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The series received the title of "Albi Grandi Avventure" ("Albums Great Adventures").
The series received the title of "Albi Grandi Avventure" ("Albums Great Adventures").


= History =
= Issue overview =
== Original series (1936-1941) ==
== Original series (1936-1941) ==
The original series was released in an oblong size of 31.5 x 22.6 cm, a kind of presentation known as the "Italian format. Logically, the inside stories were the first daily strips created by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]] but, with the breakdown of the relations between the Italian and the American regimes, some of the  final part of the series, published in 1941, was Italian creation and the series stopped at the entering of the United States in the war.
The original series was released in an oblong size of 31.5 x 22.6 cm, a kind of presentation known as the "Italian format. Logically, the inside stories were the first daily strips created by [[Lee Falk]] and [[Phil Davis]] but, with the breakdown of the relations between the Italian and the American regimes, some of the  final part of the series, published in 1941, was Italian creation and the series stopped at the entering of the United States in the war.


=== Issue overview===
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Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (1)|''Mandrake'' #1]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (1)|''Mandrake'' #1]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-02.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (2)|''Mandrake'' #2]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-02.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (2)|''Mandrake'' #2]]
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Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-14.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (14)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #14]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-14.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (14)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #14]]
</gallery>
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===Reprint series===
In 1975-1976, the whole 14 issues was reprinted under an identical repeating format, always with the mention "Casa Editrice Nerbini". In addition to the 14 issues four other albums were released in the reprint series.
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Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-x1.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (15)|''Falco il cavallo da corsa'']]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-x2.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (16)|''L'uomo dal viso di pantera'']]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-x3.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (17)|''Nel covo delle spie'' 1a parte]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-x4.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (18)|''Nel covo delle spie'' 1a parte]]
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====Note====
====Note====
*Narda is named '''Daran''' pre 1941.
*Narda is named '''Daran''' pre 1941.
*Mandrake is named '''Mandrache''' on the post 1940 covers.
*Mandrake is named '''Mandrache''' on the post 1940 covers.
*In 1975-1976, the whole 14 issues was reprinted under an identical repeating format, always with the mention "Casa Editrice Nerbini".


== Post-War series (1946-1948) ==
== Post-War series (1946-1948) ==
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The "Albi Grandi Avventure" (before as well as after the World War II) have always been very researched by collectors as they were adorned with attractive colored covers, even if the inside strips were printed in black and white.
The "Albi Grandi Avventure" (before as well as after the World War II) have always been very researched by collectors as they were adorned with attractive colored covers, even if the inside strips were printed in black and white.


=== Issue overview===
===First series===
====First series====
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<gallery perrow="6">
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-b.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (1) (1945)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #(1)]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-01-b.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure (1) (1945)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #(1)]]
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====Second series====
===Second series===
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<gallery perrow="6">
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-06-b.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure 6 (second serie)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #6]]
Image:Collana_Albi_grandi_avventure-06-b.jpg|[[Collana Albi grandi avventure 6 (second serie)|''Collana Albi grandi avventure'' #6]]
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====Ristampe di grande successo====
==Ristampe di grande successo==
In 1949 several issues were reprinted in a series called "Ristampe di grande successo".  
In 1949 several issues were reprinted in a series called "Ristampe di grande successo".  
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Revision as of 12:45, 18 September 2013

From 1936 to 1941, following the success of the weekly magazine "L'Avventuroso", Mario Nerbini published a series of separate comics-books, entirely devoted to Mandrake, which were presented as "Albi supplemento a L'Avventuroso" ("Extra issues Albums of L'Avventuroso"). The series received the title of "Albi Grandi Avventure" ("Albums Great Adventures").

Issue overview

Original series (1936-1941)

The original series was released in an oblong size of 31.5 x 22.6 cm, a kind of presentation known as the "Italian format. Logically, the inside stories were the first daily strips created by Lee Falk and Phil Davis but, with the breakdown of the relations between the Italian and the American regimes, some of the final part of the series, published in 1941, was Italian creation and the series stopped at the entering of the United States in the war.

Reprint series

In 1975-1976, the whole 14 issues was reprinted under an identical repeating format, always with the mention "Casa Editrice Nerbini". In addition to the 14 issues four other albums were released in the reprint series.

Note

  • Narda is named Daran pre 1941.
  • Mandrake is named Mandrache on the post 1940 covers.

Post-War series (1946-1948)

At the end of the war, Nerbini was able to renew his editing activities and the "Albi grandi Avventure" were back again in the newsstands, still in an oblong format but with a little bit smaller size of 27,5 x 19,5 cm. In 1945, an initial series of 4 unnumbered issues was published, followed from 1946 to 1948 by another series of 31 numbered issues. Even if other comics heroes were also represented in this latter series, 31 issues were exclusively consacred to Mandrake), an achievement that clearly demonstrated the continuing popularity of the Lee Falk's character in the readers' favours.

The "Albi Grandi Avventure" (before as well as after the World War II) have always been very researched by collectors as they were adorned with attractive colored covers, even if the inside strips were printed in black and white.

First series

Second series

Ristampe di grande successo

In 1949 several issues were reprinted in a series called "Ristampe di grande successo".