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'''L'avventuroso''' was a weekly [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] magazine, published from 1934 to 1943 by the editor [[Mario Nerbini]].
'''L'avventuroso''' was a weekly [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] magazine, published from 1934 to 1943 by the editor [[Mario Nerbini]].
== Issue overview==  
==Issue overview==
''L'avventuroso'' was the first comics magazine to release "Mandrake the Magician" in Europe with an appearance in the issue #15 dated January 20, 1935. "Mandrake" continued to appear until issue #375 in 1941. At the time, the large format (32×43.5 cm until the issue #304 and 25×35 cm from #305 to the end) as well of the attractive colors of the magazine and its innovative contents ( partly based on American comics of a period which is now called "the Golden Age of Comics" with such classicals as "Flash Gordon", "[[The Phantom]]", "Prince Valiant", "Red Barry", "Secret Agent X9", "Jungle Jim", "Brick Bradford", "Terry and the Pirates" and so on ) have received  a great  success with a frequent publishing of 500.000 or 600.000 copies sold each week. Unfortunately, the Fascist Regime of Mussolini considered all non-Italian material bad, and due to new laws it was banished. During the Second World War, there were more and more difficulties to maintain the publication and in spite of the popular success of the magazine amongst the young readers, the last issue of ''L'Avventuroso'' was released on May 16, 1943 (#450).  
===Regular series===
''L'avventuroso'' (issue #1 on October 14 1934) was the first comics magazine to release "Mandrake the Magician" in Europe with an appearance in the issue #15 dated January 20, 1935. "Mandrake" continued to appear until issue #375 in 1941. At the time, the large format (32×43.5 cm until the issue #304 and 25×35 cm from #305 to the end) as well of the attractive colors of the magazine and its innovative contents ( partly based on American comics of a period which is now called "the Golden Age of Comics" with such classicals as "Flash Gordon", "[[The Phantom]]", "Prince Valiant", "Red Barry", "Secret Agent X9", "Jungle Jim", "Brick Bradford", "Terry and the Pirates" and so on ) have received  a great  success with a frequent publishing of 500.000 or 600.000 copies sold each week. Unfortunately, the Fascist Regime of Mussolini considered all non-Italian material bad, and due to new laws it was banished. During the Second World War, there were more and more difficulties to maintain the publication and in spite of the popular success of the magazine amongst the young readers, the last issue of ''L'Avventuroso'' was released on May 16, 1943 (#450).  


