{"product_id":"9781613453155","title":"MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN HC VOL 05 THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES (1941-1943) (10\/28\/2026) HERMES PRESS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN HC VOL 05 THE COMPLETE NEWSPAPER DAILIES (1941-1943)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(W) LEE FALK (A) PHIL DAVIS (C) PHIL DAVIS\u003cbr\u003eHERMES PRESS\u003cbr\u003eStockID: 181585  SKU: 0626HP0880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMandrake the Magician began as a daily strip on June 11- 1934- and whether Lee Falk knew it as a sophomore at the University of Illinois- he was making history. The daily strip ended after a 79-year run- and the Sunday strip- which started in 1935- ran for 68 years. Any fan of comic strips is almost certainly familiar with Falk’s other creation- The Phantom- which started in 1936 and continues to this day. The strips presented in this series of reprints feature two staple characters in addition to the master magician: Lothar and Princess Narda (princess of the mythical European kingdom Cockaigne). Lothar appears within the first few days (June 14- 1934)- and Narda is introduced in Mandrake’s second adventure. Narda is similar to Flash Gordon’s Dale Arden: beautiful- constantly in need of rescue- and the love interest of our hero. A Prince of the Seven Nations of Africa- Lothar is Mandrake’s devoted servant- friend and companion. He is- “the strongest man in the world-” and decked out in a fez- shorts- and a leopard shirt. Comics historian Don Markstein commented that- “Some people say Mandrake the Magician...was comics’ first superhero-” and we at Hermes Press couldn’t agree more. Volume five presents: “The Mystery of the Striped Orchid-” 4\/7\/1941 - 6\/21\/1941; “The Great Grando-” 6\/23\/1941 - 11\/8\/194; “Lothar The Champ-” 11\/10\/1941 - 7\/11\/194; “The Rumor Factory-” 7\/13\/1942 - 9\/12\/194; and “Baron Kord-” 9\/14\/1942 - 4\/10\/1943.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HERMES PRESS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42865468899390,"sku":"9781613453155","price":57.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2059\/7683\/files\/181585-hr.jpg?v=1780752497","url":"https:\/\/goldenapplecomics.com\/products\/9781613453155","provider":"Golden Apple Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}