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King Comics (1936) 41 FR 1.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION: Spine split seal. Full length spine split.

Cover by Joe Musial. Edited by Ruth Plumly Thompson (sometimes credited as Jo King). Stories and art by William Ritt, Clarence Gray, Brandon Walsh, Nicholas Afonsky, Carl Anderson, Jack Burnley, R. J. Scott, Marge Buell, Eddie Sullivan, Charlie Schmidt, Lee Falk, Phil Davis, E. C. Segar, George McManus, Otto Soglow, Eddie Rickenbacker, Clayton Knight, Romer Grey, Charles Flanders, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Frank Miller, Don Moore and Alex Raymond. Pioneering comics publisher David McKay presents an anthology series featuring reprints of King Features Syndicate comic strips. A crooked carny's game is no match for Mandrake the Magician; A Sports Feature on Babe Ruth, possibly written by famed sportswriter Damon Runyon. Also features the little-seen E. C. Segar strip Sappo ("Heh! Heh! Heh!"). Brick Bradford; Little Annie Rooney; Henry; Sport Features; Scott's Scrapbook; Hall of Fame of the Air; Sentinel Louie; Radio Patrol; Mandrake the Magician; Thimble Theatre; Flash Gordon; Bringing Up Father; The Little King; Ted Towers, Animal Master; King of the Royal Mounted; Barney Baxter in the Air; Sappo; The Ming Bonnets of Corea; Dun-Dums. 64 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Mandrake the Magician (1966 King) 1 FN/VF 7.0

Cover pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Peppe. "Danger Drive to Xanadu" one-page story. "Menace of the City Jungle!", script by Dick Wood, pencils by Don Heck, inks by André LeBlanc. "SOS Phantom" starring The Phantom, art by Bill Lignante. "Meet the Man — Lee Falk" bio. "The Flying Phantom!", script by Dick Wood, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by André LeBlanc; Mandrakes hypnotic magic fights the weird devices of the Toymaker. "The House of Wonders" one-page story, art by Fred Fredericks. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Mandrake the Magician (1966 King) 1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

Cover pencils by Don Heck, inks by Mike Peppe. "Danger Drive to Xanadu" one-page story. "Menace of the City Jungle!", script by Dick Wood, pencils by Don Heck, inks by André LeBlanc. "SOS Phantom" starring The Phantom, art by Bill Lignante. "Meet the Man — Lee Falk" bio. "The Flying Phantom!", script by Dick Wood, pencils by Werner Roth, inks by André LeBlanc; Mandrakes hypnotic magic fights the weird devices of the Toymaker. "The House of Wonders" one-page story, art by Fred Fredericks. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.12.

Mandrake the Magician (1966 King) 8 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Label #4467775006

Cover by Fred Fredericks. Stories by Giovanni Fiorentini and Raymond Marais. Art by Salvatore Stizza and Jeff Jones. These comic-book adventures of the crime-fighting illusionist were published by comic-strip syndicate King Features itself. In an issue-length story, Mandrake stumbles on a drug-smuggling operation in Mexico, but succumbs to the strange weed they are growing. Plus a tale of Caesar in Great Battles of History, featuring art by fantasy-art legend Jeffrey Catherine Jones. The Telltale Doll; The Haunted Lagoon; Great Battle of History: Pharsalus, the Triumph of Caesar. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.

Mandrake the Magician (1966 King) 8 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Label #4668894008

Cover by Fred Fredericks. Stories by Giovanni Fiorentini and Raymond Marais. Art by Salvatore Stizza and Jeff Jones. These comic-book adventures of the crime-fighting illusionist were published by comic-strip syndicate King Features itself. In an issue-length story, Mandrake stumbles on a drug-smuggling operation in Mexico, but succumbs to the strange weed they are growing. Plus a tale of Caesar in Great Battles of History, featuring art by fantasy-art legend Jeffrey Catherine Jones. The Telltale Doll; The Haunted Lagoon; Great Battle of History: Pharsalus, the Triumph of Caesar. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.12.