European Western Comic Books - Cino e Franco Avventure Americane - L’Uomo Mascherato - Cino e Franco - Buffalo Bill - Lillo e Lallo

 

American Adventures (The Masked Man - Cino and Franco - Buffalo Bill - Lillo and Lallo)

A total of 100 issues are released, 72 plus 27 encore numbers (#5, #13, #15, #17, #36/56, #58, #60) plus a supplement (#55). The #55s, #58b and #60b are also the #7/9 of the Adventure Classics series (1).

It mainly publishes L’Uomo Mascherato (UM) (The Phantom) by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy, for two issues Cine e Franco (CF) (Tim Tyler's Luck) by Lyman and Bob Young (#15bis and 17bis) and for twenty Buffalo Bill (BB) (#37bis/56bis) created by Italian authors such as Massimo Liorni (#37bis/44bis, 47bis and 48bis), Simo (#50bis) and Armando Bonato (#53bis). In the appendix the episodes of Cisco Kid “The abandoned mine” (#1/11), “The Phantom Robbers” (#1/21), “The Assault of the Redskins” (#1/31), “The Millionaire Bandit” (#32/43) and “The Serrated Dagger” (s.g. 15.10.51/24.10.51, unfinished) (#44 and 45). The #36bis is a comic story starring Lillop and Lallo, drawn by Liorni. In the appendix Mandrake “The Mystery of the Prefabricated Houses” (t.d. 18.03.51/20.05.51), Jim Della Jungla (Jungle Jim) by Paul Norris “The Raiders of Assam” (#22, from comic book, glossy), (#24, glossy t.d.), Wyatt Earp (#37bis, #40bis), Curly Bill (#39bis, #45bis, #48bis), Arizona Kid (#46bis), Pete il Tramp (Pete the Tramp) (#5 ,#43, #61), Kitty (#8, #31), Flop (#14, #39bis), Felix (#15), Henry (#40, #42), Dingle (#37bis, #40bis, #43) and Popeye (#68), as well as “Shanghai” (#35), “Death Challenge” (#42), “The Judge” (#46), “The Silver Spurs” (#47) , “Texas Jack” (#48, #52/54), “The Plates of the Junk” (#49), “Geronimo's Apaches” (#50) “Comanche” (#50bis), “Cursed Land ” (#51), “The Half-Breed” (#53), “Fred Donovan” (#53), “Hong Kong (#54/57). “Il forte«D»” (#58/59) by De Julio, “Lobo Kid” by Restaino (#41bis), “Il mercar della jungle” (#59), “Uranio” (#62/ 63) by Restaino, “Davy Crockett” (#60), “Sioux” (#70/71), “Goffredo di Buglione” (#72) by Mirabella, “Mortal Challenge” by Salvucci (#60/ 61), “Nuvole Nera” by Vitelli (#64) and “The Patrol of Eight Men” by Profumi (#66/67).

This series was published in 1959 with issue #1 released on January 1, 1959, and ended with issue #72 on December 15, 1961. It was published by American Adventures Edition in Rome, Italy under the direction of Mario Nerbini. Each issue contained 16 black and white pages with color covers.

Titles

001 (01.01.59) - “La cattura di Diavolo” (UM) (The Capture of Diavolo)

002 (15.01.59) - “I giganti dell’età del bronzo” (UM, s.g. 21.05.56/01.09.56) (The Giants of the Bronze Age)

003 (01.02.59) - “La banda dei bari” (UM, s.g. 14.01.57/30.03.57) (The Cheaters Gang)

004 (15.02.59) - “La sfida al campione” (UM, s.g. 19.11.56/12.01.57) (The Challenge to the Champion)

005 (05.03.59) - “L’uomo dai mille volti” (UM, s.g. 03.09.56/17.11.56) (The Man With a Thousand Faces)

05b (10.03.59) - “Il diabolico Conte Bart” (UM, s.g. 1938, lucidi) (The Diabolical Count Bart)

006 (15.03.59) - “La dea bianca” (UM, s.g. 01.04.57/29.06.57) (The White Goddess)

007 (01.04.59) - “La banda di Alì” (UM, s.g. 17.09.51/01.12.51) (Ali’s Gang)

008 (15.04.59) - “La pattuglia della giungla” (UM, s.g. 17.03.52/31.05.52) (The Jungle Patrol)

