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Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) comic books 1984-1991

  • Issue #1
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 1

    Mandrake In Hollywood. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Fred Fredericks. Adventures of the comic strip magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips Jan. 1 - April 9, 1938, including the 11th Mandrake story and the first week of the 12th. In Hollywood, Mandrake gets a job at Granite Studios; meanwhile, child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth, has been kidnapped. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #2
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 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 April 11 - June 29, 1938, including the 12th Mandrake story and the first week of the 13th. Mandrake investigates the kidnapping of child star Sonny, the most spoiled brat on Earth; then, a woman seeking help crashes through Mandrake's window on horseback. Sonny The Child Movie Star; Mandrake and the Haunted House. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #3
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 3

    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 29th - July 1938, including the 13th Mandrake story and the first part of the 14th. Mandrake helps a desperate woman investigate hauntings in the mansion she inherited from her grandfather; arrogant athlete Nick Blozz won't stop pestering a young heiress. Mandrake and the Haunted House; Blozz the Champion. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #4
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 4

    Mandrake in Love. 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 July - November 25th, 1938. The lovely Narda seeks Mandrake's help after her brother, Prince Segrid, gambles away the family fortune and tries to marry her off to a loathsome duke. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #5
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 5

    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 November 26, 1938 - April 10, 1939. Mandrake helps Narda regain her fortune and break her engagement, leaving her free to pursue romance with Mandrake. Then, visiting a friend in the Southern swamplands, Mandrake encounters the ancient ghosts of Jean Lafitte and his pirate band. Mandrake in Love; The Deep South. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #6
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 6

    Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips April 11, 1939 - February 28, 1940. After mummy sightings in the Orient Museum, the guards refuse to work the night shift. Mandrake, Lothar and female photographer Sonny decide to find the truth by spending the night in the museum. Cover by Marvel and DC artist Bret Blevins. The Deep South; The Museum Mystery. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #7
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 7

    Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips February 29 - May 11, 1940. Investigating the mummy they saw in the museum, Mandrake and Sonny discover a secret passage to the museum vault and a plot to rob the museum of priceless artifacts. Cover by Marvel and DC artist Bret Blevins. The Museum Mystery; The Octopus Ring, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #8
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 8

    The Octopus Ring, part 2. Story by Lee Falk. Art by Phil Davis. Cover by Bret Blevins. Adventures of the crime-fighting magician, considered one of the first superheroes of comics. Reprints Mandrake The Magician daily strips May 12 - August 30, 1940. Government agents recruit Mandrake to expose a spy network known as The Octopus Ring. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #9
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 9

    The Octopus Ring, part 3. 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 August 31 to October 11, 1940. Mandrake helps US authorities take down the dreaded Octopus Ring spy network. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #10
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 10

    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 From Mandrake The Magician daily strips December 5th, 1938 to February 4th, 1939 and September 4th-12th, 1939. Wealthy Mr. Rocks is visited by a couple in a spherical vessel who claim to be from Mars, but Mandrake suspects all is not as it appears. Visitors from Space; Mandrake in North Africa, part 1. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

  • Issue #11
    Official Mandrake (1988 $2.00-2.50) 11

    Mandrake in North Africa, 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 September 13 to November 23, 1939. Lothar must return to the African village of his birth when a witch doctor uses magic to terrorize villagers and American soldiers alike; Mandrake tags along to help. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.