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{{Series
{{Series
|Title= L'Italo Americano Illustrato<br>Mistero<br>Nuovo serie - Mistero!<br>Mistero Comics
|Title= L'Italo Americano Illustrato<br>Mistero<br>Nuovo serie - Mistero!
|image= [[Image:Mistero-01.jpg|200 px]]<br>[[Image:Mistero-17.jpg|200 px]]
|image= [[Image:Mistero-01.jpg|200 px]]<br>[[Image:Mistero-17.jpg|200 px]]
|Sample= First issues
|Sample= First issues
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|Publisher= [[Casa Editrice Nerbini]]
|Publisher= [[Casa Editrice Nerbini]]
|Date= 1946-1950
|Date= 1946-1950
|Issues= 101 <small>(?)</small> +23/<br>26 + 7
|Issues= 101 <small>(?)</small>
|Format= vari, b/w (color)
|Format= vari, b/w (color)
|}}
|}}
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===L'Italo Americano Illustrato / Mistero===
===L'Italo Americano Illustrato / Mistero===
*Issues 1 ''(December 8, 1946)'' to 28 ''(June 15, 1947).<br>
*Issues 1 ''(December 8, 1946)'' to 28 ''(June 15, 1947).<br>
The "Mistero" series started with the newspaper sized "L'Italo Americano Illustrato" December 8, 1946. In the beginning the weekly magazine was bilingual, with Italian and English language. From #17 ''(March 30, 1947)'' the magazine changed name to "Mistero" - ''settimanale italiano-americano di racconti illustrati''. It printed various US and Italian series as: "And so They Were... Never Married)" by Cliff Sterrett ''(14-16)'', "Belles and Wedding Bells and then Were Maried" by Cliff Sterrett ''(13-16)'', "Captain Easy" by Walter Scott ''(22-24)'', "Difendi l'amor mio" by Maria Laura Segrè & Nicolò ''(1-19)'', "Dr Wobes" by Elliot Caplin & J N McArdie ''(7-20, 24-28)'', "Il distintissmo signore di Lino" by ? ''(17)'', "It Always Happens So" by Jimmy Hatlo ''(1-16, 20-22)'', "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-27)'', "La voce del mare" by Felisari and [[Aurelio Galleppini|Galle|pini]] ''(17-22)'', "Lone Ranger" by Fran Striker & Charles Flanders ''(1-6)'', "Polly and her Pals" by Cliff Sterrett ''(1-8)'', "The Glamour Girls" by Don Flowers ''(1-4)'' and "Tillie the Toiler" by Russ Westover ''(1-13, 17-19, 21-22)''. Issues 1-16 was re-printed in a hard-cover book by Nerbini in 1978.
The "Mistero" series started with the newspaper sized "L'Italo Americano Illustrato" December 8, 1946. In the beginning the weekly magazine was bilingual, with Italian and English language. From #17 ''(March 30, 1947)'' the magazine changed name to "Mistero" - ''settimanale italiano-americano di racconti illustrati''. It printed various US and Italian series as: "And so They Were... Never Married)" by Cliff Sterrett ''(14-16)'', "Belles and Wedding Bells and then Were Maried" by Cliff Sterrett ''(13-16)'', "Captain Easy" by Walter Scott ''(22-24)'', "Difendi l'amor mio" by Maria Laura Segrè & Nicolò ''(1-19)'', "Dr Wobes" by Elliot Caplin & J N McArdie ''(7-20, 24-28)'', "Il distintissmo signore di Lino" by ? ''(17)'', "It Always Happens So" by Jimmy Hatlo ''(1-16, 20-22)'', "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-27)'', "La voce del mare" by Dora Felisari and [[Aurelio Galleppini|Galle|pini]] ''(17-22)'', "Lone Ranger" by Fran Striker & Charles Flanders ''(1-6)'', "Polly and her Pals" by Cliff Sterrett ''(1-8)'', "The Glamour Girls" by Don Flowers ''(1-4)'' and "Tillie the Toiler" by Russ Westover ''(1-13, 17-19, 21-22)''. Issues 1-16 was re-printed in a hard-cover book by Nerbini in 1978.


