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'''''New Comics Now''''' was an [[Italy|Italian]] series published by Comics Art Editions from 1980 to 1998.
{{Series
|Title= New Comics Now
|image= [[Image:ncn-001.jpg|200px]]
|Sample= First issue
|Country= [[Image:mini_italy.gif]] Italy / Italian
|Publisher= [[Comic Art]]
|Date= 1978-1998 <small>(?)</small>
|Issues= 406
|Format= 24×32 cm, b/w and color
|}}


The series featured reprints of daily and Sundays strips of American comics, such as [[Mandrake the Magician]] and [[The Phantom]] amongst various other classical comics.
== Issue overview==
=== Regular series ===
The series featured reprints of daily and Sundays strips of American comics. Althought the series is numbered for the "New Comics Now" title it is split into several sub series:
*"Clown" by Doré and Attalo
*"Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould, Collins and Locher
*"Flash Gordon" by Briggs, Dan Barry (and Fujitanti)
*"Grandi Firme" by Wallace Wood, Berni Wrightson, Moebius, Dubos and Pichard, Lob and Pichard, Bonvi
*"Mandrake" by [[Lee Falk]], [[Phil Davis]] and [[Fred Fredericks]]
*"The Phantom" by Lee Falk, [[Ray Moore]], Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry
*"Phil Corrigan" by Lubbers, Goodwin and Williamson, Evans
*"Popeye" by Segar
*"Rip Kirby" by Fred Dickenson and John Prentice
*"Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young
*"Topolino (Mickey Mouse)" by various
These intensive reprinting, trying to respect chronological publishing but often with an erratic order of issues, is of a specific interest for comics collectors. What may appear confusing with this series is the fact that some publication dates do not follow the numbering order. Furthermore, some issues were sold out and then reprinted with a new publishing date.
 
==== Mandrake issues ====
<gallery>
Image:ncn-mandrake-041.jpg|[[New Comics Now 41|''New Comics Now'' #41]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-042.jpg|[[New Comics Now 42|''New Comics Now'' #42]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-045.jpg|[[New Comics Now 45|''New Comics Now'' #45]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-046.jpg|[[New Comics Now 46|''New Comics Now'' #46]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-068.jpg|[[New Comics Now 68|''New Comics Now'' #68]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-069.jpg|[[New Comics Now 69|''New Comics Now'' #69]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-070.jpg|[[New Comics Now 70|''New Comics Now'' #70]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-071.jpg|[[New Comics Now 71|''New Comics Now'' #71]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-079.jpg|[[New Comics Now 79|''New Comics Now'' #79]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-080.jpg|[[New Comics Now 80|''New Comics Now'' #80]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-081.jpg|[[New Comics Now 81|''New Comics Now'' #81]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-082.jpg|[[New Comics Now 82|''New Comics Now'' #82]]
 
Image:ncn-mandrake-105.jpg|[[New Comics Now 105|''New Comics Now'' #105]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-106.jpg|[[New Comics Now 106|''New Comics Now'' #106]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-107.jpg|[[New Comics Now 107|''New Comics Now'' #107]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-108.jpg|[[New Comics Now 108|''New Comics Now'' #108]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-115.jpg|[[New Comics Now 115|''New Comics Now'' #115]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-116.jpg|[[New Comics Now 116|''New Comics Now'' #116]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-117.jpg|[[New Comics Now 117|''New Comics Now'' #117]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-118.jpg|[[New Comics Now 118|''New Comics Now'' #118]]
 
Image:ncn-mandrake-131.jpg|[[New Comics Now 131|''New Comics Now'' #131]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-132.jpg|[[New Comics Now 132|''New Comics Now'' #132]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-133.jpg|[[New Comics Now 133|''New Comics Now'' #133]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-134.jpg|[[New Comics Now 134|''New Comics Now'' #134]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-144.jpg|[[New Comics Now 144|''New Comics Now'' #144]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-147.jpg|[[New Comics Now 147|''New Comics Now'' #147]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-148.jpg|[[New Comics Now 148|''New Comics Now'' #148]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-149.jpg|[[New Comics Now 149|''New Comics Now'' #149]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-150.jpg|[[New Comics Now 150|''New Comics Now'' #150]]
 
