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.

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  issue 2
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  issue 3
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  issue 6

• 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.

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  Colt 1860 Cal 44
  Americana
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  Colt Peace Maker
  Cal 45
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  Long Horn cal 22
  Americana
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  Luger Tedescal
  cal 9
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  Pistola Automatica
  Americana
  Flite King cal 22
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  Pistola Lanciarazzi
  Italiana
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  Pistola Starr
  Americana
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  Revolver Americano
  Dragon Colt
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  Revolver Americano
  Pepperbox
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  Revolver de Adams
  Inglese
  Placcato Oro
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  Revolver Francese
  A Pietra
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  Revolver Russo
  De Tula
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  Sentinel cal 22
  Americana
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  Smith and Wesson
  cal 38
  Americana
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  Walther Tedesca
  cal 7,65

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

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  issue 1
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  issue 2
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  issue 5
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  issue 6
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  issue 7
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  issue 8
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  issue 10
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  issue 11

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.

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  issue 7
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  issue 8

Busta Spada

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Classici dell avventura

Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 8 different issues were released.

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  issue 1
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  issue 2
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  issue 3
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  issue 6
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  issue 8

A second series was released with at least 3 issues.

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  issue 1
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  issue 2
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  issue 3

Busta Vacanze

Earch issue is like a "surprise bag", and one might find Mandrake issues inside. At least 1 issue were released.

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