Goal Book (The Masked Man - Mandrake - Cyclone of the West - Gordon - Cisco Kid - Jungle Jim)
For the first 24 issues presented exclusively the adventures of The Masked Man (UM) by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy (odd numbers) and those of Mandrake the Wizard (MA) by Lee Falk and Phil Davis (even numbers) and so on until near the end except of its run some were dedicated to Cyclone of the West (CW) (#25, #29 and #33), Gordon (FG) by Mac Raboy and Dan Barry (#26, #30, #34, #38 and #42), Cisco Kid (CK) by José Luis Salinas (#37, #41, #45, #49 & #53) and Paul Norris' Jim della jungla (JJ) (#46, #50 & #54). In the appendix the adventures of Sergeant Pat of Radio Patrol by Eddie Sullivan and Charlie Schmidt and the self-contained Sunday comic of Hubert by Dick Wingert. From #23 (December 18, 1952) on the cover appears the writing "New series" and the double numbering, that of the series which continues and that of the individual characters which starts again from #1: The Masked Man (#23=#1), Mandrake (#24=#1), Cyclone of the West (#25=#1), Gordon (#26=#1), Cisco Kid (#37=#1) and Jim of the Jungle (#46=1). The graphics of the masthead changed with the #20 (November 28, 1952), #23 (December 18, 1952) and #35 (March 12, 1953). Announced, but never published, the #56 (Mandrake). The unfinished stories continue in Albo Furore (Edizioni Aurelia). The publisher announced a competition with prizes and created the Club Target Card as well as the badges of The Masked Ma, Mandrake and Cyclone (on sale at 100 Lire). Two collections of stickers "Collection Goal" and "Album dello sport". Magazine #51 exists with the front cover in two colors, blue or yellow. Images were drawn by Antonio Farina
The comic book series was published in 1952 with issue #1 released on July 19, 1952 and endin with #22 on July 21, 1953. It was published by Adriana Editions in Rome, Italy under the director Salvatore Marino. Each issue varied in length with between 16-24 black and white pages with color covers.
Titles
Serie I
01 (00) (19.07.52) - “Il rapimento” (UM) (The Kidnapping)
02 (00) (25.07.52) - “Il re delle tenebre” (MA) (The King of
Darkness)
03 (00) (01.08.52) - “Fine della banda Alì” (UM) (End of the
Ali Band)
04 (00) (08.08.52) - “La scomparsa di Narda” (MA) (The
Disappearance of Narda)
05 (00) (15.08.52) - “La donna tigre” (UM) (The Tiger Woman)
06 (00) (22.08.52) - “Il mistero svelato” (MA) (The Mystery
Revealed)
07 (00) (29.08.52) - “Cattura della donna tigre” (UM) (Capture
of the Tiger Woman)
08 (00) (05.09.52) - “Il mistero della scatola nera” (MA) (The
Mystery of the Black Box)
09 (00) (12.09.52) - “Reincarnazione della donna tigre” (UM)
(Reincarnation of the Tiger Woman)
10 (00) (19.09.52) - “Il segreto dell'inventore” (MA) (The
Secret of the Inventor)
11 (00) (26.09.52) - “Una scommessa per Diana” (UM) (A Bet for
Diana)
12 (00) (03.10.52) - “Il maestro di Mandrake” (MA) (The
Master of Mandrake)
13 (00) (10.10.52) - “Slim e i pescicani” (UM) (Slim and the
Sharks)
14 (00) (17.10.52) - “Caccia al discepolo lestofante” (MA) (Hunt
