "The Tourist" | 3 Jan 1955 | 2 Apr 1955 | |
| 81 | "The Inventor" | 4 Apr 1955 | 21 May 1955 | |
| 82 | "Return of the Clay Camel" | 23 May 1955 | 16 Jul 1955 | |
| 83 | "U-Hunt" | 18 Jul 1955 | 3 Sep 1955 | |
| 84 | "The Experiment" | 5 Sep 1955 | 12 Nov 1955 | |
| 85 | "Michael" | 14 Nov 1955 | 21 Jan 1956 | |
| 86 | "The New Neighbors" | 23 Jan 1956 | 21 Apr 1956 | |
| 87 | "The Decoy" | 23 Apr 1956 | 30 Jun 1956 | |
| 88 | "The Little Fog" | 2 Jul 1956 | 20 Oct 1956 | |
| 89 | "Tub's Gang" | 22 Oct 1956 | 22 Dec 1956 | |
| 90 | "The Chess Kings" | 24 Dec 1956 | 2 Mar 1957 | |
| 91 | "The Western" | 4 Mar 1957 | 18 May 1957 | |
| 92 | "The Penthouse Mystery" | 20 May 1957 | 27 Jul 1957 | note 1 |
| 93 | "Lothar's Day" | 29 Jul 1957 | 31 Aug 1957 | note 1 |
| 94 | "Jami" | 2 Sep 1957 | 21 Dec 1957 | note 1 |
| 95 | "The New-Type Radio" | 23 Dec 1957 | 1 Mar 1958 | note 1 |
| 96 | "Employment Agency" | 3 Mar 1958 | 24 May 1958 | note 1 |
| 97 | "Narda's Adventure" | 26 May 1958 | 26 Jul 1958 | note 1 |
| 98 | "Tale of Detru" | 28 Jul 1958 | 20 Sep 1958 | note 1 |
| 99 | "The Invisible Bandit" | 22 Sep 1958 | 6 Dec 1958 | note 1 |
| 100 | "The Dollmaker" | 8 Dec 1958 | 14 Mar 1959 | note 1 |
| 101 | "Queen of the Cats" | 16 Mar 1959 | 11 Apr 1959 | note 1, interupted |
| 103 | "The Spaceman Mystery" | 4 Oct 1959 | 18 Oct 1959 | note 2, 3 last weeks only |
| 104 | "Shirlana" | 25 Oct 1959 | 3 Jan 1960 | |
| 105 | "Secret of the Sargasso" | 10 Jan 1960 | 27 Mar 1960 | |
| 106 | "Spooks" | 3 Apr 1960 | 19 Jun 1960 | |
| 107 | "The Thief (The Time Traveller)" | 26 Jun 1960 | 11 Sep 1960 | |
| 108 | "The Ambassador" | 18 Sep 1960 | 22 Oct 1960 | interupted after 7 weeks |
- note 1: Starting 7 July 1957 the Sunday edition reprinted the daily stips of a week (strip of June 19-22 and 24-25). The last reprint in the Sunday issue was on 26 April 1959 (strip of April 7 to 11 - (only 5 strips, and the strip of April 7 was also in the newspaper on Sunday 19 April).
- note 2: From 4 October 1959 the Sunday editions reproduce a whole week of dailies strips on a page.
Published Sunday pages stories
The first and second run printed the tabloid version of the strip.
| # | Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers" | 3 Feb 1935 | 26 May 1935 | interupted |
| 2 | "Land of the Fakirs" | 9 June 1935 | - | interupted |
| 24 | "Cloud City" | 2 May 1943 | 16 May 1943 | two pages only |
| 72 | "The Casino" | July 7, 1957 | 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 | 10 Oct 1960 | interupted |
Samples
Newspaper Logo / "Monarch of the Dailies"...
first daily strip / Nov.12, 1934
daily strip / May 7, 1938
Sunday page August 16,1942 (original in color)
daily strip / Oct. 16, 1946
daily strip / March 1, 1954
