Comic books in 'Comic Strip Reprints'

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Baron Kord, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips October 21, 1942 to February 9, 1943. Mandrake, Narda and Lothar travel to Baron Kord's strange island and witness his mind-control drug at work. Now they must stop him before he can use the same drug on a global scale to take over the world. The Baron Kord storyline continues in Mandrake Limited (1990) #1. Final issue of the series; followed by Mandrake Limited (1990) #1. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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The Great Grando, part 1. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips June 23rd to August 27th, 1941 Once Mandrake's assistant, the brilliant Grando now uses his vast knowledge of magic for crime. Story continues in Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) #14. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

The Kraken, part 4. Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips April 26 - June 28, 1987. The Kraken storyline continues from Prince Valiant Monthly (1989 Pioneer) #3. Mandrake joins his old friend Captain Jon in the search for the legendary sea monster called the Kraken. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

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Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips June 28 - September 6, 1987. The Kraken storyline begun in Prince Valiant Monthly (1989 Pioneer) concludes here. Then, Mandrake and friends encounter a floating man-made island, pulled by killer whales, where a family has survived on the ocean for years. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. The Kraken, part 5; The Floating Island, part 1. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

The Floating Island, part 2. Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips September 6 - November 15, 1987. Aboard the floating island, Mandrake discovers a man-made paradise, where the family has re-created all the conveniences of their long-lost island home. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

Stories by Lee Falk, Roy Crane, Archie Goodwin and Alex Raymond. Art by Roy Crane, Fred Fredericks, Al Williamson and Alex Raymond. Cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips 22 November 1987 - February 1988. Mandrake battles a pirate attack; Narda and Mandrake keep having mysterious visions of a strange boy and girl. Also featuring Jungle Jim, Secret Agent, and Buz Sawyer. The Floating Island, part 3; The Clairvoyants. Final issue of the series. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing.

Written by by Lee Falk and Hal Schuster. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays January 30th, 1944 to November 4th, 1945.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: Mandrake investigates strange accidents at a circus; In the Florida Keys, luxury yachts are hijacked by the mysterious Santa Claus Pirate; Mandrake encounters the Fountain of Youth and a domed civilization at the bottom of the sea. Also featuring an interview with Phantom and Mandrake creator Lee Falk. The Garden of Wuzzu; The Colossal Circus; The Santa Claus Pirate; The Fountain of Youth; The King of the Wind; The Atalan Deep; Interview with Lee Falk.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Singing Devils!"

Written by by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints From Mandrake The Magician Sundays November 11th, 1945 to September 7th, 1947.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: Mandrake and friends sail to adventure on the S.S. Argos; In Lothar's native kingdom, strange singing devils terrify the populace; An airborne encounter with a strange beast leads to an island populated by rocs, gigantic birds of antiquity. The Twins of Karana; The Singing Devils; Roc Island; Kingdom of Marvel.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "City of Marvels!"

Written by by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays September 14, 1947 to July 10, 1949.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: Mandrake promises to help a young prince who has never smiled; A search for a lost city in the Arctic leads to battles with ice demons and the Polar Bear Pirate; The S.S. Argos takes Mandrake and Narda  to adventures on Fear Island, the open ocean, and the African tropics. The Blue Bandit; The Prince Who Never Smiled; City of Jewels; The Raft People; Fear Island; The Mystery of the Big Trees, part 1.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Evil Wizard!"

Written by by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays July 17, 1949 to May 13, 1951.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip. Aboard the S.S. Argos, Mandrake, Lothar and Narda encounter tree people, cannibals and a ghost whale; Narda inherits a cursed ring from her mythical homeland; A mysterious gang of house robbers is actually stealing the houses themselves. The Mystery of the Big Trees, part 2; Jungle Adventure; The Ghost Whale; The Department Store Mystery; Curse of the Kavrun Emerald; The Venus Flytrap; Mystery of the Vanishing Homes, part 1.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "Strike of the Evil Magician!"

Written by by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays May 20, 1951 to March 22, 1953.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: After Mandrake and Lothar are abducted by aliens, Narda is accused of their murders; Lothar is conscripted into a college football team. Mandrake and Lothar set out to discover if the white queen of a lost Mayan city is, in fact, a long-vanished explorer's daughter.  Mystery of the Vanishing Homes, part 2; The Spaceship to Venus; The Caribbean Mystery; The Jungle Fullback; Taboo Land; The Doorway to Z; The Hide-out;  The Venus Flytrap; The Visitors, part 1.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

Volume 6 - 1st printing.

Written by by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis.

Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician Sundays March 29, 1953 to January 23, 1955.