009 (01.05.59) - “Crosbi il negriero” (UM, s.g. 1939, lucidi) (Crosby the Slayer)

010 (15.05.59) - “La valle proibita” (UM, s.g. 01.07.57/21.09.57) (The Forbidden Valley)

011 (01.06.59) - “I fuorilegge dell’oceano” (UM, s.g. 1938, lucidi) (The Ocean Outlaws)

012 (15.06.59) - “I gioielli del Rajà” (UM, s.g. 23.09.57/21.12.57) (The Raja’s Jewels)

013 (01.07.59) - “Il marchio dell’Ombra” (UM, s.g. 05.05.58/23.08.58) (The Mark of the Shadow)

13b (10.07.59) - “La stirpe dei corsari Scarpia” (UM, s.g. 23.12.57/03.05.58) (The Lineage of the Scarpia Corsairs)

014 (15.07.59) - “Il tesoro tabù” (UM, t.d. 1948), (The Taboo Treasure) “Il terrore delle piccole statue” (UM, t.d. 1948/1949, lucidi) (The Terror of the Small Statues))

015 (01.08.59) - “L’allievo dell’Ombra” (UM, s.g. 25.08.58/01.11.58) (The Shadow’s Pupil)’

15b (10.08.59) - “L’arsenale dei pirati” (CF, t.d. 25.08.58/01.11.58) (The Pirates’ Arsenal)

016 (15.08.59) - “I masnadieri degli abissi” (UM, s.g. 03.11.58/07.03.59) (The Robbers of the Abyss)

017 (01.09.59) - “La piccola dea della foresta” (UM, s.g. 1946, lucidi), (The Little Goddess of the Forest) “Il fantasma che ritorna” (UM, s.g./t.d. 1949) (The Ghost Who Returned)

17b (00.00.00) - “La foresta di pietra” (CF, t.d. 14.03.54/27.06.54) (The Stone Forest)

018 (15.09.59) - “Le nozze del principe” (UM, s.g. 09.03.59/13.06.59) (The Prince’s Wedding)

019 (01.10.59) - “L’isola dei pirati” (UM, t.d. 07.02.54/06.06.54) (Pirate Island)

020 (15.10.59) - “Nel regno del Sing” (I) (UM, s.g. I parte, licidi) (In the Kingdom of Sing)

021 (01.11.59) - “L’idolo della tribù Duruglù” (UM, s.g. 27.02.50/06.05.50) (The Idol of the Duruglù Tribe)

022 (15.11.59) - “La fine dei Singh” (II) (UM, s.g. II parte, lucidi) (The End of the Singhs)

023 (01.12.59) - “I cacciatori di teste” (I) (UM, s.g. 08.05.50/09.09.50) (The Headhunters)

024 (15.12.59) - “Il calice di diamanti” (UM, t.d. 17.10.54/27.02.55) (The Chalice of Diamonds)

025 (01.01.60) - “Il piccolo Toma” (UM, s.g. 1937/1938, lucidi) (Little Toma)

026 (15.01.60) - “Allarme nella jungla” (II) (UM, s.g. 08.05.50/09.09.50), (Alarm in the Jungle)  “Il re della giungla” (UM, t.d. 23.07.50/22.10.50) (The King of the Jungle)

027 (01.02.60) - “L’Ombra e l’ereditiera” (UM, t.d. 31.05.53/18.10.53), (The Shadow and the Heiress) “Una dura lezione” (UM, t.d. 06.03.55/03.04.55) (A Harsh Lesson)

028 (15.02.60) - “Il falso Uomo Mascherato” (UM, t.d. 19.02.56/20.05.56), (The False Masked Man) “Il passeggero misterioso” (UM, t.d. 14.05.50/16.07.50) (The Mysterious Passenger)

029 (01.03.60) - “La sparizione dell’anello col teschio” (UM, t.d. 29.10.50/10.06.51) (The Disappearance of the Skull Ring)

030 (15.03.60) - “La regina dei Bandar” (UM, s.g. 1937, lucidi) (The Queen of the Bandar)

031 (01.04.60) - “La festa dei pirati” (UM, t.d. 57.05.56/19.08.56), (The Pirate Fiesta) “Un ladro a bordo” (UM, t.d. 20.01.57/07.04.57) (A Thief on Board)

