sentences:  That same year, Bell acquired Associated Newspapers.Keeping Associated Newspapers as a division, at that point the company became the Bell-McClure Syndicate.King Features had a series of hits during the 1930s with the launch of "Blondie" (1930–present), "Flash Gordon" (1934–present), "Mandrake the Magician" (1934–2013), and "The Phantom" (1936–present).