Il Vascello
| Il Vascello | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | La Freccia |
| Publishing years: | 1958 + 1959-1961 |
| Issues: | 22 + 65 |
| Format: | b/w, sepia & color |
Issue overview
Regular series
The first issue of this series mainly devoted to L'uomo mascherato is dated February 7, 1958 and the last (#22) December 15, 1958. Issues 11 and 13 were devoted to "Cino e Franco". The format was 15,5 × 20 cm for generally 32 pages.
Note: Exstra issues
The series had 4 "Bis" (extra) issues:
- 18 bis - "G. Verne", L'isola misteriosa
- 20 bis - "G. Verne", Un capitano di 15 anni
- 22 bis - "Mandrake", La fattoria dei fantasmi
- 24 bis - "Cisco Kid", Il pugnale seghettato & La diligenza fantasma.
Issues with Mandrake
Second series
The first issue of this specific series is dated April 15, 1959. It ended with the issue #65 dated December 20, 1961. After the first issue devoted to a pirate adventure Italian comics, the second and the fifth issues were mainly devoted to "Mandrake the Magician" who, from issue #7, became the main figure for the series. Enzo Carretti made the covers for issues; 1-4, 13-36 and 41-65, Tullo Palasciano the covers for issue 5 and Onofrio Bramante the covers for issues 7-11.
Issues with Mandrake
| 1959 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11b | 12 | 13 | 13b | 14 | 15 | 15b | 16 | 17 | |||||||
| 1960 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21b | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | ||
| 1961 | 42 | 43 | 43s | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 49b | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | |
Note: Extra issues
In this series, there were also some bis (extra) issues, two with Mandrake.
- 11-bis, 48 pgs Morte nell'ombra
- 13-bis, 48 pgs I pindarris vindhya
- 15-bis, 48 pgs I dorados di Pancho Villa
- 17-bis, 44 pgs Comanche
- 21-bis, Numero dopplo Mandrake Il gigante fantasma
- 49-bis, Numero dopplo Mandrake Il gigante fantasma
Note: Supplement issues
In this series, there were also some Supplement issues, one Mandrake. In addition the first four Mandrake issues of the "Super Albo" series also started as supplement albums to "Il Vascello".
- Supplemento al 41, Ben Hur #1
- Supplemento al 41, Super Albo - Mandrake #1
- Supplemento al 43, Mandrake Contro il Cobra
- Supplemento al 45, Super Albo - Mandrake #2
- Supplemento al 49, Super Albo - Mandrake #3
- Supplemento al 52, Ben Hur
- Supplemento al 53, Super Albo - Mandrake #4