This list has been compiled primarily from information supplied by Jim Shepherd of Frew Publications. Publication dates were checked and corrected, and missing story titles added based on information published in Splasch Magazine (Sweden, 1997), an Italian Mandrake index, and my own collection of Norwegian and Swedish Fantomen magazines and a few Australian, American and Indian Mandrake comics. I would also like to gratefully acknowledge the assistance of several dedicated Mandrake fans: Kari Elkelä (Finland), Kjell Steen (Norway), Einar Johnskås (Sweden), Sérgio Takara (Brazil), Arthur Lortie (USA), Emile Schwarz (France), Jon Preddle (New Zealand), Jeffrey Lindenblatt (USA), and Rick Hy (USA).Since this list has been compiled from various international sources, it is inevitable that there will be slight discrepancies in dates and story titles. Wherever possible, the original English language titles and dates have been used. We greatly appreciate the assistance of anyone who can provide corrections. Please send your corrections to guran@deepwoods.org.
Lee Falk was the sole writer of all stories until his death on 13 March 1999. Fred Fredericks wrote and drew all subsequent stories. Phil Davis was the first Sunday strip artist. From 1942, Davis was assisted by his wife Martha. Phil Davis died on 16 December 1964, and his last strips appeared in February 1965. Martha Davis continued to draw both strips for a few months before Fred Fredericks assumed the reins as regular Mandrake artist from 27 June 1965 on the Sundays.
The Mandrake Sunday strip was cancelled on 29 Dec 2002, at the conclusion of Shadows on Devil Road. This was Fred Fredericks' decision rather than something that was inflicted upon him. It will leave him with more time to work on the daily strips which are continuing. It was hoped that King Features would provide reprints of older stories for the remaining newspaper clients (reportedly only 15), but sadly this option was not pursued. Consequently, these newspaper clients have replaced the Mandrake Sundays with alternate titles.
Only full length Sunday stories are numbered. During the early days (1935-1940) it was common for "filler pages" to appear between stories. The filler pages contain pointers to a following full-length story.
S# | Title | Start | Finish | Weeks |
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1 | The Hidden Kingdom of Murderers | 3 Feb 1935 | 26 May 1935 | 17 |
2 | Land of the Fakirs | 2 Jun 1935 | 6 Oct 1935 | 19 |
3 | Land of the Little People | 13 Oct 1935 | 1 Mar 1936 | 21 |
4 | The Circus People | 8 Mar 1936 | 23 Aug 1936 | 25 |
5 | Chamber into the X Dimension | 30 Aug 1936 | 7 Mar 1937 | 28 |
6 | Prince Paulo the Tyrant | 14 Mar 1937 | 29 Aug 1937 | 25 |