for the Trickster Disciple)
15 (00) (24.10.52) - “Il professore in gonnella” (UM) (The
Professor in a Skirt)
16 (00) (31.10.52) - “Trionfa il più forte” (MA) (Triump of
the Strongest)
17 (00) (07.11.52) - “Il professore prigioniero” (UM) (The
Prisoner Professor)
18 (00) (14.11.52) - “L'esploratrice Eleonora” (MA) (The
Explorer Eleanora)
19 (00) (21.11.52) - “Il ritorno di Klob” (UM) (The Return
of Klob)
20 (00) (28.11.52) - “Salvata dalle tigri” (MA) (Saved by
the Tigers)
21 (00) (04.12.52) - “L'Uomo Mascherato in pericolo” (UM) (The
Masked Man in Danger)
22 (00) (11.12.52) - “Il segreto di Eleonora” (MA) (The
Secret of Eleanora)
23 (01) (18.12.52) - “Una lezione al principe” (UM) (A
Lesson to the Prince)
24 (01) (25.12.52) - “La terra Tabù” (MA) (The Land Taboo)
Serie II
25 (01) (01.01.53) - “La vendetta di Piuma Gialla” (CW)
(Yellow Feather’s Revenge)
26 (01) (08.01.53) - “I giganti di Rea” (FG) (The Giants of
Rhea)
27 (02) (15.01.53) - “I pirati dell'elicottero” (UM) (The Helicopter
Pirates)
28 (02) (22.01.53) - “Il mondo di Zeta” (MA) (The World of
Zeta)
29 (00) (29.01.53) - “La trappola dei Sioux” (CW) (The Sioux
Trap)
30 (00) (05.02.53) - “La foresta umana” (FG) (The Human Forest)
31 (03) (12.02.53) - “Alvar il contrabbandiere” (UM) (Alvar
the Smuggler)
32 (03) (19.02.53) - “Il mistero della cabina telefonica”
(MA) (The Mystery of the Phone Booth)
33 (00) (26.02.53) - “I disertori di Channa Falls” (CW) (The
Defectors of Channa Falls)
34 (00) (05.03.53) - “La città di ghiaccio” (FG) (The City
of Ice)
35 (00) (12.03.53) - “La pattuglia della giungla” (UM) (The
Jungle Patrol)
36 (04) (19.03.53) - “L'uomo senza testa” (MA) (The Man
Without a Head)
37 (01) (26.03.53) - “La diga” (CK) (The Dam)
38 (00) (02.04.53) - “Ritorno sulla terra”, “Duello
nell'arena” (FG) (Back to Earth”, Duel in the Arena)
39 (05) (09.04.53) - “La grande prova”, “Colpo d'incontro”
(UM) (
40 (05) (16.04.53) - “Il giocatore della giungla”, “Il
mistero dei Caraibi” (MA) (The Jungle Player, The Mystery of the Caribbean)
41 (00) (23.04.53) - “L'arresto del giudice Hook” (CK) (The Arrest of Judge Hook)
42 (00) (30.04.53) - “La fine del regno” (FG) (The End of
the Kingdom)
43 (06) (07.05.53) - “Gioco d'azzardo” (UM) (Gambling)
44 (06) (14.05.53) - “Strana avventura” (MA) (Strange
Adventure)
45 (00) (21.05.53) - “Pace o guerra” (CK) (Peace or War)
46 (01) (28.05.53) - “Pericolo giallo” (JJ) (Yellow Peril)
47 (07) (04.06.53) - “Alla caccia di Danton” (UM) (Hunting
for Danton)
48 (07) (11.06.53) - “Vittoria finale” (MA) (Final Victory)
49 (00) (18.06.53) - “Il dirupo del piacere” (CK) (Pleasure
Cliff)
50 (00) (23.06.53) - “Contrabbando” (JJ) (Smuggling)
51 (08) (30.06.53) - “Lotta senza quartiere” (UM) (Fight
Without Quarter)
52 (08) (30.06.53) - “Gli uomini grattacielo” (MA) (The
Skyscraper Men)
53 (05) (07.07.53) - “Il tesoro nascosto” (CK) (The Hidden
Treasure)
54 (00) (14.07.53) - “L’agguato” (JJ) (The Ambush)
55 (09) (21.07.53) - “La fine di Danton” (UM) (The End of
Danton)
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