The Overseas Weekly
| The Overseas Weekly World's Greatest Comics | |
 sample from 1965 | |
| Country/language: |  Germany / English
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| Publishing company: | (International Media Co./ (Overseas Media Corp. ?) |
| Publishing years: | 1950-1975 |
| Issues: | |
| Format: | 24 x 34 cms, then 22,5 x 31,5 cms |
The Overseas Weekly was a tabloid, published in English, exclusively destined to the American forces which were stationed outside the U.S.A. (mainly in Germany and others NATO treaty places in Europe). It was only sold in newsstands of the U.S. bases and was "A touch of Home - Away from Home", as subtitled on the front page.
History
From 1950 to 1975, it was at first printed in Frankfurt am Main then in Darmstadt, both at the time in West Germany. Written and edited by former GI's, the publication was destined to defend soldier's rights in delivering less official information than the ones given by the official publication “The Stars and Stripes”.
Like the usual American newspapers, it included a comics supplement in color. Late 50's the supplement was reduced from 16 pages to 12 pages. In the seventies comics were however appearing, without any supplement and only into the black and white tabloid pages. Generally with a delay of three weeks on the original Sunday pages, it included Mandrake the Magician and others classical strips such as "The Phantom", "Flash Gordon", "The Lone Ranger", "Big Ben Bolt", "Beetle Bailey"...
It's worth to note that, especially for the Far East forces, another edition was printed in Saigon (then in South Vietnam), always with the same comics supplement.
Published stories
Sunday stories
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| # | Original story title | Start (in O.W.) | End ( in O.W.) | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 | "The Sleeping Forest" | January 9, 1955 | April 17,1955 | |
| 65 | "Isle of the Giant" | April 24,1955 | June 26, 1955 | |
| 66 | "Universal Love" | July 3,1955 | September 11,1955 | |
| 67 | "Magnetic Island" | September 18, 1955 | December 25, 1955 | |
| 68 | "The Castaway" | January 1, 1956 | March 18, 1956 | |
| 69 | "City in the Deep" | March 25, 1956 | July 8,1956 | |
| 70 | "Witchmen's Peak" | July 15, 1956 | December 16, 1956 | |
| 71 | "The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest" | December 23, 1956 | July 14, 1957 | |
| 72 | "The Casino" | July 21, 1957 | September 8, 1957 | |
| 73 | "The Place Called X" | September 15, 1957 | February 2, 1958 | |
| 74 | "The Invaders" | February 9, 1958 | May 25, 1958 | |
| 75 | "The Mesa" | June 1, 1958 | August 10, 1958 | |
| 76 | "The Birthday Party" | August 17, 1958 | January 4, 1959 | |
| 77 | "The Invisible Thief" | January 11, 1959 | April 19, 1959 | |
| 78 | "The Watcher" | April 26, 1959 | August 9, 1959 | |
| 79 | "The Old West Revisited" | August 16, 1959 | October 4, 1959 | |
| 80 | "The Horse Thief" | October 11, 1959 | December 20, 1959 | |
| 81 | "The Abominable Snowman" | December 27, 1959 | June 5, 1960 | |
| 82 | "The Demon Photographer" | June 12, 1960 | August 28, 1960 | |
| 83 | "The Radio Telescope" | September 04, 1960 | September 11, 1960 | |
| 84 | "The Water Pirates" | September 18, 1960 | January 8, 1961 | |
| 85 | "Sky Raid" | January 15, 1961 | March 12, 1961 | |
| 86 | "The Summit Conference" | March 19, 1961 | July 2, 1961 | |
| 87 | "The Space Thing" | July 9, 1961 | October 29, 1961 | |
| 88 | "The Diversion" | November 5, 1961 | January 14, 1962 | |
| 89 | "The Collector" | January 21, 1962 | June 3, 1962 | |
| 90 | "Task Test" | June 10, 1962 | October 14, 1962 | |
| 91 | "The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet)" | October 21, 1962 | April 14, 1963 | |
| 92 | "The Ghost Lover" | April 21, 1963 | October 6, 1963 | |
| 93 | "The Double" | October 13, 1963 | February 23, 1964 | |
| 94 | "The Castaway" | March 1, 1964 | September 13, 1964 | |
| 95 | "The Mole" | September 20, 1964 | March 28, 1965 | |
| 96 | "The Traveller's Tale" | April 4, 1965 | September 26, 1965 | |
| 97 | "The Cobra Returns" | October 3, 1965 | May 7, 1966 |
December 16, 1974 issue
In the issue of December 16, 1974 the newspaper advertises that the Weekly in the next issue will be running five pages of vintage comics featuring: "The Phantom" 1937, "Flash Gordon" 1940, "Inspector Wade" 1935, "Secret Agent X-)" 1934, "Popeye" 1933, "The Ciso Kid" 1951, "Mandrake the Magician" 1934, "King of the Royal Mounted" 1938, "Red Ryder" 1949 and "Jungle Jim" 1935.
Sunday story
| Original story title | Start date | End date | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers" | May 13, 1935 | May 25, 1935 | Ending with the strip of April 7, 1935 |