The first issue of Politikin Zabavnik came out on 28 February 1939, with 12 pages. Generations waited for Friday to read comics, curious facts and stories from all over the world.
Did you know?
- The name was chosen in a reader contest that drew 34,998 coupons.
- The slogan first said from 7 to 77. It was changed to 107 after a 78 year old reader wrote in to ask if he could still read it.
- The record circulation came in 1975: 330,000 copies per issue.
- Donald Duck and the Disney characters had a permanent place in the magazine.
Old issues still lie in attics, tied up with string, and nobody ever throws them away.