=== Mandrake stories in L'Avventuroso ===
==== Mandrake stories in L'Avventuroso ====
{| {{table}}
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!Title !!US Title !!Issues !!Comment
!Title !!US Title !!Issues !!Comment
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| "Il mostro di passo Tanov" || "[[The Monster of Tanov Pass]]" || '''1935:''' [[L'avventuroso 59| ''59'']], [[L'avventuroso 60| ''60'']], [[L'avventuroso 61| ''61'']], [[L'avventuroso 62| ''62'']], [[L'avventuroso 63| ''63'']], [[L'avventuroso 64| ''64'']], '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 65| ''65'']], [[L'avventuroso 66| ''66'']], [[L'avventuroso 67| ''67'']], [[L'avventuroso 68| ''68'']], [[L'avventuroso 69| ''69'']], [[L'avventuroso 70| ''70'']], [[L'avventuroso 71| ''71'']], [[L'avventuroso 72| ''72'']], [[L'avventuroso 73| ''73'']], [[L'avventuroso 74| ''74'']], [[L'avventuroso 75| ''75'']], [[L'avventuroso 76| ''76'']], [[L'avventuroso 77| ''77'']], [[L'avventuroso 78| ''78'']] ||   
| "Il mostro di passo Tanov" || "[[The Monster of Tanov Pass]]" || '''1935:''' [[L'avventuroso 59| ''59'']], [[L'avventuroso 60| ''60'']], [[L'avventuroso 61| ''61'']], [[L'avventuroso 62| ''62'']], [[L'avventuroso 63| ''63'']], [[L'avventuroso 64| ''64'']], '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 65| ''65'']], [[L'avventuroso 66| ''66'']], [[L'avventuroso 67| ''67'']], [[L'avventuroso 68| ''68'']], [[L'avventuroso 69| ''69'']], [[L'avventuroso 70| ''70'']], [[L'avventuroso 71| ''71'']], [[L'avventuroso 72| ''72'']], [[L'avventuroso 73| ''73'']], [[L'avventuroso 74| ''74'']], [[L'avventuroso 75| ''75'']], [[L'avventuroso 76| ''76'']], [[L'avventuroso 77| ''77'']], [[L'avventuroso 78| ''78'']] ||   
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| "Il cammello d’argilla" || "[[Saki, the Clay Camel]]" || '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 85| ''85'']], [[L'avventuroso 86| ''86'']], [[L'avventuroso 87| ''87'']], [[L'avventuroso 88| ''88'']], [[L'avventuroso 89| ''89'']], [[L'avventuroso 90| ''90'']], [[L'avventuroso 91| ''91'']], [[L'avventuroso 92| ''92'']], [[L'avventuroso 93| ''93'']], [[L'avventuroso 94| ''94'']], [[L'avventuroso 95| ''95'']], [[L'avventuroso 96| ''96'']], [[L'avventuroso 97| ''97'']], [[L'avventuroso 98| ''98'']], [[L'avventuroso 99| ''99'']], [[L'avventuroso 100| ''100'']], [[L'avventuroso 101| ''101'']], [[L'avventuroso 102| ''102'']], [[L'avventuroso 103| ''103'']], [[L'avventuroso 104| ''104'']], [[L'avventuroso 105| ''105'']], [[L'avventuroso 106| ''106'']], [[L'avventuroso 107| ''107'']], [[L'avventuroso 108| ''108'']] || <small>(note: the story is [[Spotlight on Mandrake the Magician - Censorship|censored]])</small>  
| "Il cammello di argilla" || "[[Saki, the Clay Camel]]" || '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 85| ''85'']], [[L'avventuroso 86| ''86'']], [[L'avventuroso 87| ''87'']], [[L'avventuroso 88| ''88'']], [[L'avventuroso 89| ''89'']], [[L'avventuroso 90| ''90'']], [[L'avventuroso 91| ''91'']], [[L'avventuroso 92| ''92'']], [[L'avventuroso 93| ''93'']], [[L'avventuroso 94| ''94'']], [[L'avventuroso 95| ''95'']], [[L'avventuroso 96| ''96'']], [[L'avventuroso 97| ''97'']], [[L'avventuroso 98| ''98'']], [[L'avventuroso 99| ''99'']], [[L'avventuroso 100| ''100'']], [[L'avventuroso 101| ''101'']], [[L'avventuroso 102| ''102'']], [[L'avventuroso 103| ''103'']], [[L'avventuroso 104| ''104'']], [[L'avventuroso 105| ''105'']], [[L'avventuroso 106| ''106'']], [[L'avventuroso 107| ''107'']], [[L'avventuroso 108| ''108'']] || <small>(note: the story is [[Spotlight on Mandrake the Magician - Censorship|censored]])</small>  
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| "Il fenomeno da circo" || "[[The Werewolf]]" || '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 109| ''109'']], [[L'avventuroso 110| ''110'']], [[L'avventuroso 111| ''111'']], [[L'avventuroso 112| ''112'']], [[L'avventuroso 113| ''113'']], [[L'avventuroso 114| ''114'']], [[L'avventuroso 115| ''115'']], [[L'avventuroso 116| ''116'']], '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 117| ''117'']], [[L'avventuroso 118| ''118'']], [[L'avventuroso 119| ''119'']], [[L'avventuroso 120| ''120'']], [[L'avventuroso 121| ''121'']], [[L'avventuroso 122| ''122'']], [[L'avventuroso 123| ''123'']], [[L'avventuroso 124| ''124'']], [[L'avventuroso 125| ''125'']], [[L'avventuroso 126| ''126'']], [[L'avventuroso 127| ''127'']], [[L'avventuroso 128| ''128'']] ||   
| "Il fenomeno del circo" || "[[The Werewolf]]" || '''1936:''' [[L'avventuroso 109| ''109'']], [[L'avventuroso 110| ''110'']], [[L'avventuroso 111| ''111'']], [[L'avventuroso 112| ''112'']], [[L'avventuroso 113| ''113'']], [[L'avventuroso 114| ''114'']], [[L'avventuroso 115| ''115'']], [[L'avventuroso 116| ''116'']], '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 117| ''117'']], [[L'avventuroso 118| ''118'']], [[L'avventuroso 119| ''119'']], [[L'avventuroso 120| ''120'']], [[L'avventuroso 121| ''121'']], [[L'avventuroso 122| ''122'']], [[L'avventuroso 123| ''123'']], [[L'avventuroso 124| ''124'']], [[L'avventuroso 125| ''125'']], [[L'avventuroso 126| ''126'']], [[L'avventuroso 127| ''127'']], [[L'avventuroso 128| ''128'']] ||   
|-
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| "L’enigmatico Davos" || "[[The Return of the Clay Camel]]" || '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 129| ''129'']], [[L'avventuroso 130| ''130'']], [[L'avventuroso 131| ''131'']], [[L'avventuroso 132| ''132'']], [[L'avventuroso 133| ''133'']], [[L'avventuroso 134| ''134'']], [[L'avventuroso 135| ''135'']], [[L'avventuroso 136| ''136'']], [[L'avventuroso 137| ''137'']], [[L'avventuroso 138| ''138'']], [[L'avventuroso 139| ''139'']], [[L'avventuroso 140| ''140'']], [[L'avventuroso 141| ''141'']], [[L'avventuroso 142| ''142'']], [[L'avventuroso 143| ''143'']], [[L'avventuroso 144| ''144'']], [[L'avventuroso 145| ''145'']], [[L'avventuroso 146| ''146'']], [[L'avventuroso 147| ''147'']], [[L'avventuroso 148| ''148'']], [[L'avventuroso 149| ''149'']], [[L'avventuroso 150| ''150'']], [[L'avventuroso 151| ''151'']], [[L'avventuroso 152| ''152'']] ||  
