Great Western Adventures: The Three Bills, Gordon Jim, Hands Up!, Rio Kid, Yuma Kid Za La Mort, Sergeant York, The Black Knight, The Return of the Three Bills, The Kid, Cherry Brandy, The Buffalo Patrol, Yado, Big Davy, Rocky Star
The series consisted of 132 numbered issues divided into 10
series.
Serie I #1 (April 1, 1954) to #9 (August 1, 1954)
Serie II #1 (1954) #6 (December 1, 1954)
Serie III #1 (April 1, 1955) #21 (January 15, 1956)
Serie IV #1 (February 1, 1956) #9 (June 1. 1956)
Serie V #1 (June 15, 1956) #12 (December 1, 1956)
Serie VI #1 (December 15, 1956) #15 (July 15, 1957)
Serie VII #1 (August 1, 1957) #18 (April 26, 1958)
Serie VIII # 1 (May 1, 1958) #14 (November 15, 1958)
Serie IX #1 (November 22, 1958) #14 (June 15, 1959)
Serie X #1 (July 1, 1959) #14 (January 15, 1960)
Series I: was a reprint of I TRE BILL (The Three Bills) by Giovanni Benvenuti (ZENIT series, V series #1/27, 1952/53). The covers were by Aurelio Galleppini.
Series II: GORDON JIM another reprint by Rinaldo D'Ami (Roy D'Amy) (ZENIT series, IV series #1/18, 1952). Covers were by A. Galleppini and R. D'Amy.
Series III: a reprint of HANDS UP! (I series #1/48, 1949/50;
II series #1/16, 1950).
In this series the writing HANDS UP! it appears first as the masthead and then always on the cover, in brackets, in typeface, under the title of each issue. Covers were by Rinaldo D'Ami.
Red Series IV: RIO KID a reprint in #1/3 and YUMA KID in #4/9 (ZENIT Series #1/9, 1953; ARCO Series #1/18, 1953). Covers were by Rinaldo D'Ami. The subtitle of the books is HANDS UP!
Series V Green: a reprint of ZA LA MORT (ARCO series #1/24, 1953/54). The books 1-6 contain the first series, the following ones the second. Covers were by Rinaldo D'Ami.
Series VI Yellow: a reprint of SERGEANT YORK (ZENIT series #1/15, 1955). Covers were by Rinaldo D'Ami.
Series VII Apache: in #1/9 reprint THE BLACK KNIGHT (FIAMMA series #1/26, 1953/54). From page 19 of the #9 reprint THE RETURN OF THE THREE BILLS (ZENIT series #1/18 #1/9, 1955/56). The covers were by Emilio Uberti and Franco Bignotti.
Series VIII Yuma: in #1/8 reprint EL KID (ARCO series #1/15, 1955/56). In the #9/14 reprint CHERRY BRANDY (ARCO series #1/18, 1956). The covers were by Emilo Uberti and Franco Bignotti.
Series IX Coyote: in #1/8 reprint LA PATTUGLIA DEI BUFALI (ARCO series # 1/16 and #1/5, 1957, and in appendix to KOCISS, I series #1/15, 1957). From #9 to 14 YADO reprint were already published in the appendix to TEX strip from the Kansas series to the Mefisto series. The covers were by Franco Bignotti.
Series X Bisonte: in the #1/7 reprint BIG DAVY (ARCO series #1/21, 1957). Starting from page 9 of the #7 reprint ROCKY STAR (ARCO series #1/24, 1957/58).
The comic books were published in Milan by SBE under the
direction of Tea Bonelli with each issue containing 32 black and white pages
with color covers.
Titles
Serie I
01 (01.04.54) - "I tre Bill", "Tragico
incontro", "Fiamme nella notte" (The Three Bills, Tragic
Encounter, Flames in the Night)
02 (15.04.54) - "In corsa con la morte",
"Agguato sui Monti Neri", "L'ultima carica" (Race with
Death, Ambush on the Black Mountains, The Last Charge)
03 (01.05.54) - "L'orrenda condanna", "Sulle
tracce di un rinnegato", "Giustizia è fatta" (The Horrendous Sentence,
"On the Trail of a Renegade, "Justice is Done)
04 (15.05.54) - "La pista rossa",
"Rinnegati", "Sul sentiero di Tucson" (The Red Trail,
Forsaken, On the Tucson Trail)
05 (01.06.54) - "Fiamme nella notte", "Un
piano diabolico", "Tucson in fiamme" (Flames in the Night, An
Evil Plan, Tucson on Fire)
06 (15.06.54) - "Linciaggio", "Duello
indiano", "Cochise!" (Lynching, Indian Duel, Cochise!)
