Il Vascello

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Il Vascello
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First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
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

Thes series have 4 extra (bis) 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", La diligenza fantasma & Il pugnale seghettato by Jose Luis Salinas (also Nonna Ketty).

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.

1959

1960

1961

Note: Extra issues

In this series, there were also some bis (extra) issues, two with Mandrake.

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".