Mandrake the Magician: The Complete King Years Volume Two
The King Years Volume 2
Published on 20. December 2016
Book
Hardback
176 pages
978-1-61345-102-1 (ISBN)
Description
Hermes Press' complete reprint, the second volume and final volume of the series, of the comic book version of the 20th Century's most famous fictional magician in this deluxe version of King Features comics' - and Dell's Four Color Comics' - Mandrake the Magician! Lee Falk's newspaper strip, Mandrake the Magician, offered readers, magic, occult and the fantastic and King Feature's comic book version, which saw print during the height of the Silver Age, was a worthy entry into the world of comic books.
This Second volume of the complete comic book run of Mandrake the Magician presents six complete comics (issues #6-10 of King Comics and issue #752 of Dell's Four Color Comics) restored to their original four color glory. This volume also contains and extensive interview with Fred Fredericks, who worked on the comic strip and well as the comic books for over 25 years and an in-depth historical essay with tons of extras!
This Second volume of the complete comic book run of Mandrake the Magician presents six complete comics (issues #6-10 of King Comics and issue #752 of Dell's Four Color Comics) restored to their original four color glory. This volume also contains and extensive interview with Fred Fredericks, who worked on the comic strip and well as the comic books for over 25 years and an in-depth historical essay with tons of extras!
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New Castle
United States
Target group
Interest Age: From 13 to 16 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 191 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61345-102-1 (9781613451021)
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Persons
Gary T. Poole got his start in comedy writing and illustrating a comic strip in "The Indian Post", his school newspaper at Gaffney Senior High. He moved to New York City to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Before he got involved with writing for comics he appeared in many commercials, plays and television productions. At Gold Key Comics Poole wrote for "everything they published", and in 1966 (or 1967) he wrote several stories Mandrake stories for [King Comics]]. About 1967 be became editor-in-chief at Western Publishing. Poole is also an artist and has illustrated several of his books.