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21 European Western Comic Books – Albi Mignon: Ric-Rac - Cow Boy vs the Sheriff - Capitan Molinar)

 





Albi Mignon: Ric-Rac – Comedy - Cowboy vs the Sheriff - Capitan Molinar

 

This comic book series consisted of 47 issues divided into four series with non-progressive numbering.

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

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

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

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

Series I: Ric-Rac (RR) consisted of 32 pages. I tells the adventures of a couple of boys divided into two parts. The first, with the subtitle Gli Allegri Bambini (#1/12), and the second with Giovani Atomici (#13/18) where the protagonists have become adolescents. Texts by Lascial (#1/12), drawings by Angelo Platania (Gelo) (#1/12). The first issues came out as a supplement to Popular Enigmistica.

Series II: Comic Series consisted of 36 pages. It covers various books in part written and drawn in a grotesque style by G. Lani.

Series III: Cowboy vs Sheriff  (CF) consisted of 36 pages. An elongated strip. In each issue two stories of cowboy Bill Donovan struggling with Sheriff Porter. Texts by Kant, drawings by Angelo Platania.

Series IV: The Gestures of Captain Molinar (CM) consisted of 12 pages. It was a reprint of Tom Drake in the version of by Kant and G. Castellani.

The comic book series was published by E.P.I. Italian Periodicals in Florence, Italy under the direction of Ernesto Varoli

Court authorization: FI 49 (03.11.48)

Titles

Series I RIC-RAC (RR)

01 (07.10.48) - “Ric-Rac e la cicogna” (Ric-Rac and the Stork)

02 (21.10.48) - “Ric-Rac e l’elefante” (Rc-Rac and the Elephant_

03 (04.11.48) - “Ric-Rac e l’orso bruno” (Ric-Rac and the Brown Bear)

04 (18.11.48) - “Ric-Rac e il canguro” (Ric-Rac and the Kangaroo)

05 (02.12.48) - “Ric-Rac e il pinguino” (Ric-Rac and the Penguin)

06 (16.12.49) - “Ric-Rac e la foca” (Ric-Rac and the Seal)

07 (19.03.49) - “Ric-Rac nel mistero del vecchio rancho” (Ric-Rac and the Mystery of

                           the Old Ranch)

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 (02.07.49) - “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 cascket)

14 (15.12.49) - “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” (The Disappearance of Ric)

17 (00.00.50) - “Ric-Rac contro i banditi” (Ric-Rac Against the Bandits)

18 (00.00.50) - “L’aereo razzo di Ric-Rac” (Ric-Rac’s Rocket Plane)

 

Series II SERIE COMEDY

01 (00.00.49) - “Le trappole di Furfa e Fante” (Furfa and Fante's Traps)

02 (09.04.49) - “I cartoni animati di Mimmo e Mommi” (The Cartoons of Mimmo and

                           Mommi)

03 (00.00.49) - “L’elefante della jungla” (The Jungle Elephant)

04 (00.06.49) - “Scarabocchio allievo poliziotto” (Police Student Scribble)

05 (00.00.49) - “Trippapiena e la rana” (Trippapiena and the Frog)

06 (23.07.49) - “Il bandito fantasma” (The Ghost Bandit)

 

Series III COWBOY VS THE SHERIFF (CF)

01 (07.05.49) - “Il cavaliere dell’audacia”, “Il difensore della legge” (The Knight of

                           Audacity, The Defender of the Law)

02 (00.00.49) - “L’agguato sulla montagna”, “Il corriere scomparso” (The Ambush on the

                           Mountain, The Missing Courier)

03 (00.00.49) - “La falsa accusa”, “La rivincita di Porter” (The False Accusation, Porter's

                          Rrevenge)

04 (00.00.49) - “L’oro del fiume”, “Lo spettro del canon” (The River's Gold, The Specter

                           of the Canon)

05 (00.00.49) - “I razziatori di West-City”, “Assalto al rancho” (The West-City Raiders,

                          Assault on the Rancho)

06 (22.10.49) - “Il tesoro del pioniere”, “La valle del diavolo” (The Treasure of the

                           Pioneer", "The Valley of the Devil)

07 (29.10.49) - “I falsari di Old City”, “La sconfitta di Porter” (The Forgers of Old City,

                          Porter's Defeat)

08 (00.10.49) - “John il bufalo”, “L’oro della Gold-Bank” (John the Buffalo, Gold From

                           the Gold-Bank)

09 (19.11.49) - “L’assalto alla corriera”, “La gola del «gufo»” (The Assault on the Bus,

                          The Throat of the Owl)

10 (26.11.49) - “Il cavaliere fantasma”, “Il fuorilegge di Red-Star” (The Phantom Knight,

                           The Red-Star Outlaw)

11 (00.12.49) - “La bisca maledetta”, “Il documento scomparso” (The Cursed Gambling

                           Den, "The Missing Document)

12 (00.00.49) - “Il falso mercante”, “Lotta senza quartiere” (The False Merchant,

                           Struggle Without Quarter"

13 (00.00.49) - “L’ultimo dei sioux”, “La beffa del cow-boy” (The Last of the Sioux,

                          The Mockery of the Cowboy)

14 (00.00.00) - “Il ratto di Jannette”, “L’ultimatum dei fuori legge” (The Rape of             

                           Jannette, The Ultimatum of the Outlaws)

15 (00.00.50) - “Il cavaliere senza volto”, “L’antro del bandito” (The Knight Without a

                           Face", The Bandit's Den)

16 (00.00.50) - “Assalto sulla strada ferrata”, “Il trionfo del cow-boy” (The Knight

                           Without a Face, The Bandit's Den)

17 (00.00.50) - “La carovana maledetta”, “La vendetta dello sceriffo” (The Cursed

                           Caravan, The Sheriff's Revenge)

18 (00.00.50) - “Il passo della strega”, “Il segreto della montagna” (The Witch's Pass,

                          The Secret of the Mountain)

19 (00.00.50) - “L’ultimo dei Croner”, “Il tragico duello” (The Last of the Croners, The

                           Tragic Duel)

20 (28.01.50) - “Fuga di Dolores”, “Il segno rivelatore” (Dolores Escape, The Revealing

                           Sign)

 

Series IV THE GESTURES OF CAPTAIN MOLINAR (CM)

01 (00.00.50) - “Il ritorno di Keen” (The Return of Keen)

02 (00.00.50) - “La riscossa di Tom” (Tom’s Rescue)

03 (20.12.50) - “Alla ricerca del tesoro” (In Search of Treasure)

 

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