| "L’enigmatico Davos" || "[[The Return of the Clay Camel]]" || '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 129| ''129'']], [[L'avventuroso 130| ''130'']], [[L'avventuroso 131| ''131'']], [[L'avventuroso 132| ''132'']], [[L'avventuroso 133| ''133'']], [[L'avventuroso 134| ''134'']], [[L'avventuroso 135| ''135'']], [[L'avventuroso 136| ''136'']], [[L'avventuroso 137| ''137'']], [[L'avventuroso 138| ''138'']], [[L'avventuroso 139| ''139'']], [[L'avventuroso 140| ''140'']], [[L'avventuroso 141| ''141'']], [[L'avventuroso 142| ''142'']], [[L'avventuroso 143| ''143'']], [[L'avventuroso 144| ''144'']], [[L'avventuroso 145| ''145'']], [[L'avventuroso 146| ''146'']], [[L'avventuroso 147| ''147'']], [[L'avventuroso 148| ''148'']], [[L'avventuroso 149| ''149'']], [[L'avventuroso 150| ''150'']], [[L'avventuroso 151| ''151'']], [[L'avventuroso 152| ''152'']] ||  
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| "La mummia vivente" || "[[The Slave Traders of Tygandi]]" || '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 153| ''153'']], [[L'avventuroso 154| ''154'']], [[L'avventuroso 155| ''155'']], [[L'avventuroso 156| ''156'']], [[L'avventuroso 157| ''157'']], [[L'avventuroso 158| ''158'']], [[L'avventuroso 159| ''159'']], [[L'avventuroso 160| ''160'']], [[L'avventuroso 161| ''161'']], [[L'avventuroso 162| ''162'']], [[L'avventuroso 163| ''163'']], [[L'avventuroso 164| ''164'']], [[L'avventuroso 165| ''165'']], [[L'avventuroso 166| ''166'']], [[L'avventuroso 167| ''167'']], [[L'avventuroso 168| ''168'']], '''1938:''' [[L'avventuroso 169| ''169'']] ||
| "La mummia vivente" || "[[The Slave Traders of Tygandi]]" || '''1937:''' [[L'avventuroso 153| ''153'']], [[L'avventuroso 154| ''154'']], [[L'avventuroso 155| ''155'']], [[L'avventuroso 156| ''156'']], [[L'avventuroso 157| ''157'']], [[L'avventuroso 158| ''158'']], [[L'avventuroso 159| ''159'']], [[L'avventuroso 160| ''160'']], [[L'avventuroso 161| ''161'']], [[L'avventuroso 162| ''162'']], [[L'avventuroso 163| ''163'']], [[L'avventuroso 164| ''164'']], [[L'avventuroso 165| ''165'']], [[L'avventuroso 166| ''166'']], [[L'avventuroso 167| ''167'']], [[L'avventuroso 168| ''168'']], '''1938:''' [[L'avventuroso 169| ''169'']] || incomplete story
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| "Il mago 900" || "[[Mandrake in America]]" (part 1) || '''1940:''' [[L'avventuroso 301| ''301'']], [[L'avventuroso 302| ''302'']], [[L'avventuroso 303| ''303'']], [[L'avventuroso 304| ''304'']], [[L'avventuroso 305| ''305'']], [[L'avventuroso 306| ''306'']], [[L'avventuroso 307| ''307'']], [[L'avventuroso 308| ''308'']], [[L'avventuroso 309| ''309'']], [[L'avventuroso 310| ''310'']] ||  <small>Note:Il mago 900 (Mandracke)</small>
| "Il mago 900" || "[[Mandrake in America]]" (part 1) || '''1940:''' [[L'avventuroso 301| ''301'']], [[L'avventuroso 302| ''302'']], [[L'avventuroso 303| ''303'']], [[L'avventuroso 304| ''304'']], [[L'avventuroso 305| ''305'']], [[L'avventuroso 306| ''306'']], [[L'avventuroso 307| ''307'']], [[L'avventuroso 308| ''308'']], [[L'avventuroso 309| ''309'']], [[L'avventuroso 310| ''310'']] ||  <small>Note:Il mago 900 (Mandracke)</small>
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===Album===
When the Mandrake stories ended in the magazine they were edited into albums, later known as [[Albi grandi avventure - Mandrake|"Albi grandi avventure"]], serie Mandrake.
===Reprint===
Starting in 1973 all issues were reprinted and collected into albums.
<gallery>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-01.jpg|Volum 1<br><small>''issues 1 to 12''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-02.jpg|Volum 2<br><small>''issues 13 to 38''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-03.jpg|Volum 3<br><small>''issues 39 to 64''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-04.jpg|Volum 4<br><small>''issues 65 to 90''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-05.jpg|Volum 5<br><small>''issues 91 to 116''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-06.jpg|Volum 6<br><small>''issues 117 to 142''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-07.jpg|Volum 7<br><small>''issues 143 to 168''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-08.jpg|Volum 8<br><small>''issues 169 to 194''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-09.jpg|Volum 9<br><small>''issues 195 to 221''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-10.jpg|Volum 10<br><small>''issues 222 to 247''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-11.jpg|Volum 11<br><small>''issues 248 to 273''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-12.jpg|Volum 12<br><small>''issues 274 to 299''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-13.jpg|Volum 13<br><small>''issues 300 to 325''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-14.jpg|Volum 14<br><small>''issues 326 to 351''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-15.jpg|Volum 15<br><small>''issues 352 to 378''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-16.jpg|Volum 16<br><small>''issues 379 to 384''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-17.jpg|Volum 17<br><small>''issues 388 to 401''</small>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-18.jpg|Volum 18<br>
Image:L-Avventuroso-RA-19.jpg|Volum 19<br>
</gallery>