Image:ncn-mandrake-164.jpg|[[New Comics Now 164|''New Comics Now'' #164]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-165.jpg|[[New Comics Now 165|''New Comics Now'' #165]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-166.jpg|[[New Comics Now 166|''New Comics Now'' #166]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-167.jpg|[[New Comics Now 167|''New Comics Now'' #167]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-168.jpg|[[New Comics Now 168|''New Comics Now'' #168]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-169.jpg|[[New Comics Now 169|''New Comics Now'' #169]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-170.jpg|[[New Comics Now 170|''New Comics Now'' #170]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-171.jpg|[[New Comics Now 171|''New Comics Now'' #171]]
 
Image:ncn-mandrake-181.jpg|[[New Comics Now 181|''New Comics Now'' #181]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-182.jpg|[[New Comics Now 182|''New Comics Now'' #182]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-186.jpg|[[New Comics Now 186|''New Comics Now'' #186]]


These intensive reprintings, trying to respect chronological publishings even if the general order of issues remained erratic, had a specific interest for comics collectors.  
Image:ncn-mandrake-200.jpg|[[New Comics Now 200|''New Comics Now'' #200]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-213.jpg|[[New Comics Now 213|''New Comics Now'' #213]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-214.jpg|[[New Comics Now 214|''New Comics Now'' #214]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-215.jpg|[[New Comics Now 215|''New Comics Now'' #215]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-216.jpg|[[New Comics Now 216|''New Comics Now'' #216]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-217.jpg|[[New Comics Now 217|''New Comics Now'' #217]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-218.jpg|[[New Comics Now 218|''New Comics Now'' #218]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-219.jpg|[[New Comics Now 219|''New Comics Now'' #219]]


Image:ncn-mandrake-257.jpg|[[New Comics Now 257|''New Comics Now'' #257]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-258.jpg|[[New Comics Now 258|''New Comics Now'' #258]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-259.jpg|[[New Comics Now 259|''New Comics Now'' #259]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-260.jpg|[[New Comics Now 260|''New Comics Now'' #260]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-261.jpg|[[New Comics Now 261|''New Comics Now'' #261]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-262.jpg|[[New Comics Now 262|''New Comics Now'' #262]]


Image:ncn-mandrake-265.jpg|[[New Comics Now 265|''New Comics Now'' #265]]


== Issue overview (Mandrake issues only) ==
Image:ncn-mandrake-274.jpg|[[New Comics Now 274|''New Comics Now'' #274]]
=== Regular series ===
Image:ncn-mandrake-275.jpg|[[New Comics Now 275|''New Comics Now'' #275]]
{| {{table}}
Image:ncn-mandrake-276.jpg|[[New Comics Now 276|''New Comics Now'' #276]]
|| [[Mandrake 41 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|41]] || [[Mandrake 42 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|42]] || [[Mandrake 45 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|45]] || [[Mandrake 46 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|46]] || [[Mandrake 68 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|68]] || [[Mandrake 69 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|69]] || [[Mandrake 70 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|70]] || [[Mandrake 71 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|71]] || [[Mandrake 79 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|79]] || [[Mandrake 80 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|80]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-277.jpg|[[New Comics Now 277|''New Comics Now'' #277]]
|-
 
|| [[Mandrake 81 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|81]] || [[Mandrake 82 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|82]] || [[Mandrake 105 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|105]] || [[Mandrake 106 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|106]] || [[Mandrake 107 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|107]] || [[Mandrake 108 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|108]] || [[Mandrake 115 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|115]] || [[Mandrake 116 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|116]] || [[Mandrake 117 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|117]] || [[Mandrake 118 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|118]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-288.jpg|[[New Comics Now 288|''New Comics Now'' #288]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-289.jpg|[[New Comics Now 289|''New Comics Now'' #289]]
|| [[Mandrake 131 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|131]] || [[Mandrake 132 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|132]] || [[Mandrake 133 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|133]] || [[Mandrake 134 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|134]] || [[Mandrake 144 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|144]] || [[Mandrake 147 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|147]] || [[Mandrake 148 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|148]] ||[[Mandrake 164 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|164]] || [[Mandrake 165 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|165]] || [[Mandrake 166 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|166]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-290.jpg|[[New Comics Now 290|''New Comics Now'' #290]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-291.jpg|[[New Comics Now 291|''New Comics Now'' #291]]
|| [[Mandrake 167 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|167]] || [[Mandrake 168 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|168]] || [[Mandrake 169 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|169]] || [[Mandrake 170 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|170]] || [[Mandrake 171 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|171]] || [[Mandrake 181 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|181]] || [[Mandrake 182 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|182]] || [[Mandrake 186 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|186]] || [[Mandrake 200 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|200]] || [[Mandrake 213 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|213]]  
 
