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'''''Super Albo''''' was a series of [[Mandrake]] comic books published by the [[Italy|Italian]] publisher [[Fratelli Spada]] from January 1962 to February 1967.
{{Series
|Title=Super Albo<br>Special Mandrake
|image= [[Image:Super_Albo_001.jpg|200px]]
|Sample= First issue
|Country= [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy / Italian
|Publisher= [[Edizioni Fratelli Spada]]
|Date= 1962–1967
|Issues= 157 + 37
|Format= 17×24 cm,<br>b/w & color
|}}


== History ==
'''Super Albo''' was a series of [[Mandrake]] comic books published by the [[Mandrake publications in Italy|Italian]] publisher [[Fratelli Spada]] from January 1962 to February 1967.
Until the '''''Super Albo''''' issue 157, only the even numbered issues were devoted to "[[Mandrake the Magician]]", and the uneven numbered issues were devoted to "[[The Phantom]]". After issue 157 the series was splitt into two series. '''''Super Albo''''' continued printing only the Phantom, while Mandrake continued in a new series named '''''Special Mandrake'''''.


Almost all issues featured reprints of American newspaper stories, mainly [[daily stories]].  
== Issue overview ==
The format size was 17 × 24 cm with 64 or 80 pages. The issues also contained reprints of other American comic classics like "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Rip Kirby" and so on.
Until the '''Super Albo''' issue 157, only the even numbered issues were devoted to "[[Mandrake the Magician]]", and the uneven numbered issues were devoted to "[[The Phantom]]". After issue 157, the series was split into two separate parts : '''Super Albo''' which continued printing only "The Phantom", while "Mandrake" was continued in a new series entitled '''Special Mandrake'''.


The following issues were all devoted to Mandrake:
Almost all issues featured reprints of American newspapers stories, mainly [[daily stories]]. The format size was 17 × 24 cm with 64 or 80 pages. The issues also contained reprints of other comic like "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Rip Kirby" and so on.
 
===Super Albo===
== Issue overview ==
====Issues with Mandrake====
Up to issue 24 the stories were "redrawn" (16, 18, 20, 22 and 48) and "Lucidanto" ''(polished)'' by [[Domenico Mirabella]].
{| {{table}}
{| {{table}}
||'''1962''' ||¨bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>1</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 2 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|2]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>3</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 4 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|4]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>5</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 6 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|6]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>7</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 8 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|8]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>9</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 10 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|10]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>11</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 12 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|12]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>13</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 14 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|14]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>15</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|16]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>17</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 18 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|18]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>19</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 20 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|20]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>21</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 22 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|22]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>23</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 24 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|24]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>25</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 26 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|26]]</center> || colspan="28" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
||'''1962''' || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>1</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 2 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|2]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>3</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 4 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|4]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>5</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 6 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|6]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>7</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 8 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|8]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>9</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 10 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|10]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>11</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 12 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|12]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>13</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 14 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|14]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>15</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 16 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|16]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>17</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 18 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|18]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>19</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 20 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|20]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>21</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 22 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|22]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>23</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 24 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|24]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>25</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 26 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|26]]</center> || colspan="28" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
|-
||'''1963''' || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>27</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 28 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|28]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>29</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 30 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|30]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>31</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 32 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|32]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>33</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 34 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|34]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>35</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 36 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|36]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>37</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 38 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|38]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>39</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 40 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|40]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>41</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 42 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|42]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>43</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 44 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|44]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>45</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 46 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|46]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>47</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 48 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|48]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>49</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 50 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|50]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>51</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 52 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|52]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>53</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 54 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|54]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>55</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 56 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|56]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>57</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 58 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|58]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>59</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 60 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|60]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>61</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 62 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|62]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>63</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 64 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|64]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>65</center> || colspan="15" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
||'''1963''' || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>27</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 28 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|28]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>29</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 30 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|30]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>31</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 32 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|32]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>33</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 34 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|34]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>35</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 36 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|36]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>37</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 38 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|38]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>39</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 40 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|40]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>41</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 42 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|42]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>43</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 44 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|44]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>45</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 46 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|46]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>47</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 48 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|48]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>49</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 50 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|50]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>51</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 52 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|52]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>53</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 54 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|54]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>55</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 56 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|56]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>57</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 58 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|58]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>59</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 60 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|60]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>61</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 62 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|62]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>63</center> || <center>[[Super Albo 64 - Mandrake (Fratelli Spada)|64]]</center> || bgcolor="d3d3d3"| <center>65</center> || colspan="15" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
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== Issue overview ==
==== Albums====
{| {{table}}
Unsold copies of the first series were later glued together and given new covers and sold as ''[[Super Albo Raccolta- Supplemento Album de I Giganti|Super Albo Raccolta]]''.
||'''1965''' || <small>[[Special Mandrake 158 (Fratelli Spada)|158]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 159 (Fratelli Spada)|159]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 160 (Fratelli Spada)|160]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 161 (Fratelli Spada)|161]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 162 (Fratelli Spada)|162]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 163 (Fratelli Spada)|163]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 164 (Fratelli Spada)|164]] || colspan="19" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
||'''1966''' || <small>[[Special Mandrake 165 (Fratelli Spada)|165]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 166 (Fratelli Spada)|166]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 167 (Fratelli Spada)|167]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 168 (Fratelli Spada)|168]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 169 (Fratelli Spada)|169]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 170 (Fratelli Spada)|170]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 171 (Fratelli Spada)|171]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 172 (Fratelli Spada)|172]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 173 (Fratelli Spada)|173]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 174 (Fratelli Spada)|174]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 175 (Fratelli Spada)|175]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 176 (Fratelli Spada)|176]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 177 (Fratelli Spada)|177]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 178 (Fratelli Spada)|178]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 179 (Fratelli Spada)|179]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 180 (Fratelli Spada)|180]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 181 (Fratelli Spada)|181]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 182 (Fratelli Spada)|182]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 183 (Fratelli Spada)|183]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 184 (Fratelli Spada)|184]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 185 (Fratelli Spada)|185]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 186 (Fratelli Spada)|186]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 187 (Fratelli Spada)|187]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 188 (Fratelli Spada)|188]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 189 (Fratelli Spada)|189]] ||
|-
||'''1967''' ||¨<small>[[Special Mandrake 190 (Fratelli Spada)|190]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|191]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 192 (Fratelli Spada)|192]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 193 (Fratelli Spada)|193]] || <small>[[Special Mandrake 194 (Fratelli Spada)|194]] || colspan="21" bgcolor="d3d3d3"|&nbsp;
|-
|}