7 | The Treasure Hunt | 5 Sep 1937 | 20 Mar 1938 | 29 |
8 | The Lunar Trip | 27 Mar 1938 | 18 Sep 1938 | 26 |
9 | Mandrake and Lothar at the Carnival | 25 Sep 1938 | 23 Oct 1938 | 5 |
10 | The Haunted Range | 30 Oct 1938 | 25 Dec 1938 | 9 |
(filler pages) | 1 Jan 1939 | 29 Jan 1939 | 5 | |
11 | City of Gold | 5 Feb 1939 | 6 Aug 1939 | 27 |
(filler pages) | 13 Aug 1939 | 10 Sep 1939 | 5 | |
12 | The Ghost Bear of Glass Mountain | 17 Sep 1939 | 24 Dec 1939 | 15 |
(filler pages) | 31 Dec 1939 | 28 Jan 1940 | 5 | |
13 | The Theatre Mysteries | 4 Feb 1940 | 14 Apr 1940 | 11 |
14 | The Flame Pearls Pt.1: Attempted Assassination | 21 Apr 1940 | 26 May 1940 | 6 |
15 | The Flame Pearls Pt.2: Magnetic Island | 2 Jun 1940 | 11 Aug 1940 | 11 |
16 | The Flame Pearls Pt.3: The Three Cows | 18 Aug 1940 | 22 Sep 1940 | 6 |
(filler pages) | 29 Sep 1940 | 6 Oct 1940 | 2 | |
17 | The Flame Pearls Pt.4: The Amazons | 13 Oct 1940 | 22 Dec 1940 | 11 |
18 | The Flame Pearls Pt.5: The Ghost Ship | 29 Dec 1940 | 20 Apr 1941 | 17 |
19 | The Flame Pearls Pt.6: The Witch of Tago | 27 Apr 1941 | 22 Jun 1941 | 9 |
20 | The Flame Pearls Pt.7: Land of the Giants | 29 Jun 1941 | 2 Nov 1941 | 19 |
21 | The Flame Pearls Pt.8: The Hungry Isles | 9 Nov 1941 | 12 Apr 1942 | 23 |
22 | Pacifica | 19 Apr 1942 | 1 Nov 1942 | 29 |
23 | Mystery of the Girls with Red Hair | 8 Nov 1942 | 28 Feb 1943 | 17 |
24 | Cloud City | 7 Mar 1943 | 7 Nov 1943 | 36 |
25 | Gloria Golden | 14 Nov 1943 | 23 Jan 1944 | 11 |
26 | The Garden of Wuzzu | 30 Jan 1944 | 21 May 1944 | 17 |
27 | The Circus Adventure | 28 May 1944 | 27 Aug 1944 | 14 |
28 | The Santa Claus Pirates | 3 Sep 1944 | 3 Dec 1944 | 14 |
29 | Fountain of Youth | 10 Dec 1944 | 18 Mar 1945 | 15 |
30 | Kingdom of the Wind | 25 Mar 1945 | 17 Jun 1945 | 13 |
31 | The Attalan Deep | 24 Jun 1945 | 4 Nov 1945 | 20 |
32 | The Twins of Karana | 11 Nov 1945 | 3 Mar 1946 | 17 |
33 | The Singing Devils | 10 Mar 1946 | 30 Jun 1946 | 17 |
34 | Roc Island | 7 Jul 1946 | 3 Nov 1946 | 18 |
35 | Kingdom of Marvel | 10 Nov 1946 | 7 Sep 1947 | 44 |
36 | The Blue Bandit | 14 Sep 1947 | 1 Feb 1948 | 21 |
37 | The Prince Who Never Smiled | 8 Feb 1948 | 4 Apr 1948 | 9 |
38 | City of Jewels Pt.1: The Polar Bear Pirates | 11 Apr 1948 | 20 Jun 1948 | 11 |
39 | City of Jewels Pt.2: The Ice Demons | 27 Jun 1948 | 5 Sep 1948 | 11 |
40 | City of Jewels Pt.3: Conclusion | 12 Sep 1948 | 14 Nov 1948 | 10 |
41 | The Raft People | 21 Nov 1948 | 23 Jan 1949 | 10 |
42 | Fear Island | 30 Jan 1949 | 1 May 1949 | 14 |
43 | The Mystery of the Big Trees | 8 May 1949 | 7 Aug 1949 | 14 |
44 | Jungle Adventure | 14 Aug 1949 | 4 Jun 1950 | 43 |
45 | The Ghost Whale | 11 Jun 1950 | 27 Aug 1950 | 12 |