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-301.jpg|[[New Comics Now 301|''New Comics Now'' #301]]
|| [[Mandrake 214 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|214]] || [[Mandrake 215 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|215]] || [[Mandrake 216 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|216]] || [[Mandrake 217 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|217]] || [[Mandrake 218 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|218]] || [[Mandrake 219 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|219]] || [[Mandrake 257 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|257]] || [[Mandrake 258 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|258]] || [[Mandrake 259 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|259]] || [[Mandrake 260 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|260]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-302.jpg|[[New Comics Now 302|''New Comics Now'' #302]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-305.jpg|[[New Comics Now 305|''New Comics Now'' #305]]
|| [[Mandrake 261 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|261]] || [[Mandrake 262 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|262]] || [[Mandrake 274 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|274]] || [[Mandrake 275 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|275]] || [[Mandrake 276 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|276]] || [[Mandrake 277 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|277]] || [[Mandrake 288 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|288]] || [[Mandrake 289 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|289]] || [[Mandrake 290 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|290]] || [[Mandrake 291 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|291]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-306.jpg|[[New Comics Now 306|''New Comics Now'' #306]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-318.jpg|[[New Comics Now 318|''New Comics Now'' #318]]
|| [[Mandrake 301 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|301]] || [[Mandrake 302 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|302]] || [[Mandrake 305 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|305]] || [[Mandrake 306 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|306]] || [[Mandrake 318 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|318]] || [[Mandrake 319 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|319]] || [[Mandrake 331 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|331]] || [[Mandrake 332 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|332]] || [[Mandrake 333 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|333]] || [[Mandrake 334 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|334]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-319.jpg|[[New Comics Now 319|''New Comics Now'' #319]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-331.jpg|[[New Comics Now 331|''New Comics Now'' #331]]
|| [[Mandrake 346 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|346]] || [[Mandrake 347 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|347]] || [[Mandrake 348 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|348]] || [[Mandrake 349 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|349]] || [[Mandrake 363 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|363]] || [[Mandrake 364 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|364]] || [[Mandrake 365 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|365]] || [[Mandrake 366 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|366]] || [[Mandrake 367 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|367]] || [[Mandrake 375 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|375]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-332.jpg|[[New Comics Now 332|''New Comics Now'' #332]]
|-
Image:ncn-mandrake-333.jpg|[[New Comics Now 333|''New Comics Now'' #333]]
|| [[Mandrake 376 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|376]] || [[Mandrake 380 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|380]] || [[Mandrake 381 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|381]] || [[Mandrake 398 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|398]] || [[Mandrake 399 (Comic Art) New Comics Now|399]]  
Image:ncn-mandrake-334.jpg|[[New Comics Now 334|''New Comics Now'' #334]]
|}
Image:ncn-mandrake-346.jpg|[[New Comics Now 346|''New Comics Now'' #346]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-347.jpg|[[New Comics Now 347|''New Comics Now'' #347]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-348.jpg|[[New Comics Now 348|''New Comics Now'' #348]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-349.jpg|[[New Comics Now 349|''New Comics Now'' #349]]
 
