L'Avventura
L'Avventura was a Italian magazine, published from 1944 to 1951 by Rudolfo Capriotti.
History
"Società Editrice Periodici Illustrati" started the magazine L'Avventura in 1944. They printed various comics, among them; Audax, Cino e Franco, Gordon (Flash Gordon), Mandrake, L'Uomo Mascherato.
The magazine was large size, 28x39 cm and in b/w and color.
| Year | issues | note |
|---|---|---|
| 1944 | 1-18 | |
| 1945 | 1-33 | |
| 1946 | 1-48 | |
| 1947 | 1- | new title from January: L'Avventura Romantica |
| 1948 | - | |
| 1949 | -106 |
Issue overview
Mandrake stories
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Mandrake e i pirati fantasma" | "The Deep South" | 1944: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
| "La fine del Polipo" | "The Octopus Ring" | 1944: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1945: 1 | |
| "La macchina che fulmina i motori" | "Dr Griff's Invention" | 1945: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | |
| "L'orchidea misteriosa" | "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid" | 1945: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 | |
| "Il grande Magnus" | "The Great Grando" | 1945: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 1946: 1, 2, 3, 4 | |
| "Il popolo degli specchi" | "The Mirror People" | 1946: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | |
| "La donna di ghiaccio" | "The Ice Lady" | 1946: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | |
| "Nell'età della pietra" | "The Old Ones" | 1946: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 | |
| "Il principe misterioso" | "The Mysterious Prince" | 1946: 46, 47, 48, 1947: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
| "La bella addormentata" | "The Sleeping Beauty" | 1947: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 | |
| "Il dottor Ciclone" | "Kingdom of the Wind" | 1947: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 | |
| "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide" | "The Atalan Deep" | 1947: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 | |
| "Cavallette nella valle" | "Pleasant Valley" | 1947: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 | |
| "L'isola degli Avvoltoi" | "Roc Island" | 1948: 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 | |
| "La maschera d'argento" | "Medusa" | 1948: 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 | |
| "Felina" | "Felina" | 1948: 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 | |
| "Il cancelliere di ferro" | "HRH Cuddles" | 1948: 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 | |
| "L'inafferrabile bandito" | "The Blue Bandit" | 1948: 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 | |
| "Mandrake e il pazzo volante" | "The Flying Pass By" | 1948: 98 | |
| "Mandrake nella città d'oro" | "City of Gold" | 1948: 99, 100, 101, 102, 1949: 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 |
See also
Albi delle grandi avventure - Mandrake and L'Avventura Albo tascabile
