Issue Details

Issue	#53
Published	December 1951
Frequency	Monthly
Cover Price	0.10 USD
Pages	36
Editing	?

Cover Details

Genre	Adventure
Pencils	Phil Davis ?
Inks	Phil Davis ?
Notes	Illustration taken from the newspaper strip?

2 page Mandrake story "The Story Behind Mandrake"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Lee Falk
Pencils	Phil Davis
Inks	Phil Davis
Notes	inside front cover and continues inside back cover

16 page Mandrake story "The Case of the Phantom Bandit"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Lee Falk
Pencils	Phil Davis
Inks	Phil Davis
Reprinted	King Features newspaper strip modified to fit comic book format.

16 page Mandrake story "The Terror of The Werewolves"

Genre	Adventure
Script	Lee Falk
Pencils	Phil Davis
Inks	Phil Davis
Notes	splash panel added, not by Davis
Reprinted	King Features newspaper strip modifed to fit comic book format.

1 page Mandrake illustration

Pencils	Phil Davis ?
Inks	Phil Davis ?
Notes	On the back cover.