===Mistero===
===Mistero===
====1947====
*Issues 29 ''(August 24, 1947)'' to 47 ''(December 28, 1947)''.<br>
*Issues 29 ''(August 24, 1947)'' to 47 ''(December 28, 1947)''.<br>
Issues 29 to 47 printed various US and Italian series as: "[[The Phantom]]" by [[Guido Fantoni]] ''(29-34, 38-40, 44-46)'', "Mandrake" by [[Phil Davis]] ''(35-37, 47)'', "Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young ''(41-43)'', "Inspector Wade" by Lyman Anderson ''(29-36)'', "I banditi di Green-Rock" by F Vichi ''(37-41)'' and "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(42-47).
Issues 29 to 47 printed various US and Italian series as: "[[The Phantom]]" by [[Guido Fantoni]] ''(29-34, 38-40, 44-46)'', "Mandrake" by [[Phil Davis]] ''(35-37, 47)'', "Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young ''(41-43)'', "Inspector Wade" by Lyman Anderson ''(29-36)'', "I banditi di Green-Rock" by F Vichi ''(37-41)'' and "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(42-47).
*Issues 1 ''(January 4, 1948)'' to 6 ''(February 8, 1948)''.<br>
In 1948 the magazine restart the numbering for the series. Issues 1 to 6 printed various US and Italian series as: "[[The Phantom]]" by G Fantoni ''(4-6)'', "Mandrake" by Phil Davis ''(1-3)'', "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-2)'' and "Petrosino" by F Vichi ''(3-6)''. The Mandrake stories were re-released in the [[Albi Economici Nerbini]] series.
===Nuovo serie - Mistero!===
*Issues 1 ''(February 15, 1948)'' to 44 ''(December 12, 1948)''.<br>
The ''New'' series printed stories with: "The Phantom" by G Fantoni ''(1-3, 7-9, 13-15, 19-21, 25-27, 31-39, 43-44)'', "Mandrake" by Phil Davis ''(4-6, edited)'', [[Roberto Lemmi]] ''(10-12)'', A Galleppini ''(16-18, 22-24, 28-30)'' and [[Franco Donatelli]] ''(40-42)'',  "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-2)'', "Petrosino" by F Vichi ''(1, 3-6, 7-9)'', "La slida di Carlos" by [[Giove Toppi|G Toppi]] ''(10-17)'', "Gli evasi delle Guyana" by G Scudellari ''(18-28)'', "Toni il saltimanco" by G Vitelli ''(29-33)'', and "Una tragedia sui ghiacci" by G Vitelli ''(33)''. The "Nuovo serie - Mistero" was re-printed by Nerbini in about 1978.
=====Albums=====
The issues from the "Mistero" and "Nuovo serie - Mistero" were reprinted into 23 albums by dr Giuseppe Cartoni (?). The albums collected the "Mandrake" and "Phantom" stories ''(2, 3 or 4 parts)''.
===Mistero===
*Issues 48 ''(March 26, 1950)'' to 51 ''(April 16, 1950)''. The issues 45 to 47 were probably a 3-part "Mandrake" story but it was never printed.<br>
The series re-started in 1950 and printed, in landscape format, "The Phantom" story "Il piano 47" by G Fantoni ''(48-51, reprint from "Il giornale dell'Uomo Mascherato")''. Issues 48 to 51 was sold between the first and second "Mistero Comics" series and continued the numbering from the "Nuovo serie - Mistero!". Strangly it is printed ''Anno III'' on the covers, same as issues from 1948 !
===Mistero Comics===
In 1949 Nerbini started a new series under the title "Mistero comics". The series came out in total 26 issues devided into three series:
====Regular series====
*Issues 1 ''(September 11, 1949)'' to 17 ''(March 26, 1950)''.<br>
The series has a dual numbering, one for the series and the other for the character. The serie printed: "Mandrake" by [[Franco Donatelli]] and G Fantoni ''(4, 8, 14)'', "The Phantom" ''(1, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17)'', "Lone Ranger" ''(3, 7, 14)'' and "Radio Patrol" ''(as backup story)'', "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(as backup story)'',  "Danny Hale by Jesse March ''(2, 6, 12)'', "Steve Canyon" by M Caniff ''(1-4, as backup story)'' and "Hara Sahie il fachiro" by ? ''(10)''.
=====Albums=====
Five albums reprinted the stories from "Mistero Comics": "L'Uomo Mascerato" L'ombra che cammina ''(1, 5, 9)'', "Mandrake" Luomo del mistero ''(4, 8, 14)'', "Lone Ranger" Il Solitario della foresta ''(3, 7, 16)'', "Danny Hale" ''(2, 6, 12)'' and "L'uomo Mascherato" ''(11, 13, 15, 17)''. The two last issues may not have been printed.
=====Supplement=====
Two supplement album was released in this series: "I super-comics mensile" and "Comics Mistero" ''(March, 1950)''. The last one re-printed in the early 80s.
====Second series====
*Issues 1 ''(April 15, 1950) to 8 ''(August 25, 1950)''.<br>
The serie printed: "The Phantom" by Lee Falk & Wilson McCoy and G Fantoni. ''(2, 4, 6, 8)'', "Lone Ranger" by C Flanders and G Fantoni ''(1, 3, 5, 7)'', "Mandrake" by [[Liliana Fantoni]] ''(1, as backup story)'', "Brick Bradford" ''(1-5, 6-8 as backup story)'' and "X 9" ''(1-7 as backup story)''.
====Third series====
*Issue 1 ''(September 6, 1953)''.<br>
The serie printed: "The Phantom" by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy''(1)''. Issue 1 announced the next "Mandrake" issue, but it was never published.
==Issues with Mandrake ==
===Mistero===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Mistero-29.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #29
Image:Mistero-30.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #30
Image:Mistero-31.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #31
Image:Mistero-32.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #32
Image:Mistero-33.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #33
Image:Mistero-34.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #34
Image:Mistero-35.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 35|''Mistero'' #35]]
Image:Mistero-35.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 35|''Mistero'' #35]]
Image:Mistero-36.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 36|''Mistero'' #36]]
Image:Mistero-36.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 36|''Mistero'' #36]]
Image:Mistero-37.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 37|''Mistero'' #37]]
Image:Mistero-37.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 37|''Mistero'' #37]]
Image:Mistero-38.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #38
Image:Mistero-39.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #39
Image:Mistero-40.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #40
Image:Mistero-41.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #41
Image:Mistero-42.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #42
Image:Mistero-43.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #43
Image:Mistero-44.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #44
Image:Mistero-45.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #45
Image:Mistero-46.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #46
Image:Mistero-47.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 47|''Mistero'' #47]]
Image:Mistero-47.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 47|''Mistero'' #47]]
</gallery>
</gallery>
====1948====
*Issues 1 ''(January 4, 1948)'' to 6 ''(February 8, 1948)''.<br>
In 1948 the magazine restart the numbering for the series. Issues 1 to 6 printed various US and Italian series as: "[[The Phantom]]" by G Fantoni ''(4-6)'', "Mandrake" by Phil Davis ''(1-3)'', "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-2)'' and "Petrosino" by F Vichi ''(3-6)''. The Mandrake stories were re-released in the [[Albi Economici Nerbini]] series.