46 | The Department Store Mystery | 3 Sep 1950 | 22 Oct 1950 | 8 |
47 | Curse of the Kavrun Emerald | 29 Oct 1950 | 14 Jan 1951 | 12 |
48 | The Venus Flytrap | 21 Jan 1951 | 11 Mar 1951 | 8 |
49 | Mystery of the Vanishing Homes | 18 Mar 1951 | 20 May 1951 | 10 |
50 | The Spaceship to Venus | 27 May 1951 | 28 Oct 1951 | 23 |
51 | The Caribbean Mystery | 4 Nov 1951 | 16 Dec 1951 | 7 |
52 | The Jungle Fullback | 23 Dec 1951 | 17 Feb 1952 | 9 |
53 | Taboo Land | 24 Feb 1952 | 6 Jul 1952 | 20 |
54 | The Doorway to Z | 13 Jul 1952 | 16 Nov 1952 | 19 |
55 | The Hide-out | 23 Nov 1952 | 18 Jan 1953 | 9 |
56 | The Visitors | 25 Jan 1953 | 7 Jun 1953 | 20 |
57 | The Water Champs | 14 Jun 1953 | 5 Jul 1953 | 4 |
58 | Mandrake's Magic House | 12 Jul 1953 | 27 Sep 1953 | 12 |
59 | Mandrake Plays Cupid | 4 Oct 1953 | 22 Nov 1953 | 8 |
60 | Rex (The Living Fossil) | 29 Nov 1953 | 4 Apr 1954 | 19 |
61 | The Mountain that Walked | 11 Apr 1954 | 23 May 1954 | 7 |
62 | The Tomb | 30 May 1954 | 18 Jul 1954 | 8 |
63 | The Ocean Wind | 25 Jul 1954 | 12 Dec 1954 | 21 |
64 | The Sleeping Forest | 19 Dec 1954 | 13 Mar 1955 | 13 |
65 | Isle of the Giant | 20 Mar 1955 | 22 May 1955 | 10 |
66 | Universal Love | 29 May 1955 | 7 Aug 1955 | 11 |
67 | Magnetic Island | 14 Aug 1955 | 20 Nov 1955 | 15 |
68 | The Castaway | 27 Nov 1955 | 12 Feb 1956 | 12 |
69 | City in the Deep | 19 Feb 1956 | 3 Jun 1956 | 16 |
70 | Witchman's Peak | 10 Jun 1956 | 11 Nov 1956 | 23 |
71 | The Miss Galaxy Beauty Contest | 18 Nov 1956 | 9 Jun 1957 | 30 |
72 | The Casino | 16 Jun 1957 | 4 Aug 1957 | 8 |
73 | The Place Called X | 11 Aug 1957 | 29 Dec 1957 | 21 |
74 | The Invaders | 5 Jan 1958 | 20 Apr 1958 | 16 |
75 | The Mesa | 27 Apr 1958 | 6 Jul 1958 | 11 |
76 | The Birthday Party | 13 Jul 1958 | 30 Nov 1958 | 21 |
77 | The Invisible Thief | 7 Dec 1958 | 15 Mar 1959 | 15 |
78 | The Watcher | 22 Mar 1959 | 5 Jul 1959 | 16 |
79 | The Old West Revisited | 12 Jul 1959 | 30 Aug 1959 | 8 |
80 | The Horse Thief | 6 Sep 1959 | 15 Nov 1959 | 11 |
81 | The Abominable Snowman | 22 Nov 1959 | 1 May 1960 | 24 |
82 | The Demon Photographer | 8 May 1960 | 24 Jul 1960 | 12 |
83 | The Radio Telescope | 31 Jul 1960 | 7 Aug 1960 | 2 |
84 | The Water Pirates | 14 Aug 1960 | 4 Dec 1960 | 17 |
85 | Sky Raid | 11 Dec 1960 | 5 Feb 1961 | 9 |
86 | The Summit Conference | 12 Feb 1961 | 28 May 1961 | 16 |
87 | The Space Thing | 4 Jun 1961 | 24 Sep 1961 | 17 |
88 | The Diversion | 1 Oct 1961 | 10 Dec 1961 | 11 |
89 | The Collector | 17 Dec 1961 | 29 Apr 1962 | 20 |
90 | Task Test | 6 May 1962 | 9 Sep 1962 | 19 |
91 | The Trade Commission (The Blue Planet) | 16 Sep 1962 | 10 Mar 1963 | 26 |
92 | The Ghost Lover | 17 Mar 1963 | 1 Sep 1963 | 25 |
93 | The Double | 8 Sep 1963 | 19 Jan 1964 | 20 |
