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What may appear confusing with this series is the fact that some publication dates do not follow the numbering order. Furthermore, some issues were sold out and then reprinted with a new publishing date.  
What may appear confusing with this series is the fact that some publication dates do not follow the numbering order. Furthermore, some issues were sold out and then reprinted with a new publishing date.  
=== Regular series ===
=== Regular series ===
 
Althought the series is numbered for the "New Comics Now" title it is split into several sub series:
*"Clown" by Doré and Attalo
*"Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould, Collins and Locher
*"Flash Gordon" by Briggs, Dan Barry (and Fujitanti)
*"Grandi Firme" by Wallace Wood, Berni Wrightson, Moebius, Dubos and Pichard, Lob and Pichard, Bonvi
*"Magic Moments", new versiones of previous printed stories
*"Mandrake" by [[Lee Falk]], [[Phil Davis]] and [[Fred Fredericks]]
*"The Phantom" by Lee Falk, [[Ray Moore]], Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry
*"Phil Corrigan" by Lubbers, Goodwin and Williamsom, Williamson, Evans
*"Popeye" by Segar
*"Rip Kirby" by Charles Dickenson and John Prentice
*"Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young
*"Topolino (Mickey Mouse)" by various
==== Mandrake issues ====  
==== Mandrake issues ====  
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Revision as of 10:42, 1 August 2017

New Comics Now
Ncn-001.jpg
First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Comic Art
Publishing years: 1978-1998 (?)
Issues: 406
Format: 25×32 cm, b/w and color


New Comics Now was an Italian series published by Comic Art Editions from 1980 to 1998.

Issue overview

The series featured reprints of daily and Sundays strips of American comics, such as Mandrake the Magician and The Phantom amongst various other classical comics. These intensive reprinting, trying to respect chronological publishing but often with an erratic order of issues, is of a specific interest for comics collectors. What may appear confusing with this series is the fact that some publication dates do not follow the numbering order. Furthermore, some issues were sold out and then reprinted with a new publishing date.

Regular series

Althought the series is numbered for the "New Comics Now" title it is split into several sub series:

  • "Clown" by Doré and Attalo
  • "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould, Collins and Locher
  • "Flash Gordon" by Briggs, Dan Barry (and Fujitanti)
  • "Grandi Firme" by Wallace Wood, Berni Wrightson, Moebius, Dubos and Pichard, Lob and Pichard, Bonvi
  • "Magic Moments", new versiones of previous printed stories
  • "Mandrake" by Lee Falk, Phil Davis and Fred Fredericks
  • "The Phantom" by Lee Falk, Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry
  • "Phil Corrigan" by Lubbers, Goodwin and Williamsom, Williamson, Evans
  • "Popeye" by Segar
  • "Rip Kirby" by Charles Dickenson and John Prentice
  • "Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young
  • "Topolino (Mickey Mouse)" by various

Mandrake issues