<gallery>
<gallery>
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Image:Mistero-02-02.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 2 (second series)|''Mistero'' #2]]
Image:Mistero-02-02.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 2 (second series)|''Mistero'' #2]]
Image:Mistero-02-03.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 3 (second series)|''Mistero'' #3]]
Image:Mistero-02-03.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero 3 (second series)|''Mistero'' #3]]
Image:Mistero-02-04.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #4
Image:Mistero-02-05.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #5
Image:Mistero-02-06.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #6
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Nuovo serie - Mistero!===
===Nuovo serie - Mistero!===
*Issues 1 ''(February 15, 1948)'' to 44 ''(December 12, 1948)''.<br>
The ''New'' series printed stories with: "The Phantom" by G Fantoni ''(1-3, 7-9, 13-15, 19-21, 25-27, 31-39, 43-44)'', "Mandrake" by Phil Davis ''(4-6, edited)'', [[Roberto Lemmi]] ''(10-12)'', A Galleppini ''(16-18, 22-24, 28-30)'' and [[Franco Donatelli]] ''(40-42)'',  "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins ''(1-2)'', "Petrosino" by F Vichi ''(1, 3-6, 7-9)'', "La slida di Carlos" by [[Giove Toppi|G Toppi]] ''(10-17)'', "Gli evasi delle Guyana" by G Scudellari ''(18-28)'', "Toni il saltimanco" by G Vitelli ''(29-33)'', and "Una tragedia sui ghiacci" by G Vitelli ''(33)''. The "Nuovo serie - Mistero" was re-printed by Nerbini in about 1978.
====Issues with Mandrake ====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Mistero-NS-001.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #1
Image:Mistero-NS-002.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #2
Image:Mistero-NS-003.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #3
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 4.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 4 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #4]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 4.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 4 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #4]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 5.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 5 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #5]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 5.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 5 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #5]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 6.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 6 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #6]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 6.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 6 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #6]]
Image:Mistero-NS-007.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #7
Image:Mistero-NS-008.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #8
Image:Mistero-NS-009.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #9
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 10.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 10 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #10]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 10.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 10 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #10]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 11.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 11 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #11]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 11.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 11 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #11]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 12.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 12 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #12]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 12.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 12 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #12]]
Image:Mistero-NS-013.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #13
Image:Mistero-NS-014.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #14
Image:Mistero-NS-015.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #15
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 16.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 16 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #16]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 16.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 16 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #16]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 17.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 17 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #17]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 17.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 17 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #17]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 18.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 18 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #18]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 18.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 18 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #18]]
Image:Mistero-NS-019.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #19
Image:Mistero-NS-020.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #20
Image:Mistero-NS-021.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #21
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 22.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 22 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #22]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 22.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 22 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #22]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 23.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 23 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #23]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 23.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 23 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #23]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 24.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 24 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #24]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 24.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 24 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #24]]
Image:Mistero-NS-025.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #25
Image:Mistero-NS-026.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #26
Image:Mistero-NS-027.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #27
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 28.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 28 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #28]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 28.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 28 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #28]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 29.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 29 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #29]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 29.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 29 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #29]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 30.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 30 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #30]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 30.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 30 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #30]]
Image:Mistero-NS-031.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #31
Image:Mistero-NS-032.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #32
Image:Mistero-NS-033.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #33
Image:Mistero-NS-034.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #34
Image:Mistero-NS-035.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #35
Image:Mistero-NS-036.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #36
Image:Mistero-NS-037.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #37
Image:Mistero-NS-038.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #38
Image:Mistero-NS-039.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #39
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 40.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 40 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #40]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 40.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 40 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #40]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 41.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 41 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #41]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 41.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 41 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #41]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 42.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 42 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #42]]
Image:Mistero (nuova serie) 42.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero! 42 (nuova serie)|''Mistero!'' #42]]
Image:Mistero-NS-043.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #43
Image:Mistero-NS-044.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero!'' #44
</gallery>
===Mistero===
*Issues 48 ''(March 26, 1950)'' to 51 ''(April 16, 1950)''. The issues 45 to 47 were probably a 3-part "Mandrake" story but it was never printed.<br>
The series re-started in 1950 and printed, in landscape format, "The Phantom" story "Il piano 47" by G Fantoni ''(48-51, reprint from "Il giornale dell'Uomo Mascherato")''. Issues 48 to 51 was sold between the first and second "Mistero Comics" series and continued the numbering from the "Nuovo serie - Mistero!". Strangly it is printed ''Anno III'' on the covers, same as issues from 1948 !
<gallery>
Image:Mistero-03-48.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #48
Image:Mistero-03-49.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #49
Image:Mistero-03-50.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #50
Image:Mistero-03-51.jpg|<div align=center>''Mistero'' #51
</gallery>
</gallery>


