European Western Comic Books ~ Ric-Rac - Comic Series - Cow Boy vs. Sheriff

ALBI MIGNON (Ric-Rac - Comic Series - Cow Boy vs. Sheriff - Captain Molinar)

This series of comic books were published weekly beginning in 1948 with issue #1 on October 7, 1948 ending at issue #47 on December 20, 1950. They were in black and white with various number of pages and with color covers

Publishing House was E.P.I. Italian Periodical Editions, Editrice Panorama in Florence, Italy

The publishing director was  Ernesto Varoli

There were a total of 47 issues divided into four series that sometimes came out at the same time.

Series I #1 (7 October 7, 1948) - #18 (1950)

Series II n. #1 (1949) - #6 (July 23, 1949)

Series III #1 (May 7, 1949) - #20 (January 28, 1950)

Series IV #1 (1950) #3 (December 20 1950)

Series I: RIC-RAC (RR) (32 pages). The adventures of a couple of young kids divided into two parts. The first, with the subtitle Allegri Bambini (#1-12), and the second with Giovani Atomici (#13-18) where the protagonists have become teenagers. Texts by Lascial (#1-12), drawings by Angelo Platania (Gelo) (#1-12). The first numbers came out as a supplement to "Popular Enigmatics".

Series II: COMICA SERIES (36 pages). Various books in part written and designed with grotesque style by G. Lani.

Series III: COWBOY AGAINST THE SHERIFF (CF) (36 pages). Elongated strip. In each book two stories of the cowboy boy Bill Donovan dealing with Sheriff Porter. Texts by Kant, drawings by Angelo Platania.

Series IV: CAPITAN MOLINAR'S GESTURE (CM) (12 pages). Reprint of TOM DRAKE in the version of Kant and G. Castellani.

I-RIC-RAC Series (RR) titles

01 (10/0748) - “Ric-Rac e la cicogna” ("Ric-Rac and the Stork")

02 (10/21/48) - “Ric-Rac e l’elefante” ("Ric-Rac and the Elephant")

03 (11/04/48) - “Ric-Rac e l’orso bruno” ("Ric-Rac and the Brown Bear")

04 (11/18/48) - “Ric-Rac e il canguro” ("Ric-Rac and the Kangaroo")

05 (12/02/48) - “Ric-Rac e il pinguino” ("Ric-Rac and the Penguin")

06 (12/16/49) - “Ric-Rac e la foca” ("Ric-Rac and the Seal")

07 (03/19/49) - “Ric-Rac nel mistero del vecchio rancho” ("Ric-Rac in the Mystery of the Old  

                           Rancho")

08 (00/00/49) - “Ric-Rac e i lupi della prateria” ("Ric-Rac and the Prairie Wolves")

09 (00/00/49) - “Ric-Rac e il segreto di Penna Azzurra” ("Ric-Rac and the Secret of Penna

                           Azzurra")

10 (00/00/49) - “Ric-Rac nella città incantata” ("Ric-Rac in the Enchanted City")

11 (07/02/49) - “Ric-Rac e la pagoda d’oro” ("Ric-Rac and the Golden Pagoda")

12 (00/00/49) - “Ric-Rac e il gigante della jungla” ("Ric-Rac and the Giant of the Jungle")

13 (00/00/49) - “Ric-Rac e lo scrigno misterioso” ("Ric-Rac and the Mysterious Casket")

14 (12/15/49) - “Ric-Rac al torneo magico” ("Ric-Rac at the Magic Tournament”)

15 (01/01/50) - “Ric-Rac contro il mago Giuliano” ("Ric-Rac against the magician Giuliano")

16 (00/00/50) - “La scomparsa di Ric” ("Ric's disappearance")

17 (00/00/50) - “Ric-Rac contro i banditi” ("Ric-Rac against the bandits")

18 (00/00/50) - “L’aereo razzo di Ric-Rac” ("The Ric-Rac rocket plane")

Series II COMICA SERIES titles

01 (00/00/49) - “Le trappole di Furfa e Fante” ("The Traps of Furfa and Fante")

02 (04/09/49) - “I cartoni animati di Mimmo e Mommi” ("The Cartoons of Mimmo and

                           Mommi")

03 (00/00/49) - “L’elefante della jungla” ("The Elephant of the Jungle")

04 (06/00/49) - “Scarabocchio allievo poliziotto” ("Scribble Student Policeman")

05 (00/00/49) - “Trippapiena e la rana” ("Trippapiena and the Frog")

06 (07/23/49) - “Il bandito fantasma” ("The Ghost Bandit")

Series III COW BOY AGAINST THE SHERIFF (CF) titles

01 (05/07/49) - "The Knight of Audacity",  "The Defender of the Law")

02 (00/00/49) - "The ambush on the mountain", ("Il corriere scomparso"

03 (00/00/49) - "The false accusation", "The revenge of Porter"

04 (00/00/49) - "The gold of the river", "The specter of the canon"

05 (00/00/49) - "Raiders of West-City", "Assault on the rancho"

06 (10/22/49) - "The treasure of the pioneer", "The valley of the devil"

07 (10/29/49) - "The forgers of Old City", "The defeat of Porter"

08 (10/00/49) - "John the buffalo", "Gold of the Gold-Bank"

09 (11/19/49) - "The assault on the bus", "The throat of the" owl "»

10 (11/26/49) - "The Phantom Rider", "The Outlaw of Red-Star"

11 (00.12.49) - "The damn gambling den", "The missing document"

12 (00/00/49) - "The false merchant", "Lotta without quarter"

13 (00/00/49) - "The last of the sioux", "The hoax of the cow-boy"

14 (00/00/00) - "The rat of Jannette", "The ultimatum of the outside law"

15 (00/00/50) - "The faceless knight", "The bandit's cave"

16 (00/00/50) - "Assault on the railway track", "The triumph of the cow-boy"

17 (00/00/50) - "The cursed caravan", "The sheriff's revenge"

18 (00/00/50) - "The Witch's Step", "The Secret of the Mountain"

19 (00/00/50) - "L'ultimo dei Croner", "The tragic duel"

20 (01/28/50) - "Fugue of Dolores", "The revealing sign"

Series IV THE GESTURE OF CAPITAN MOLINAR (CM) titles

01 (00/00/50) - "The return of Keen"

02 (00/00/50) - "The rescue of Tom"

03 (12/20/50) - "In search of the treasure"

Collections of the series:

RC1 - THE ADVENTURES OF RIC-RAC are partially collected in the second booklet of the new series by ALBI MIGNON (Year III - Quindicinale - #1 / 2- 92 pages). The first collection THE ADVENTURES OF RAZZO (THE ALBI OF POPULAR ENIGMISTICS).

01 (09/15/52) - "The ruler of the universe" - Collects nos. 7/12 of RAZZO. Cover of Erio Nicolò

02 (10/15/52) - "The brilliant adventu

Reisued

Per RR

- ALBI 2000 (Editrice Milanese, 1955)

- AVVENTURE MERAVIGLIOSE (Editrice Milanese, 1956)