I Classici dell'Avventura

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I Classici dell'Avventura

First issue

First issue
Country/language: Italy / Italian
Publishing company: La Freccia
Fratelli Spada
Publishing years: 1960–1961
1962-1967
Issues: 16
134
Format: 15,6×21,4 cm/
15×21 cm, b/w & color


I Classici dell'Avventura was an Italian magazine published by "La Freccia" from 1960 to 1961 and by "Fratelli Spada" from 1962 to 1967.

Issue overview

By La Freccia

Initially the series started as a reprint series of the "Avventure Americane - L'Uomo Mascherato" series devoted to The Phantom. The first six issues were named Avventure Americane – Ristampe mensili, then the issue 7 in the series changed title to Avventure Americane – Ristampe albi - Supplemento albi while issues 8 and 9 have the title Avventure Americane – bis. Finally from #10 the series changed title to: I Classici dell'Avventura. Each issue of "I Classici dell'Avventura" reprinted 3 stories (#7 have 4 stories and #8 and 9 have two stories each).

Issues with Mandrake

Issues 13 and 15 reprinted stories from the "Il Vascello" series devoted Mandrake the Magician.

By Fratelli Spada

The issues have a cartridge on the upper left mentioning the title I Classici dell'Avventura, the format size of 15 x 21 cm for most of them, and 100 pages each one. It was launched immediately after the La Freccia's similar series ended.

This series alternated between the adventures of Mandrake (uneven issue numbers) and L'Uomo Mascherato (even issue numbers) with a total of 134 issues, of which 67 issues were devoted to Mandrake stories. The first issue dedicated to Mandrake was issue #1 (January 10, 1962) and the last one was issue 133 (January 29, 1967). Some issues (#13, 15 and 25) have a bigger size of 17 × 24 cm and the subtitle Gigante.

Each issue included several Mandrake stories, until issue #61 in April 1964, from which only one Mandrake story was featured along with two other comics such as "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Secret Agent X-9", "King of the Royal Mounted" and so on.

The covers were made by: Enzo Carretti, D Mirabella, G Ferri, Tullo Palasciano, Enzo Ciacci and M Caria. In France, a similar series called Les héros du mystère roughly corresponded to the Mandrake issues from Fratelli Spada's I Classici dell'Avventura.

Albums

Unsold copies were later glued together and given new covers and sold as Raccolta Mandrake. During this time one also find some issues in the Busta Spada series.



Mandrake publications in Italy
Series

Albi delle grandi avventure • Serie economici albi grandi avventure • Albi Economici Nerbini • Albi grandi avventure • Albo Azzurro • Albo Furore • Albo Traguardo • Avventura Club • Celebri eroi dell'avventura • Club Anni Trenta • Comics Stars in the World • Gli Albi dei tre porcellini • I Classici dell'Avventura • I Giganti • I Quaderni del Fumetto • Il Vascello (La Freccia) • Il Vascello - Mandrake • L'Avventura Albo tascabile • L'olimpo dei fumetti  • Mandrake (Comic Art) • Mandrake Selezione • Mistero • Mistero Comics • New Comics Now • Super Albo (La Freccia) • Super Albo / Special Mandrake

One-shots

Eureka Pocket • I classici del fumetto di Republica  • I fumetti del Giallo Mondadori • L'età d'oro del fumetto • Libretti a fumetti • Mandrake • Oscar varia • Superfumetti • Superfumetti in Film

Anthologies

Albi d'Oro • Comics Rama • Enciclopedia dei fumetti • Eureka • La raccolta de la grande avventura dei fumetti

As back-up title

Avventuroso • Avventura • Audace • Contastorie • L'Eternauta • Giungla! • Okay • Pisellino • Topolino

Publishers

Adriana • Aurelia • Agostini • Biblioteca Unviversale Rizzoli • Capriotti • Comic Art • Club dei Trenta • Corno • EPC • La Freccia • Garzanti • Gioggi • Giorgio • Edizioni La Meridiana • Mondadori • Mondadori Comics • Nerbini • La Repubblica/Panini Comics • SAEV • Sansoni Editore • S.E.P.I. • Fratelli Spada • Sugar

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