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The Detroit Free Press is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan. The Sunday edition is titled the "Sunday Free Press". The newspaper was first published as the "Democratic Free Press and Michigan Intelligencer" on May 5, 1831 and was renamed to "Detroit Daily Free Press" in 1835.
The "Detroit Free Press" has received ten Pulitzer Prizes and four Emmy Awards for its journalistic quuality. Its current motto is "On Guard for 189 Years".
"Mandrake the Magician" Sunday strip appeared from January 28, 1940 to June 8, 1986.
Samples (original Sunday pages in color)
Ad for published comics
Newspaper logo (see motto "On guard..."
February 6, 1944
April 11, 1954 edition (first Sunday page of the story)
July 1, 1956 edition (detail)
January 3, 1965 edition
November 13, 1966 edition / full page, format 37 x 55 cm
July 14, 1974 edition
Published Sunday pages stories
| # | Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| f15 | "The Music Lesson" (filler page) | 28 Jan 1940 | 28 Jan 1940 | |
| 13 | "The Theatre Mysteries" | 4 Feb 1940 | 14 Apr 1940 | |
| 14 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination" | 21 Apr 1940 | 26 May 1940 | |
| 15 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island" | 2 Jun 1940 | 11 Aug 1940 | |
| 16 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows" | 18 Aug 1940 | 22 Sep 1940 | |
| f16 | "The Swordfish" (filler page) | 29 Sep 1940 | 6 Oct 1940 | |
| 17 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons" | 13 Oct 1940 | 22 Dec 1940 | |
| 18 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship" | 29 Dec 1940 | 20 Apr 1941 | |
| 19 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago" | 27 Apr 1941 | 22 Jun 1941 | |
| 20 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants" | 29 Jun 1941 | 2 Nov 1941 | |
| 21 | "The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles" | 9 Nov 1941 | 12 Apr 1942 | |
| 22 | "Pacifica" | 19 Apr 1942 | 1 Nov 1942 | |
| 23 | "Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair" | 8 Nov 1942 | 28 Feb 1943 | |
| 24 | "Cloud City" | 7 Mar 1943 | 7 Nov 1943 | |
| 25 | "Gloria Golden" | 14 Nov 1943 | 23 Jan 1944 | |
| 26 | "The Garden of Wuzzu" | 30 Jan 1944 | 21 May 1944 | |
| 27 | "The Circus Adventure" | 28 May 1944 | 27 Aug 1944 | |
| 28 | "The Santa Claus Pirates" | 3 Sep 1944 | 3 Dec 1944 | |
| 29 | "Fountain of Youth" | 10 Dec 1944 | 18 Mar 1945 | |
| 30 | "Kingdom of the Wind" | 25 Mar 1945 | 17 Jun 1945 | |
| 31 | "The Atalan Deep" | 24 Jun 1945 | 4 Nov 1945 | |
| 32 | "The Twins of Karana" | 11 Nov 1945 | 3 Mar 1946 | |
| 33 | "The Singing Devils" | 10 Mar 1946 | 30 Jun 1946 | |
| 34 | "Roc Island" | 7 Jul 1946 | 3 Nov 1946 | |
| 35 | "Kingdom of Marvel" | 10 Nov 1946 | 7 Sep 1947 | |