032 (15.04.60) - “Il comandante misterioso” (UM, t.d. 13.06.54/10.10.54), (The Mysterious Commander) “Il cane di stoffa” (UM, s.g. 02.06.52/19.07.52) (The Cloth Dog)

033 (01.05.60) - “Il Super Gorilla” (UM, s.g. 12.10.53/30.01.54, lucidi) (The Super Gorilla)

034 (15.05.60) - “I predoni della grande palude” (UM, s.g. 15.06.59/03.10.59) (The Raiders of the Great Swamp)

035 (01.06.60) - “La freccia d’oro” (UM, s.g. 1939/1940, lucidi) (The Golden Arrow)

036 (15.06.60) - “Le 12 imprese” (UM, t.d. 1946/1947, lucidi) (The 12 Companies)

36b (18.06.60) - “Vacanze allegre di Lillo e Lallo” (Lillo and Lallo's Happy Holidays)

037 (01.07.60) - “La donna selvaggia” (UM, s.g. 18.06.51/15.09.51 in parte lucidi) (The Wild Woman)

37b (05.07.60) - “L’assalto” (BB) (The Assault)

038 (15.07.60) - “Per l’onore della Pattuglia” (UM, t.d. 25.08.57/22.12.57) (For the Honor of the Patrol)

38b (20.07.60) - “Il sentiero della vendetta”, “L’agguato” (BB) (The Path of Revenge)

039 (01.08.60) - “La scimmia bianca” (UM, s.g. 11.09.50/02.12.50) (The White Monkey)

39b (05.08.60) - “Duello mortale” (BB) (Deadly Duel)

040 (15.08.60) - “La ragazza piovuta dal cielo” (UM, s.g. 02.03.53/20.06.53) (The Girl Who Fell from the Sky)

40b (20.08.60) - “Pistole roventi” (BB) (Hot Guns)

041 (01.09.60) - “La Banda Aerea” (III) (UM, s.g. 1936/1937, I parte lucidata)

41b (05.09.60) - “Ferrovia in fiamme” (BB) (Railway in Flames)

042 (15.09.60) - “La fine della Banda Aerea” (III), (The End of the Air Band) “Sfida mortale” (UM, s.g. 1936/1937, II parte lucidi) (Deadly Challenge)

42b (20.09.60) - “Il giustiziere” (BB) (The Executioner)

043 (01.10.60) - “La sconfitta dell’idolo” (UM, s.g. 05.10.59/16.01.60) (The Defeat of the Idol)

43b (05.10.60) - “Lotta spietata” (BB) (Merciless Fight)

044 (15.10.60) - “Complotto alla reggia” (UM, s.g. 28.08.44/24.03.45, lucidi) (Plot at the Palace)

44b (20.10.60) - “I razziatori” (BB) (The Raiders)

045 (01.11.60) - “La disfatta di Orq” (UM, t.d. 14.04.57/18.08.57), (The Defeat of Orq) “Lo strano pescatore” (UM, s.g. 1945, lucidi) (The Strange Fisherman)

45b (05.11.60) - “Morte nel Canyon Brado” (BB) Death in Canyon Brado)

046 (15.11.60) - “La regina Pera” (UM, t.d. 1945/1946, lucidi) (The Pera Queen)

46b (20.11.60) - “El guercio” (BB) (The Guercio)

047 (01.12.60) - “La Maga Rossa” (UM, t.d. 1949, lucidi) (The Red Sorceress)

47b (05.12.60) - “La ragazza del saloon” (BB) (The Saloon Gilr)

048 (15.12.60) - “Il mostro della Valle Verde” (UM, t.d. 29.12.57/27.07.58) (The Monster of Green Valley)

48b (20.12.60) - “L’assalto alla banca” (BB) (The Attack on the Bank)

049 (01.01.61) - “I segreti della Pattuglia” (UM, s.g. 18.01.60/20.40.60) (The Secrets of the Patrol)

49b (05.01.01) - “Il fantasma della miniera” (BB) (The Ghost of the Mine)

050 (15.01.61) - “La pianta carnivora” (UM, t.d. 03.08.58/21.12.58) (The Carnivorous Plant)

50b (20.01.61) - “L’evaso del Texas” (BB) (The Escaped Prisoner from Texas)

