Mike, der Taschengeldexperte
Mike (up to 01/ 1984 Mike, the pocket money expert ) was a 1978-2007 all bi-monthly promotional comic strip, over the cooperative banks, as well as the books Sumsi and Marc & Penny, was distributed free of charge to young Volksbank new customers to advertise. In the 29 years 175 issues appeared. With the publication of the magazine 03/ 2007, production of Mike magazine was discontinued.
Since July 2007, appears as the successor series, the magazine Primax, where Mike and his friend Tina to experience along with the characters from the set also Marc & Penny new stories.
Mike is a creation of comic artist Mali Beinhorn and Werner Büsch from Comic Workshop Büsch Leg Horn of Emsdetten. Worked on the series temporarily with, Jan Gulbransson, Gabriel Nemeth, Hansi Kiefersauer and Ralph Ruthe.
The Mike - book series was last produced by the advertising agency geno com from Münster in Westphalia, which also publishes the successor Primax together with the DG VERLAG.
Content
The comic stories are set in the fictitious German city Sulzberg. Here Mike hamster cheek lives with his father Alfred in a small house. His best friends are pear, a vivid light bulb from China, and the scholar Dr. Karl Hohn, a hybrid of mouse and bird. Since issue 02 /1989 Mike also has a friend named Tina, who he met in the sausage factory of Gottlieb grunts when she worked as a nurse working there.
Mike's opponent since issue 5/1982 is called greed throat Wolf to transport a notorious crook and daily thief who has aligned his whole life just waiting for Mike in the saucepan. But his own incompetence and hubris make him always a spanner in the works.
A typical Mike - story usually begins with the fact that Mike's father in the local newspaper ( Sülzberger messenger ) is looking for his son a part-time job, so can " supplement his pocket money ." Mike then plunges with such euphoria in his new job, that at the end something always goes wrong terribly and he is the only just acquired point release.
With issue 11/ 1986, the concept was modified many Mike stories have since adventure stories in which Mike along with Dr. Karl Hohn travels the world.
Since issue 04 /1997 is about half of the contents of reprints of back issues (from 1986). With Release 03 / 2007, the book series has been discontinued.
Mike and the mystery of the dwarf forest
The longest Mike - comic that has ever been published, is the sequel story, " Mike and the mystery of the dwarf forest ". He appeared from 05/ 1979 to 03 /1982 and had 18 episodes to a total of 130 pages of comic books.
The story is about a camping trip, the want Mike, Dr. Karl Hoehn and pear in the idyllic dwarf forest, not far from Sülzbergen spend. At the campground arrived, Karl runs promptly gathering wood, crashing into a cave and is rescued by a friendly ranger Wurzelwarz. Mike and pear have now made the search for Dr. Hoehn and also plunge it into the grotto. From then on, a dyed in the wool fantasy epic with dwarves, dragons, elves, a mysterious golden key and an evil wizard named Firebeard and his demonic cronies relaxed.