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The Medicine Hat News (also named "The Medicine Hat News Weekly News") is a daily newspaper published in Medicine Hat, Alberta (Canada).
It was founded on October 29, 1885 (at first under the name "The Times).
"Mandrake the Magician" daily strips were published at least between 1942 to 1954 - the precise dates remain to be determined with more details.
Daily stories
| # | Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | "The Rumor Factory" | Jul 1942 | 12 Sep 1942 | first known trip : 24 Jul 1942 |
| 28 | "Baron Kord" | 14 Sep 1942 | 10 Apr 1943 | |
| 29 | "The Witch of Kaloon" | 12 Apr 1943 | 23 Oct 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 | Feb 1954 | last known trip : 1 Feb 1954 |
Samples
detail strip August 21, 1944..."by Lee FallS"...
1942, July 24
1954, February 01.
