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Big Davy

A western comic based on the figure of David Crockett. Due to the simultaneous publication of the Davy Crockett series in the Belle Adventure series by Edizioni Alpe, the Publisher changes the title of the magazine to Big Davy. Texts were by Gian Luigi Bonelli; drawings and covers by Renzo Calegari. In the appendix some stories previously published by the same publisher are presented: “Il traitore” by Mario Faustinelli and Hugo Pratt (#1/15), “The Prof. Distrattini” by Guido Da Passano (#15) and“ The Adorers of the Devil” by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Enrico Bagnoli (#16/21).

The comic book was published in 1957with issue #1 released on January 16, 1957 and ended with #21 on March 21, 1957. Published by SBE Publishing House. Each issue contained 32 black & white pages with color covers.

Titles

01 (16.06.57) - “Il segno del corvo” (The Sign of the Crow)
02 (23.06.57) - “Occhio perduto” (Lost Eye)
03 (30.06.57) - “I volontari della morte” (The Volunteers of Death)
04 (07.07.57) - “Disperata difesa” (Desperate Defense)
05 (14.07.57) - “Pioggia di fuoco” (Rain of Fire)
06 (21.07.57) - “Agguato sul fiume” (Ambush on the River)
07 (28.07.57) - “Sulle tracce dei rinnegati” (On the Trail of the Renegades)
08 (04.08.57) - “Verso il palo di tortura” (Towards the Torture Stake)
09 (11.08.57) - “La sfida di Falco Nero” (The Challenge of Black Hawk)
10 (18.08.57) - “Attacco notturno” (Night Attack)
11 (25.08.57) - “I razziatori” (The Raiders)
12 (01.09.57) - “Ignobile mercato” (Ignoble Market)
13 (08.09.57) - “Il canyon degli agguati” (The Canyon of Ambushes)
14 (15.09.57) - “Sulle tracce dei rapitori” (On the Trail of the Kidnappers)
15 (22.09.57) - “Una fiesta interrotta” (An Interrupted Fiesta)
16 (29.09.57) - “Un incontro imprevisto” (An Unexpected Meeting)
17 (06.10.57) - “Sangue sulla prateria” (Blood on the Prairie)
18 (13.10.57) - “Attacco a Palo Blanco” (Attack on Palo Blanco)
19 (20.10.57) - “La danza della scure” (The Dance of the Axe)
20 (27.10.57) - “Tragica beffa” (Tragic Mockery)
21 (03.11.57) - “Morte all’alba” (Death at Dawn)