94 | The Castaway | 26 Jan 1964 | 9 Aug 1964 | 29 |
95 | The Mole | 16 Aug 1964 | 14 Mar 1965 | 31 |
96 | The Traveller's Tale | 21 Mar 1965 | 22 Aug 1965 | 23 |
97 | The Cobra Returns | 29 Aug 1965 | 3 Apr 1966 | 32 |
98 | The Underworld vs. Inter-Intel | 10 Apr 1966 | 7 Aug 1966 | 18 |
99 | The Astro Pirates | 14 Aug 1966 | 25 Dec 1966 | 20 |
100 | The Blackout Caper | 1 Jan 1967 | 23 Apr 1967 | 17 |
101 | The Meeting of Mandrake and Lothar | 30 Apr 1967 | 24 Sep 1967 | 22 |
102 | The Game of Chance | 1 Oct 1967 | 11 Feb 1968 | 20 |
103 | Invasion of the Babu | 18 Feb 1968 | 21 Jul 1968 | 23 |
104 | Second Chance | 28 Jul 1968 | 3 Nov 1968 | 15 |
105 | The All or Nothing Hunt | 10 Nov 1968 | 30 Mar 1969 | 21 |
106 | The Galactic Rumble | 6 Apr 1969 | 7 Sep 1969 | 23 |
107 | The Invaders | 14 Sep 1969 | 11 Jan 1970 | 18 |
108 | The 3D Monster | 18 Jan 1970 | 19 Apr 1970 | 14 |
109 | The Solar Wind | 26 Apr 1970 | 23 Aug 1970 | 18 |
110 | The Mystery | 30 Aug 1970 | 3 Jan 1971 | 19 |
111 | Hojo's Secret | 10 Jan 1971 | 28 Feb 1971 | 8 |
112 | The Shark | 7 Mar 1971 | 23 May 1971 | 12 |
113 | The Hidden College of Magic | 30 May 1971 | 29 Aug 1971 | 14 |
114 | The Space Pack | 5 Sep 1971 | 21 Nov 1971 | 12 |
115 | The Garden of the Inca | 28 Nov 1971 | 13 Feb 1972 | 12 |
116 | Emile, Emir of Emmo | 20 Feb 1972 | 14 May 1972 | 13 |
117 | The Blue Thing | 21 May 1972 | 3 Sep 1972 | 16 |
118 | The Basilisk | 10 Sep 1972 | 7 Jan 1973 | 18 |
119 | The Mystery of the Stone Face | 14 Jan 1973 | 15 Apr 1973 | 14 |
120 | Lothar's Walk in the Park | 22 Apr 1973 | 10 Jun 1973 | 8 |
121 | The Mystery of Inter-Intel | 17 Jun 1973 | 5 Aug 1973 | 8 |
122 | Fun with Mandrake | 12 Aug 1973 | 21 Oct 1973 | 11 |
123 | The Bank Robbery | 28 Oct 1973 | 3 Feb 1974 | 15 |
124 | Return to X | 10 Feb 1974 | 30 Jun 1974 | 21 |
125 | Galaxy War | 7 Jul 1974 | 1 Jun 1975 | 48 |
126 | The Roadhouse | 8 Jun 1975 | 13 Jul 1975 | 6 |
127 | Ghost Town | 20 Jul 1975 | 2 Nov 1975 | 16 |
128 | The Plane Hijackers | 9 Nov 1975 | 28 Dec 1975 | 8 |
129 | The Man from Europa | 4 Jan 1976 | 14 Mar 1976 | 11 |
130 | The Giant Head | 21 Mar 1976 | 13 Jun 1976 | 13 |
131 | Moxley University Robbers | 20 Jun 1976 | 15 Aug 1976 | 9 |
132 | Prairie Man | 22 Aug 1976 | 5 Dec 1976 | 16 |
133 | Mysterious Bigfoot | 12 Dec 1976 | 3 Apr 1977 | 17 |
134 | Old Folks | 10 Apr 1977 | 17 Jul 1977 | 15 |
135 | The Three Brothers | 24 Jul 1977 | 16 Oct 1977 | 13 |
136 | Mr Ttazz | 23 Oct 1977 | 5 Mar 1978 | 20 |
137 | Narq's Conquest | 12 Mar 1978 | 24 Sep 1978 | 29 |
138 | Mandrake and Ali-Petro | 1 Oct 1978 | 4 Feb 1979 | 19 |
139 | The Mysterious Birds | 11 Feb 1979 | 17 Jun 1979 | 19 |
140 | The Sky Pirates | 24 Jun 1979 | 26 Aug 1979 | 10 |
