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Albi dell’Intrepidezza

This comic book series was published in 1946 with each weekly released beginning with #1 on January 23, 1946 and ended with issue #1610 on December 12 1976. It was published in Milan, Italy by CEU under the direction of Wanda Bonta, Alceo Del Duca and Domenico Del Duca. Issues varied in the number of black and white pages with color covers. It began as a supplement to Intrepido #27 on July 23, 1946 and then became an independent series. Each issue featured a complete story. Initially reissues of some titles that were already published in the pre-World War II period.

 Over the years, the publication changes the number of pages and layout. From #285 (1951) under #1485 (1974) it publishes the adventures of Tarzan made by Burne Hogarth, Bob Lubbers, Rex Maxon, Nick Cardy, John Celardo and Russ Manning; from n. #377 (1953) to #1510 (1975) the tales of Arturo and Zoe (Nancy and Slugo) by Ernie Bushmiller. Starting from #387 (1953) until #1609 (1976) the adventures of Pedrito el Drito written by Antonio Terenghi appear on the back cover. With #596 (1957) doubles the foliation, passing from 16 to 32 pages and in addition to the initial complete story presents humorous cartoons with Superbone  by Erio Nicolò, I Fratelli Monellini by Marino and Piccola Eva by Terenghi and then by foreign authors; also four humorous series that alternate monthly: Giaguaro Baby by Franco Donatelli, from #596 (1957) under #695 (1959), later replaced by La Banda Degli Cornoli by Loredano Ugolini, from #700 (1959) to #756 (1960), Rick Providenza by Ferdinando Corbella, from #597 (1957) to #926 (1963), Sorry Do You Know a Word…? by Mario Uggeri and then by Loredano Ugolini, from #598 (1957) to #824 (1961) and Sem…Olino Flash by Sergio Molino and Clario Onesti, from issue #599 (1957) to #929 (1963). He also publishes Il sor Fatica (Andy Capp) by Reg Smythe on #755 (1960), Banana and Penny Luigi Corteggi and Go Kartino Frignano. From #760 (1960), alternating with the comic series, some complete episodes in several episodes (even of a single page per episode) are published in the appendix, which sometime began and then continued on Intrepido.

From #943 (1964), in the pages dedicated to Autosprint  begins Cupre S’Argento by Carlo Savi ending with #1318 (1971). In 1966 he published James Bond 007 (007) by John McLusky, first as an episode to follow on Intrepido and then with a complete story; in 1968 while the pages dedicated to news reports increased, he re-proposes the character of Ian Fleming in the version of Horak (#1174-1197). From #1222 (1969) appears Il Terrible Winthrop by Dick Cavalli which will then continue on Albo TV. From #1096 (1967) to #1173 (1968) is presented Mpdesty Blaise by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway. For a short time he published the strips of Tiger by Dave Guare (1967) and Gli Isolani by Enzo Marciante (1968). From #1486 (1974) is published Rahan by R. Lecureux and A. Cheret. From #760 (1960) and regularly from #1371 (1972) is published two complete episodes per issue, which become three with #1412 (1973) and five with #1555 (1975), while the title of the main story no longer appears on the cover. Finally, from #1578 (1976) presents six short stories. In over 30 years of publications numerous writers collaborated on the texts such as Luciana Peverelli, Domenico Del Duca (Treddi), Luigi Grecchi, Antonio Mancuso, R. Tosi, Corrado Zucca, Franco Baglioni, M. Tinca, A. Zulian, Nino Cannata, Alfredo Rossi, Claudio and Graziano Cicogna, Patricia Martinelli, Raffaele Dargenzio and many unfortunately remained anonymous. There are also numerous cover artists, from Aurelio Galleppini to Erio Nicolò, from Alvaro Mairani to Ferdinando Corbella, from Primo Marcarini to Floriano Bozzi, from Eros Kara to Gaeta, to Aldo Torchio to Sergio Molino. The graphics of the header change with #130 (July 13, 1948), #167 (March 29, 1949), #298 (October 2, 1951), #1184 (September 28, 1968), #1202 (February 6, 1969), #1320 (June 10, 1971), #1555 (December 11, 1975), #1601 (October 28, 1976), #1609 (December 23, 1976). From #1319 (June 3, 1971) the title becomes Albo Dell’Intrepido and from #1601 (October 28, 1976) TV Albo.