Image:ncn-mandrake-363.jpg|[[New Comics Now 363|''New Comics Now'' #363]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-364.jpg|[[New Comics Now 364|''New Comics Now'' #364]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-365.jpg|[[New Comics Now 365|''New Comics Now'' #365]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-366.jpg|[[New Comics Now 366|''New Comics Now'' #366]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-367.jpg|[[New Comics Now 367|''New Comics Now'' #367]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-375.jpg|[[New Comics Now 375|''New Comics Now'' #375]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-376.jpg|[[New Comics Now 376|''New Comics Now'' #376]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-380.jpg|[[New Comics Now 380|''New Comics Now'' #380]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-381.jpg|[[New Comics Now 381|''New Comics Now'' #381]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-398.jpg|[[New Comics Now 398|''New Comics Now'' #398]]
Image:ncn-mandrake-399.jpg|[[New Comics Now 399|''New Comics Now'' #399]]
</gallery>


===Magic Moments===
*"Magic Moments" is a sub series of "New Comics Now" with new versiones of previous printed stories and first editions or reprints from other series:
*18 "Brick Bradford", ''Il viaggio nella moneta'' by W. Ritt and C. Gray ''(reprint)''.
*43 "Brick Bradford", ''La fortezza di Alamoot'' by W. Ritt and C. Gray ''(reprint)''.
*44 "Brick Bradford", ''Il mostro d’acciaio''  by W. Ritt and C. Gray ''(reprint)''.
*36 "Cino e Franco", ''Sotto la bandiera del Re della Giungla'', ''La misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana'' and ''La pattuglia dell’avorio'' by L. Young ''(first print)''.
*121 "Dickie Dare", daily strips 1933/34 by Milton Caniff ''(first print)''.
*265 "Mandrake", ''Il mondo sconosciuto'' and ''Il castello di Telba'' by Falk and Davis ''(reprint)''.


====Mandrake issues ====
<gallery>
Image:ncn-mandrake-265.jpg|[[New Comics Now 265|''New Comics Now'' #265]]
</gallery>


{{Italy}}
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Latest revision as of 17:41, 5 April 2018

New Comics Now
Ncn-001.jpg
First issue
Country/language: Mini italy.gif Italy / Italian
Publishing company: Comic Art
Publishing years: 1978-1998 (?)
Issues: 406
Format: 24×32 cm, b/w and color


Issue overview

Regular series

The series featured reprints of daily and Sundays strips of American comics. Althought the series is numbered for the "New Comics Now" title it is split into several sub series:

  • "Clown" by Doré and Attalo
  • "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould, Collins and Locher
  • "Flash Gordon" by Briggs, Dan Barry (and Fujitanti)
  • "Grandi Firme" by Wallace Wood, Berni Wrightson, Moebius, Dubos and Pichard, Lob and Pichard, Bonvi
  • "Mandrake" by Lee Falk, Phil Davis and Fred Fredericks
  • "The Phantom" by Lee Falk, Ray Moore, Wilson McCoy, Sy Barry
  • "Phil Corrigan" by Lubbers, Goodwin and Williamson, Evans
  • "Popeye" by Segar
  • "Rip Kirby" by Fred Dickenson and John Prentice
  • "Tim Tyler's Luck" by Lyman Young
  • "Topolino (Mickey Mouse)" by various

These intensive reprinting, trying to respect chronological publishing but often with an erratic order of issues, is of a specific interest for comics collectors. What may appear confusing with this series is the fact that some publication dates do not follow the numbering order. Furthermore, some issues were sold out and then reprinted with a new publishing date.

Mandrake issues

Magic Moments

  • "Magic Moments" is a sub series of "New Comics Now" with new versiones of previous printed stories and first editions or reprints from other series:
  • 18 "Brick Bradford", Il viaggio nella moneta by W. Ritt and C. Gray (reprint).
  • 43 "Brick Bradford", La fortezza di Alamoot by W. Ritt and C. Gray (reprint).
  • 44 "Brick Bradford", Il mostro d’acciaio by W. Ritt and C. Gray (reprint).
  • 36 "Cino e Franco", Sotto la bandiera del Re della Giungla, La misteriosa fiamma della Regina Loana and La pattuglia dell’avorio by L. Young (first print).
  • 121 "Dickie Dare", daily strips 1933/34 by Milton Caniff (first print).
  • 265 "Mandrake", Il mondo sconosciuto and Il castello di Telba by Falk and Davis (reprint).

Mandrake issues