Busta Spada
Busta Spada was an album series of Mandrake comic books published by the Italian publisher Fratelli Spada.
Issue overview
Unsold copies of the regular Mandrake, and I Classici dell'Avventura series - as well as similar copies of The Phantom series and others were later put in a plastic envelope with new covers. They were sold as Busta. However various samples of the same "Busta" issues have different issues inside.
Busta Spada
Busta di albi
Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside.
- Note: The 3 issues might belong to three different series.
- The price tag on #2 is 100L, but only 50L on #3 and #6.
- The cover layout is different on #3, than on #2 and #6.
Rassegna armin da fuoco leggere 1800-1900
This series had trading cards of famous guns as cover, and contained two comic books from before 1971. Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 14 different issues were released.
Le piu avvincenti avventure
Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 11 different issues were released in the years 1973-1974
Gli assi del fumetto mondiale
Earch issue is like a "surprise bag" with 2 comics from 1972-1975 inside: "Mandrake", "The Phantom", "Turok" or "Marshal". At least 8 different issues were released.
Busta Spada
Classici dell avventura
Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 8 different issues were released.
A second series was released with at least 3 issues.
Busta Vacanze
Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 1 issue were released.