| 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" | 16 Jun 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 | 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 | 19 Apr, 1970 | |
| 109 | "The Solar Wind" | 26 Apr 1970 | 23 Aug 1970 | |
| 110 | "The Mystery" | 30 Aug 1970 | 3 Jan 1971 | |
| 111 | "The Mystery of Hojo" | 10 Jan 1971 | 21 Feb 1971 | |
| 112 | "The Shark" | 28 Feb 1971 | 23 May 1971 | |
| 113 | "The College of Magic" | 30 May 1971 | 29 Aug 1971 | |
| 114 | "The Space Pack" | 5 Sep 1971 | 21 Nov 1971 | |
| 115 | "The Garden of the Inca" | 28 Nov 1971 | 13 Feb 1972 | |
| 116 | "Emile, Emir of Emmo" | 20 Feb 1972 | 14 May 1972 | |
| 117 | "The Blue Thing" | 21 May 1972 | 3 Sep 1972 | |
| 118 | "The Basilisk" | 10 Sep 1972 | 7 Jan 1973 | |
| 119 | "The Mystery of the Stone Face" | 14 Jan 1973 | 15 Apr 1973 | |
| 120 | "Lothar's Walk in the Park" | 22 Apr 1973 | 10 Jun 1973 | |
| 121 | "The Mystery of Inter-Intel" | 17 Jun 1973 | 5 Aug 1973 | |
| 122 | "Fun with Mandrake" | 12 Aug 1973 | 21 Oct 1973 | |
| 123 | "The Bank Robbery" | 28 Oct 1973 | 3 Feb 1974 | |
| 124 | "Return to X" | 10 Feb 1974 | 30 Jun 1974 | |
| 125 | "Galaxy War" | 7 Jul 1974 | 1 Jun 1975 | |
| 126 | "The Roadhouse" | 8 Jun 1975 | 13 Jul 1975 | |
| 127 | "Ghost Town" | 20 Jul 1975 | 2 Nov 1975 | |
| 128 | "The Plane Hijackers" | 9 Nov 1975 | 28 Dec 1975 | |
| 129 | "Heavy" | 4 Jan 1976 | 14 Mar 1976 | |
| 130 | "The Giant Head" | 21 Mar 1976 | 13 Jun 1976 | |
| 131 | "Moxley University Robbers" | 20 Jun 1976 | 15 Aug 1976 | |
| 132 | "Prairie Man" | 22 Aug 1976 | 5 Dec 1976 | |
| 133 | "Mysterious Bigfoot" | 12 Dec 1976 | 3 Apr 1977 | |
| 134 | "Old Folks" | 10 Apr 1977 | 17 Jul 1977 | |
| 135 | "The Three Brothers" | 24 Jul 1977 | 16 Oct 1977 | |
| 136 | "Mr Ttazz" | 23 Oct 1977 | 5 Mar 1978 | |
| 137 | "Narq's Conquest" | 12 Mar 1978 | 24 Sep 1978 | |
| 138 | "Mandrake and Ali-Petro" | 1 Oct 1978 | 4 Feb 1979 | |
| 139 | "The Mysterious Birds" | 11 Feb 1979 | 17 Jun 1979 | |
| 140 | "The Sky Pirates" | 24 Jun 1979 | 26 Aug 1979 | |
| 141 | "Lothar's Workout" | 2 Sep 1979 | 11 Nov 1979 | |
| 142 | "Super Giant" | 18 Nov 1979 | 17 Feb 1980 | |
| 143 | "Mandrake's Hate Club" | 24 Feb 1980 | 6 Jul 1980 | |
| 144 | "The Cave Mystery" | 13 Jul 1980 | 2 Nov 1980 | |
| 145 | "The Rat Men" | 9 Nov 1980 | 5 Jul 1981 | |
| 146 | "Mandrake's Masquerade - The Xanadu Story" | 12 Jul 1981 | 31 Jan 1982 | |
| 147 | "Centre Stage Terror" | 7 Feb 1982 | 21 Mar 1982 | |
| 148 | "Prince Nasdaq" | 28 Mar 1982 | 29 Aug 1982 | |
| 149 | "El Dorado" | 5 Sep 1982 | 20 Feb 1983 | |
| 150 | "The Cloud Men" | 27 Feb 1983 | 4 Sep 1983 | |
| 151 | "Evil Star" | 11 Sep 1983 | 29 Jan 1984 | |
| 152 | "Dr Ffark's Cosmic Circus" | 5 Feb 1984 | 3 Jun 1984 | |
| 153 | "The Hitchhiker" | 10 Jun 1984 | 23 Sep 1984 | |
| 154 | "The Central Galaxy" | 30 Sep 1984 | ending 8 June 1986 |