07 (01.07.54) - "Agguato al Passo Coronado",
"Corsa tragica", "L'ultima speranza" (Ambush at Coronado
Pass, Tragic Race, The Last Hope)
08 (15.07.54) - "Inferno rosso", "Momenti
difficili", "Nelle mani di Geronimo" (Red Hell, Difficult Times,
In the Hands of Geronimo)
09 (01.08.54) - "La pista insanguinata",
"Raggio di Luna", "Volo nell'abisso" (The Bloody Runway,
"Moonbeam, "Flight Into the Abyss)
Serie II
01 (15.09.54) - "Odio implacabile", "Fuga in
America", "Rangers avanti!" (Relentless Hate, Escape to America,
Rangers Ahead!)
02 (01.10.54) - "La fine del Mary Anna", "I
fuggiaschi", "Il mistero di Forte Concord" (The End of Mary
Anna, The Fugitives, The Mystery of Fort Concord)
03 (15.10.54) - "La prova del palo orizzontale",
"La storia di Lafayette", "Alla ricerca del totem" (The Test
of the Horizontal Stake, The Story of Lafayette, In Search of the Totem)
04 (01.11.54) - "Le acque della verità", "La
fine di Powatan", "Verso Quebec, Canada" (The Waters of Truth,
The End of Powatan, Towards Quebec, Canada)
05 (15.11.54) - "Nella tana del nemico", "La
maschera di ferro", "L'idolo insanguinato" (In the Enemy's Lair,
The Iron Mask, The Bloody Idol)
06 (01.12.54) - "Sul sentiero di guerra",
"Tamburi di guerra", "Alla ventura" (On
the Warpath, "War Drums, "Good Luck)
Serie III
01 (01.04.55) - "Mani in alto!" (Hands Up!)
02 (10.04.55) - "Vendetta indiana" (Indian
Revenge)
03 (20.04.55) - "Vigilia di fuoco" (Fire Eve)
04 (01.05.55) - "L'assedio" (The Siege)
05 (20.05.55) - "Colorado Express" (Colorado
Express)
06 (01.06.55) - "All'ultimo sangue" (To the Death)
07 (10.06.55) - "L'ultima beffa" (The Last Joke)
08 (01.07.55) - "I corsari del West" (The Corsairs
of the West)
09 (15.07.55) - "L'assalto" (The Assault)
10 (01.08.55) - "Corpo a corpo" (Melee)
11 (15.08.55) - "La fuga di Geronimo" (Geronimo’s
Escape)
12 (01.09.55) - "La fine di un tiranno" (The End
of the Tyrant)
13 (15.09.55) - "Dopo l'uragano" (After the
Hurricane)
14 (01.10.55) - "Il marchio di fuoco" (The Brand
of Fire)
15 (15.10.55) - "Uno spettacolo interrotto" (An
Interrupted Show)
16 (01.11.55) - "Sioux River" (Sioux River)
17 (15.11.55) - "Il sentiero del Nord" (The
Northern Path)
18 (01.12.55) - "Il faro tragico" (The Tragic
Lighthouse)
19 (15.12.55) - "Pierre, il mancino" (Left-Handed
Pierre)
20 (01.01.56) - "Caccia ai fuorilegge" (Hunt for
the Outlaws)
21 (15.01.56) - "Lo strano Mister York" (The
Strange Mister York)
Serie IV
01 (01.02.56) - "Il cavaliere del Texas" (The
Texas Rider)
02 (15.02.56) - "Rio Kid gioca la prima carta" (The
Rio Kid Plays the First Card)
03 (01.03.56) - "Nelle mani dello Scorpione" (In
the Hands of the Scorpion)
04 (15.03.56) - "Yuma Kid" (Yuma Kid)
05 (01.04.56) - "Tragico assedio" (Tragic Siege)
06 (15.04.56) - "La Banda dei Fantasmi" (The Ghost
Band)
07 (01.05.56) - "Il tesoro della Mesa Verde" (The
Treasure of the Mesa Verde)
