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24 – Mandrake the Magician

2018-12-24
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Mandrake the Magician, from King Comics #4, June 1936
Mandrake the Magician, 1936

David McKay Publications started publishing their own newspaper reprint comic, King Comics, in 1936.  In King Comics #4, they start including Mandrake the Magician.  Mandrake is considered by many historians as the first costumed superhero.

In other news, Doctor Occult takes on a werewolf over in More Comics:

Doctor Occult from More Fun #12, 1936
Doctor Occult, 1936
Tags: 1936, DC, Doctor Occult, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, Mandrake

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