==Note==
==Note==
*Narda are named '''Daran''' pre 1941.
*Narda are named '''Daran''' pre 1941.
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L'Avventuroso
grande settimanale d’avventure
L-Avventuroso-001.jpg
First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Nerbini
Publishing years: 1934-1943
Issues: 450
Format: 24 x 43 cms


L'avventuroso was a weekly Italian magazine, published from 1934 to 1943 by the editor Mario Nerbini.

Issue overview

Regular series

L'avventuroso (issue #1 on October 14 1934) was the first comics magazine to release "Mandrake the Magician" in Europe with an appearance in the issue #15 dated January 20, 1935. "Mandrake" continued to appear until issue #375 in 1941. At the time, the large format (32×43.5 cm until the issue #304 and 25×35 cm from #305 to the end) as well of the attractive colors of the magazine and its innovative contents ( partly based on American comics of a period which is now called "the Golden Age of Comics" with such classicals as "Flash Gordon", "The Phantom", "Prince Valiant", "Red Barry", "Secret Agent X9", "Jungle Jim", "Brick Bradford", "Terry and the Pirates" and so on ) have received a great success with a frequent publishing of 500.000 or 600.000 copies sold each week. Unfortunately, the Fascist Regime of Mussolini considered all non-Italian material bad, and due to new laws it was banished. During the Second World War, there were more and more difficulties to maintain the publication and in spite of the popular success of the magazine amongst the young readers, the last issue of L'Avventuroso was released on May 16, 1943 (#450).

Mandrake stories in L'Avventuroso

Title US Title Issues Comment
"Mandrake l’uomo del mistero" "The Cobra" 1935: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 (note: the story is censored)
"Il mistero della casa da giuoco" "The Hawk (Mandrake Meets Narda)" 1935: 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 (note: the story is censored)
"Il mostro di passo Tanov" "The Monster of Tanov Pass" 1935: 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 1936: 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78
"Il cammello di argilla" "Saki, the Clay Camel" 1936: 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108 (note: the story is censored)
"Il fenomeno del circo" "The Werewolf" 1936: 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 1937: 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128
"L’enigmatico Davos" "The Return of the Clay Camel" 1937: 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152
"La mummia vivente" "The Slave Traders of Tygandi" 1937: 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 1938: 169 incomplete story
"Il mago 900" "Mandrake in America" (part 1) 1940: 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309, 310 Note:Il mago 900 (Mandracke)
"L'uomo dal viso pantera" "Mandrake and the Haunted House" 1940: 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318 Note: title started in #315
"Falco, cavallo da Corsa" "Mandrake in America" (part 2) 1940: 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 1941: 326, 327, 328
"Il gozzo del diavolo" "Mandrake in Love" 1941: 329, 330, 331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339
"I misteri del museo" "The Museum Mystery" 1941: 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353, 354
"Nel covo delle spie" "The Octopus Ring" 1941: 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 360, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375 incomplete

Album

When the Mandrake stories ended in the magazine they were edited into albums, later known as "Albi grandi avventure", serie Mandrake.

Reprint

Starting in 1973 all issues were reprinted and collected into albums.

Note

  • Narda are named Daran pre 1941.