141 | Lothar's Workout | 2 Sep 1979 | 11 Nov 1979 | 11 |
142 | Super Giant | 18 Nov 1979 | 17 Feb 1980 | 14 |
143 | Mandrake's Hate Club | 24 Feb 1980 | 6 Jul 1980 | 20 |
144 | The Cave Mystery | 13 Jul 1980 | 2 Nov 1980 | 17 |
145 | The Rat Men | 9 Nov 1980 | 5 Jul 1981 | 35 |
146 | Mandrake's Masquerade - The Xanadu Story | 12 Jul 1981 | 31 Jan 1982 | 30 |
147 | Centre Stage Terror | 7 Feb 1982 | 21 Mar 1982 | 7 |
148 | Prince Nasdaq | 28 Mar 1982 | 29 Aug 1982 | 23 |
149 | El Dorado | 5 Sep 1982 | 20 Feb 1983 | 25 |
150 | The Cloud Men | 27 Feb 1983 | 4 Sep 1983 | 28 |
151 | The Evil Star | 11 Sep 1983 | 29 Jan 1984 | 21 |
152 | Dr Ffark's Cosmic Circus | 5 Feb 1984 | 3 Jun 1984 | 18 |
153 | The Hitchhiker | 10 Jun 1984 | 23 Sep 1984 | 16 |
154 | The Central Galaxy | 30 Sep 1984 | 8 Jun 1986 | 89 |
155 | The Lost City | 15 Jun 1986 | 16 Nov 1986 | 23 |
156 | The Kraken | 23 Nov 1986 | 12 Jul 1987 | 34 |
157 | The Floating Island | 19 Jul 1987 | 27 Mar 1988 | 37 |
158 | The Young Prince | 3 Apr 1988 | 12 Jun 1988 | 11 |
159 | Taboo Isle | 19 Jun 1988 | 6 Nov 1988 | 21 |
160 | Singing Rocks | 13 Nov 1988 | 2 Apr 1989 | 21 |
161 | The Sport of Magicians | 9 Apr 1989 | 27 Aug 1989 | 21 |
162 | The Dolphins | 3 Sep 1989 | 14 Jan 1990 | 20 |
163 | Isle des Fleurs et Morte | 21 Jan 1990 | 24 Jun 1990 | 23 |
164 | Dangers in the Jungle | 1 Jul 1990 | 16 Dec 1990 | 25 |
165 | The Snarff of Karff | 23 Dec 1990 | 13 Oct 1991 | 43 |
166 | The Million Dollar Tour | 20 Oct 1991 | 19 Apr 1992 | 27 |
167 | Capt. C.C.'s Crazy Circus | 26 Apr 1992 | 2 Aug 1992 | 15 |
168 | The Prison Break | 9 Aug 1992 | 24 Jan 1993 | 25 |
169 | The Bikers of Ghost Town | 31 Jan 1993 | 22 Aug 1993 | 30 |
170 | The Bee Thief | 29 Aug 1993 | 26 Dec 1993 | 18 |
171 | The Galactic Birthday Adventure | 2 Jan 1994 | 22 Jan 1995 | 56 |
172 | Revolution In Lotharton | 29 Jan 1995 | 7 Jan 1996 | 50 |
173 | The Swarm | 14 Jan 1996 | 18 Aug 1996 | 32 |
174 | Dr. Holton's Reputation | 25 Aug 1996 | 9 Feb 1997 | 25 |
175 | Speedy | 16 Feb 1997 | 28 Sep 1997 | 33 |
176 | Mandrake Marries Narda | 5 Oct 1997 | 22 Nov 1998 | 60 |
177 | The Cloud | 29 Nov 1998 | 11 Apr 1999 | 20 |
178 | The Bullies | 18 Apr 1999 | 1 Aug 1999 | 16 |
179 | The Invisible Person | 8 Aug 1999 | 10 Oct 1999 | 10 |
180 | Rumble on the Road | 17 Oct 1999 | 30 Jan 2000 | 16 |
181 | The Trick Stealer | 6 Feb 2000 | 28 May 2000 | 17 |
182 | High Climb to Danger | 4 Jun 2000 | 24 Sep 2000 | 17 |
183 | The Devil's Stagecoach | 1 Oct 2000 | 11 Mar 2001 | 24 |
184 | The Bank Mystery | 18 Mar 2001 | 22 Jul 2001 | 19 |
185 | The Trouble with Hobbies | 29 Jul 2001 | 2 Dec 2001 | 19 |
186 | Return of the Tourist | 9 Dec 2001 | 12 May 2002 | 23 |
187 | Shadows on Devil Road | 19 May 2002 | 29 Dec 2002 | 33 |