L'Avventura
| L'Avventura | |
 First issue | |
| Country/language: |  Italy / Italian
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|---|---|
| Publishing company: | S.E.P.I./Capriotti |
| Publishing years: | 1944-1949 |
| Issues: | 227 |
| Format: | 26x36 cm, b/w and color |
Issue overview
Regular series
"Società Editrice Periodici Illustrati" (S.E.P.I.) started the large format magazine L'Avventura in 1944. A short period (#1/1947-#37/1947) the magazine title was changed to L'Avventura Romantica.
The magazine printed various comics, among them: "L’Agente Segreto K3" by Gastone Martini and N. Morelli & Otello Grassetti, "L’Agente Segreto X-9 (Secret Agent X-9)" by Mel Graff, "Audax (King of the Royal Mounted)" by Zane Grey and Jim Gary, "Cino e Franco (Tim Tyler’s Luck)" by Lyman Young (Nat Edson and Clark Haas, Tom Massey), "Dan Pesta Duro" by A. Guerri & M. Guerri, "Dick Riley (Rusty Riley)" by Frank Godwin, "Gordon L’Intrepido (Flash Gordon)" by Don Moore and Alex Raymond & Austin Briggs, "Larry Oxford" by W. Ropie and P. Pini & Vittorio Cossio, "Mandrake (Mandrake the Magician)" Lee Falk and Phil Davis, "Marco Spada (Brick Bradford)" by William Ritt and Clarence Gray, "Jim della Giungla (Jungle Jim)" by Don Moore and John Mayo, "Joe Palooka" by Ham Fisher, "Raff Pugno d’Acciaio" by Alberto Guerri and Vittorio Cossio, "Steve Canyon" by Milton Caniff, "Tommy del Circo" by John Lehti, "L’Uomo Mascherato (The Phantom)" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore & Wilson McCoy.
In 1948, Mandrake is featured on the covers from issue #90 to 102 (sunday page illustration).
Insert
In the "L'Avventura" series there were 8 insert stories in the format 16x18 cm.
- 62 - "Audax", Tombe e gioielli nella foresta by Zane Grey and Jim Gary
- 63 - "Marco Spada", Fuga nella giungla by William Ritt and Clarence Gray
- 64 - "Cino e Franco", Il marchio della fattoria by Lyman Young
- 65 - "Dan Pesta Duro", La legione della sferza by A. Guerri and M. Guerri
- 66 - "Cino e Franco", La spia smascherata by Lyman Young
- 67 - "Dan Pesta Duro", La legione della sferza by A. Guerri and M. Guerri
- 68 - "Cino e Franco", La sparatoria nella notte by Lyman Young
- 69 - "L’Agente Segreto X-9", Il messaggio sul muro by Mel Graff
Supplement album
Several of the stories inside "L'Avventura" were later printed in the supplement album series Gli albi delle grandi avventure.
Reprint
The two first years were reprinted by Capriotti Editore in 1976-1979.
Mandrake stories in L'Avventura
| Title | US Title | Issues | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Mandrake e i pirati fantasma" | "The Deep South" | 1944: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
| "La fine del Polipo" | "The Octopus Ring" | 1944: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1945: 1 | |
| "La macchina che fulmina i motori" | "Dr Griff's Invention" | 1945: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 | |
| "L'orchidea misteriosa" | "The Mystery of the Striped Orchid" | 1945: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 | |
| "Il grande Magnus" | "The Great Grando" | 1945: 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 1946: 1, 2, 3, 4 | |
| "Il popolo degli specchi" | "The Mirror People" | 1946: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 | |
| "La donna di ghiaccio" | "The Ice Lady" | 1946: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 | |
| "Nell'età della pietra" | "The Old Ones" | 1946: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 | |
| "Il principe misterioso" | "The Mysterious Prince" | 1946: 46, 47, 48, 1947: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 | |
| "La bella addormentata" | "The Sleeping Beauty" | 1947: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 | |
| "Il dottor Ciclone" | "Kingdom of the Wind" | 1947: 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 | |
| "Negli abissi dell'Atlantide" | "The Atalan Deep" | 1947: 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38 | |
| "Cavallette nella valle" | "Pleasant Valley" | 1947: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 | |
| "L'isola degli Avvoltoi" | "Roc Island" | 1948: 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 | |
| "La maschera d'argento" | "Medusa" | 1948: 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 | |
| "Felina" | "Felina" | 1948: 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80 | |
| "Il cancelliere di ferro" | "HRH Cuddles" | 1948: 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 | |
| "L'inafferrabile bandito" | "The Blue Bandit" | 1948: 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98 | |
| "Mandrake e il pazzo volante" | "The Flying Pass By" | 1948: 98 | |
| "Mandrake nella città d'oro" | "City of Gold" | 1948: 99, 100, 101, 102, 1949: 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128 |
Covers with Mandrake