A collection of Mandrake adventures from the Sunday strips, which carried different storylines than the daily strip: Strange aliens with giant heads are spotted by a pilot in Africa; Mandrake, Lothar and Narda search for a T-Rex wandering the African swamps; The S.S. Argos is attacked by zeppelin pirates. The Sleeping Forest storyline continues in Mandrake the Ultimate (1989) #1 .The Visitors, part 2; The Water Champ; Mandrake's Magic House; Mandrake Plays Cupid; Rex (The Living Fossil); The Mountain that Walked; The Tomb; The Ocean Wind; The Sleeping Forest, part 1. Final issue of the series; followed by Mandrake the Ultimate (1989) #1.

Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2.-in.,124 pages, B&W.

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Mandrake in Cockaigne. Story by Lee Falk. Art and cover by Phil Davis. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips May 15th, 1939 to September 2nd, 1939. In an effort to prevent Narda's arranged marriage, Mandrake and Lothar travel to her home, the mythical kingdom of Cockaigne. As Narda tries to elude her misguided brother Prince Segrid, Mandrake hatches a daring plan to snatch Narda right from the altar. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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La Machine, part 1. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies May to Sept 1963. Retired super-criminal Modesty and her right-hand man Willie Garvin are bored, and ready for more adventure. Sir Gerald Tarrant offers that, and a chance to make up for past sins, when he recruits them for an international spy network. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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La Machine, part 2. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from 1963. Unable to get the goods on the international murder cartel known as La Machine, Modesty offers herself as bait. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from late 1963. Modesty and her right hand man Willie are called in by Sir Gerald Tarrant after a scientist and Soviet defector vanishes from a Rio de Janeiro hotel. La Machine, part 3; The Long Lever, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

The Long Lever, part 2. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from late 1963. To track a vanished Soviet defector, Modesty and Willie go undercover as a married couple on the cruise ship Flamenco. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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The Long Lever, part 3. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from late 1963. While searching for the Soviet defector Kossuth, Modesty and Willie find themselves captive aboard a vessel somewhere off the African coast. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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The Gabriel Set-Up, part 1. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art by Jim Holdaway. Cover by Wayne Vansant. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from early 1964. Modesty goes undercover at an exclusive clinic that uses hypnotic therapy to discover its clients' darkest secrets, setting them up for blackmail. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

The Gabriel Set-Up, part 2. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from early 1964. The Cloud Nine hypnotic therapy treatment exposes Modesty as a spy; meanwhile, Willie's girlfriend is getting jealous of his devotion to Modesty. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from 1964. After dealing with the blackmailer Gabriel, Modesty and Willie's skirmish with a Hong Kong criminal gets them dangerously close to the war in Vietnam. The Gabriel Set-Up, part 3; Mister Sun, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Mister Sun, part 2. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from 1964. During the Vietnam War, Modesty and Willie must go behind enemy lines to rescue the sister of an ally. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Mister Sun, part 3. Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from 1964. In the Pacific Rim, Modesty and Willie deal with a phony psychic, spy recruiters, and a call-girl ring. Final issue of the series; followed by Official Modesty Blaise (1988) Annual #1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

Story by Peter O'Donnell. Art and cover by Jim Holdaway. Adventures of the legendary femme fatale crimefighter, a celebrated British comic strip character. Reprints Modesty Blaise dailies from 1966 and 1968. The story of how Modesty and Willie first met and started working together; the duo is trapped on an uncharted island and stalked by hired killers. In the Beginning; The Killing Ground. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Stories and art by Hal Foster. Cover by Murphy Anderson. Reprints of the Hal Foster adventure strip, considered one of the artistic high points of the comic strip. Reprints strips from 1959. Riding to warn King Arthur of a Saxon invasion, Val accidentally ignites a domestic squabble; Prince Valiant enters a cave which is said to be the trophy-room of Time itself. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, Chip Faraday, a beautiful woman, dies on Rip's doorstep. Why did she come to see Rip? What was going on? Who killed her and why? Rip tries to find the answers to all of those questions and more. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, when Rip is invited to give a lecture and Honey is invited to a wedding, both events are at Northchester University which has mystery, adventure and danger waiting. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, Rip and Honey solve the mystery at Northchester University but then Rip has the secret formula that everyone wants and that leads into trouble when he tries to turn the formula over to the government. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, held hostage and the formula stolen, Rip and Honey try to find a way out of the mess they are in and get that formula back before it's too late. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, the Mangler has the formula and he won't hesitate to use it and Kirby is determined to find and stop him. And after that case finishes, Honey gets a new modeling job that sounds great. In fact, it sounds too great and makes Rip suspicious. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.

Reprints of Alex Raymond's classic comic strip, Rip Kirby, a former Marine Corps major who solves crimes with his brilliant, scientific mind and intellect. In this issue, Honey's new modeling job in the Florida Keys seems strange and makes her suspicious. Meanwhile, back in New York, Rip is getting worried about Honey and investigates. Script and art by Alex Raymond. Cover price $2.00.