==See also==
=== Special Mandrake ===
*''[[Spécial Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux)|Spécial Mandrake]]''
<gallery>
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_158.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 158 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 158]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_159.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 159 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 159]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_160.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 160 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 160]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_161.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 161 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 161]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_162.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 162 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 162]]
Image:Spmanit163.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 163 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 163]]
Image:Spmanit164.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 164 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 164]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_165.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 165 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 165]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_166.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 166 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 166]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_167.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 167 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 167]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_168.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 168 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 168]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_169.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 169 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 169]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_170.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 170 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 170]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_171.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 171 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 171]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_172.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 172 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 172]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_173.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 173 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 173]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_174.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 174 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 174]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_175.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 175 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 175]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_176.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 176 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 176]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_177.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 177 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 177]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_178.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 178 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 178]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_179.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 179 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 179]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_180.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 180 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 180]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_181.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 181 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 181]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_182.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 182 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 182]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_183.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 183 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 183]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_184.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 184 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 184]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_185.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 185 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 185]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_186.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 186 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 186]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_187.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 187 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 187]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_188.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 188 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 188]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_189.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 189 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 189]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_190.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 190 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 190]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_191.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 191 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 191]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_192.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 192 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 192]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_193.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 193 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 193]]
Image:Special_Mandrake-FS_194.jpg|[[Special Mandrake 194 (Fratelli Spada)|issue 194]]
</gallery>


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Super Albo
Special Mandrake
Super Albo 001.jpg
First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Edizioni Fratelli Spada
Publishing years: 1962–1967
Issues: 157 + 37
Format: 17×24 cm,
b/w & color


Super Albo was a series of Mandrake comic books published by the Italian publisher Fratelli Spada from January 1962 to February 1967.

Issue overview

Until the Super Albo issue 157, only the even numbered issues were devoted to "Mandrake the Magician", and the uneven numbered issues were devoted to "The Phantom". After issue 157, the series was split into two separate parts : Super Albo which continued printing only "The Phantom", while "Mandrake" was continued in a new series entitled Special Mandrake.

Almost all issues featured reprints of American newspapers stories, mainly daily stories. The format size was 17 × 24 cm with 64 or 80 pages. The issues also contained reprints of other comic like "Tim Tyler's Luck", "Rip Kirby" and so on.

Super Albo

Issues with Mandrake

Up to issue 24 the stories were "redrawn" (16, 18, 20, 22 and 48) and "Lucidanto" (polished) by Domenico Mirabella.

1962
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1963
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1964
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1965 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157  

Albums

Unsold copies of the first series were later glued together and given new covers and sold as Super Albo Raccolta.

Special Mandrake