{"product_id":"mandrake-the-magician-the-complete-dailies-volume-1-1934-1936","title":"MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN The Complete Dailies Volume 1 1934-1936","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the creative mind of \u003cstrong\u003eLee Falk\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Phantom) comes Mandrake the Magician in equally compelling earliest adventures! Created in 1934 with the story “The Cobra.” This first Volume includes four more stories: “The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda),” 1934-35, “The Monster of Tanov Pass,” 1935, “Saki, the Clay Camel,” 1935, and “The Werewolf,” 1935–36. Strips from this issue are taken directly from King Feature’s proofs. Included in the volume is a comprehensive essay and documentary materials.\n\n\u003cem\u003eThese early strips are wild and totally unappreciated. Mandrake is practically a superhero. He and Lothar and a bevy of beautiful co-stars range from one adventure to another, even going to unexplored lost lands and into a science fiction epic or two. And the artwork will surprise you too -- it's very, very good. This was on a par with The Phantom, Flash Gordon and the very best of the 1930s adventure strips. Mandrake as we see him here is far more than just the first magician in comics; he's an inventive, smart, unique hero who is continually rescuing (or battling) beautiful ladies and femme fatales. Lots of fun. - Bud\u003c\/em\u003e\n\nComics historian Don Markstein wrote, \"Some people say Mandrake the Magician, who started in 1934, was comics' first superhero.”\n\nHermes Press continues their legacy of complete Lee Falk comic reprints, starting with the very first years of Mandrake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hermes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59640352833822,"sku":"MAND01H","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/mand01h-mandrake-the-magician-dailies-vol-1.jpg?v=1784494163","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/mandrake-the-magician-the-complete-dailies-volume-1-1934-1936","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}