====Albums====
===Albums===
The issues from the "Mistero" #29 to "Nuovo serie - Mistero!" #44 were reprinted into 23 albums by dr Giuseppe Cartoni (?): "Mandrake" ''(8 issues)'' , "The Phantom" ''(14 issues)'' and "Tim Tyler's Luck" ''(1 issue)''.
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-01.jpg|<small>Le 12 imprese dell’Uomo Mascherato</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-02.jpg|<small>Il bar delle 3 maliarde</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-03.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 3|''Nel vortice del diavolo'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-03.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 3|''Nel vortice del diavolo'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-04.jpg|<small>Il pirata nero</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-05.jpg|<small>Zampa di pantera</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-06.jpg|<small>L’isola dei pirati</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-07.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 7|''Il lupo umano'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-07.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 7|''Il lupo umano'']]
 
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-08.jpg|<small>La battaglia subacquea</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-09.jpg|<small>Mougi il misterioso</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-10.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 10|''Mandrake contro il Cobra'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-10.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 10|''Mandrake contro il Cobra'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-11.jpg|<small>In potere dei cannibali</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-12.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 12|''Fra uomino monstri di un monde scomparso'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-12.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 12|''Fra uomino monstri di un monde scomparso'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-13.jpg|<small>Gli avventurieri di Casablanca</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-14.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 14|''Il mistero della caverna rossa'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-14.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 14|''Il mistero della caverna rossa'']]
 
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-15.jpg|<small>L’assalto alla banca</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-16.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 16|''L'occhio magico'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-16.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 16|''L'occhio magico'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-17.jpg|<small>La setta del drago</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-18.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 18|''Fra i cercatori d'oro in Alaska'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-18.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 18|''Fra i cercatori d'oro in Alaska'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-19.jpg|<small>Le sorelle Marshall</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-20.jpg|<small>La fuga dell’Uomo Mascherato</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-21.jpg|<small>L’agguato fra le rovine</small>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-22.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 22|''Bikini l'atollo delle mereviglia'']]
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-22.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero Raccolta 22|''Bikini l'atollo delle mereviglia'']]
</gallery>
Image:Mistero-Raccolta-23.jpg|<small>Il padrone delle tempeste</small>
 