051 (01.02.61) - “La grande prova” (I, apocrifa) (The Great Test) (UM, t.d. 1951, II parte), “Terra maledetta” (Cursed Earth)

51b (05.02.61) - “Il bandito mascherato” (BB) (The Masked Bandit)

052 (15.02.61) - “I pescatori di perle” (UM, s.g. 1938/1939, lucidi) (The Pearl Fisherman)

52b (20.02.61) - “Lo strano sceriffo” (BB) (The Strange Sheriff)

053 (01.03.61) - “Diana fra i pescicani” (UM, s.g. 26.03.51/16.06.51, in parte lucidi) (Diana Among the Sharks)

53b (05.03.61) - “Il canyon degli agguati” (BB) (The Canyon of Ambushes)

054 (15.03.61) - “La scoperta del professor Belfagor” (UM, apocrifo) (The Discovery of Professor Belphagor)

54b (20.03.61) - “Fulmine nero” (BB) (Black Lightning)

055 (01.04.61) - “L’Ombra e il piccolo Miki” (UM, t.d. 28.12.58/14.06.59) (The Shadow of Little Miki)

55b (05.04.61) - “I rinnegati” (BB) (Forsaken)

55s (05.04.61) - "Nel regno dei Sing" (UM), (In the Kingdom of Sing) " "L'Ombra che cammina" (UM), (The Walking Shadow) "Tra i Pigmei della giungla" (UM), (Among the Pygmies of the Jungle) "La fine dei Sing" (UM) (The End of the Sing)

056 (15.04.61) - “Il rubino Goccia di Sangue” (UM, apocrifo), (The Ruby Drop of Blood) “La petroliera «X 23»” (UM, t.d.) (The oil tanker “X 23”)

56b (20.04.61) - “L’attacco degli indiani” (BB) (The Indian Attack)

057 (01.05.61) - “La giustizia dei Bandar” (UM, s.g. 1941/1942, lucidi) (The Justice of the Bandar)

058 (15.05.61) - “La gang del Tucano” (I) (UM, s.g. 1943, lucidi) (The Toucan Gang)

58b (20.05.61) - "La regina dei Bandar" (UM), "Il piccolo Toma" (UM) (The Queen of Bandar)

059 (01.06.61) - “La cattura del Tucano” (UM, s.g. 1943, lucidi) (The Capture of the Toucan)

060 (15.06.61) - “L’infanzia dell’Ombra” (UM, t.d. 21.06.59/03.01.60) (The Childhood of the Shadow)

60b (20.06.61) - "La freccia d'oro" (UM), (The Golden Arrow) "La stirpe dei corsari" (UM) (The Race of the Corsairs)

061 (01.07.61) - “La banda «Azzurra»” (UM, s.g. 1945, lucidi) (The “Azzurra” Band)

062 (15.07.61) - “Tao il dio del lago” (UM, s.g. 1945, lucidi) (Tao the God of the Lake)

063 (01.08.61) - “I pirati del fiume” (UM, t.d. 10.01.60/22.05.60) (The River Pirates)

064 (15.08.61) - “Le Olimpiadi della giungla” (UM, s.g. 08.08.60/29.10.60) (The Jungle Olympics)

065 (01.09.61) - “Il castello del principe malvagio” (UM, apocrifo) (The Castle of the Evil Prince)

066 (15.09.61) - “Le sirene dello Stretto di Melo” (UM, s.g. 1945/1946, lucidi) (The Sirens of the Strait of Melo)

067 (01.10.61) - “Il tempio misterioso” (I) (UM, s.g. 1940/1941, lucidi) (The Mysterious Temple)

068 (15.10.61) - “La giungla in fiamme” (II) (UM, s.g. 1940/1941, lucidi) (The Burning Jungle)

069 (01.11.61) - “L’isola incantata” (UM, t.d. 29.05.60/23.10.60) (The Enchanted Island)

070 (15.11.61) - “Missione segreta” (UM, s.g. 1946/1947, lucidi) (Secret Mission)

071 (01.12.61) - “Il drago d’acciaio” (UM, s.g. 27.02.61/13.05.61, lucidi) (The Steel Dragon)

072 (15.12.61) - “Il segreto delle piramidi” (UM, s.g. 1939, lucidi) (The Secret of the Pyramids)