CREATOR

Name: Semic Press (subsidiary of the worldwide Egmont Group).
Personal dates: Founded in Sweden in 1950 as a comic book subdivision of the publishing company Bonnier AB and has since then changed name several times (the most well known older name is probably Serieförlaget). Sold to Egmont in 1997.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Semic in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's name is a contraction of Series and Comics. The Semic pages in this site contain  examples from the Swedish and the Norwegian main branches.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1965*. Stopped in 1980 but has been continued by another publisher since then.

This annual Swedish album series** consists of humorous stories in a military environment. The main character is the cheerful, mostly unlucky, 91 Mandel Karlsson. The series has similarities to 47:an Löken.

* The publishing of annual albums started in 1934. ** The annual albums are titled 91 Karlsson but the initial comic book series is titled 91:an Karlsson.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


91:an Karlsson

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues).

1965
1967
1971

1974
1977
1980

 

 

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