===Mistero Comics===
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Image:Mistero_comics-04.jpg|<div align=center>[[Mistero comics 4|''Mistero comics'' #4/1949]]
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L'Italo Americano Illustrato
Mistero
Nuovo serie - Mistero!
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First issues
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Casa Editrice Nerbini
Publishing years: 1946-1950
Issues: 101 (?)
Format: vari, b/w (color)


Issue overview

The "Mistero" series came out in total 101 issues devided into three series:

L'Italo Americano Illustrato / Mistero

  • Issues 1 (December 8, 1946) to 28 (June 15, 1947).

The "Mistero" series started with the newspaper sized "L'Italo Americano Illustrato" December 8, 1946. In the beginning the weekly magazine was bilingual, with Italian and English language. From #17 (March 30, 1947) the magazine changed name to "Mistero" - settimanale italiano-americano di racconti illustrati. It printed various US and Italian series as: "And so They Were... Never Married)" by Cliff Sterrett (14-16), "Belles and Wedding Bells and then Were Maried" by Cliff Sterrett (13-16), "Captain Easy" by Walter Scott (22-24), "Difendi l'amor mio" by Maria Laura Segrè & Nicolò (1-19), "Dr Wobes" by Elliot Caplin & J N McArdie (7-20, 24-28), "Il distintissmo signore di Lino" by ? (17), "It Always Happens So" by Jimmy Hatlo (1-16, 20-22), "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (1-27), "La voce del mare" by Dora Felisari and Galle|pini (17-22), "Lone Ranger" by Fran Striker & Charles Flanders (1-6), "Polly and her Pals" by Cliff Sterrett (1-8), "The Glamour Girls" by Don Flowers (1-4) and "Tillie the Toiler" by Russ Westover (1-13, 17-19, 21-22). Issues 1-16 was re-printed in a hard-cover book by Nerbini in 1978.

Mistero

1947

  • Issues 29 (August 24, 1947) to 47 (December 28, 1947).

Issues 29 to 47 printed various US and Italian series as: "The Phantom" by Guido Fantoni (29-34, 38-40, 44-46), "Mandrake" by Phil Davis (35-37, 47), "Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young (41-43), "Inspector Wade" by Lyman Anderson (29-36), "I banditi di Green-Rock" by F Vichi (37-41) and "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (42-47).

1948

  • Issues 1 (January 4, 1948) to 6 (February 8, 1948).

In 1948 the magazine restart the numbering for the series. Issues 1 to 6 printed various US and Italian series as: "The Phantom" by G Fantoni (4-6), "Mandrake" by Phil Davis (1-3), "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (1-2) and "Petrosino" by F Vichi (3-6). The Mandrake stories were re-released in the Albi Economici Nerbini series.

Nuovo serie - Mistero!

  • Issues 1 (February 15, 1948) to 44 (December 12, 1948).

The New series printed stories with: "The Phantom" by G Fantoni (1-3, 7-9, 13-15, 19-21, 25-27, 31-39, 43-44), "Mandrake" by Phil Davis (4-6, edited), Roberto Lemmi (10-12), A Galleppini (16-18, 22-24, 28-30) and Franco Donatelli (40-42), "Johnny Hazard" by Frank Robbins (1-2), "Petrosino" by F Vichi (1, 3-6, 7-9), "La slida di Carlos" by G Toppi (10-17), "Gli evasi delle Guyana" by G Scudellari (18-28), "Toni il saltimanco" by G Vitelli (29-33), and "Una tragedia sui ghiacci" by G Vitelli (33). The "Nuovo serie - Mistero" was re-printed by Nerbini in about 1978.

Issues with Mandrake

Mistero

  • Issues 48 (March 26, 1950) to 51 (April 16, 1950). The issues 45 to 47 were probably a 3-part "Mandrake" story but it was never printed.

The series re-started in 1950 and printed, in landscape format, "The Phantom" story "Il piano 47" by G Fantoni (48-51, reprint from "Il giornale dell'Uomo Mascherato"). Issues 48 to 51 was sold between the first and second "Mistero Comics" series and continued the numbering from the "Nuovo serie - Mistero!". Strangly it is printed Anno III on the covers, same as issues from 1948 !

Albums

The issues from the "Mistero" #29 to "Nuovo serie - Mistero!" #44 were reprinted into 23 albums by dr Giuseppe Cartoni (?): "Mandrake" (8 issues) , "The Phantom" (14 issues) and "Tim Tyler's Luck" (1 issue).