08 (15.05.56) - "Il ritorno del Coccodrillo
d'Argento" (The Return of the Silver Crocodile)
09 (01.06.56) - "Agguato a Thunder Canyon" (Ambush
in Thunder Canyon)
Serie V
01 (15.06.56) - "Il giustiziere rosso" (The Red
Avenger)
02 (01.07.56) - "La carica infernale" (The
Infernal Charge)
03 (15.07.56) - "La freccia misteriosa" (The
Mysterious Arrow)
04 (01.08.56) - "L'oro del deserto" (The Gold of
the Desert)
05 (15.08.56) - "I Figli del Sole" (The Children
of the Sun)
06 (01.09.56) - "La cattura di Jefford" (The
Capture of Jefford0
07 (15.09.56) - "Arizona in fiamme" (Arizona on
Fire)
08 (01.10.56) - "La gola del serpente" (The
Serpents Throat)
09 (15.10.56) - "La scomparsa di Jefford" (The
Disappearance of Jefford)
10 (01.11.56) - "Il massacro della valle segreta"
(The Secret Valley Massacre)
11 (15.11.56) - "Il segno di Za La Mort" (The Sign
of Za La Mort)
12 (01.12.56) - "Mortale insidia" (Deadly Threat)
Serie VI
01 (15.12.56) - "Il Sergente York" (Sergeant York)
02 (01.01.57) - "La città morta" (The Dead City)
03 (15.01.57) - "La foresta in fiamme" (The Forest
in Flames)
04 (01.02.57) - "Addio Grande Capo" (Goodbye Big
Boss)
05 (15.02.57) - "I Cavalieri del Demonio" (The
Knights of the Demon)
06 (01.03.57) - "Il segreto del monastero" (The
Secret of the Monastery)
07 (15.03.57) - "La voce del vulcano" (The Voice
of the Volcano)
08 (01.04.57) - "Sangue sul fiume" (Blood on the
River)
09 (15.04.57) - "Fucili contro frecce" (Rifles vs
Arrows)
10 (01.05.57) - "Fuga disperata" (Desperate
Escape)
11 (15.05.57) - "Il fortino abbandonato" (The
Abandoned Fort)
12 (01.06.57) - "Jute, il meticcio" (Jute the
Half-breed)
13 (15.06.57) - "Il totem parlante" (The Talking
Totem)
14 (01.07.57) - "Partita d'azzardo" (Gambling
Game)
15 (15.07.57) - "I misteriosi Bora-Bora" (The
Mysterious Bora-Bora)
Serie VII
01 (01.08.57) - "Il Cavaliere Nero" (The Black
Knight)
02 (15.08.57) - "Il cerchio si stringe" (The
Circle of Narrowing)
03 (01.09.57) - "La fine della traccia" (The End
of the Track)
04 (15.09.57) - "Fiamme al Big Pecos" (Flames at
Big Pecos)
05 (01.10.57) - "Nel rifugio di Barton" (In
Barton’s Retreat)
06 (15.10.57) - "Sinistri alleati" (Sinister
Allies)
07 (01.11.57) - "Il cimitero indiano" (The Indian
Graveyard)
08 (15.11.57) - "Un colpo clamoroso (A Sensational
Blow)
09 (01.12.57) - "Ore disperate" (Desperate Hours0
10 (15.12.57) - "Attacco al ranch" (Attack on the
Ranch)
11 (01.01.58) - "Lo sceriffo di Winter City" (The
Sheriff of Winter City)
12 (15.01.58) - "Giustizia è fatta!" (Justice is
Done)
13 (01.02.58) - "Dollari falsi" (Fake Dollars)
14 (15.02.58) - "Ai ferri corti" (Ay Loggerheads)
15 (01.03.58) - "Assalto al treno" (Train Attack)
16 (15.03.58) - "Fuga nel deserto" (Escape into
the Desert)
17 (01.04.58) - "Complotti nell'ombra" (Conspiracies
in the Shadows)
18 (26.04.58) - "L'ultima carta di Crocker" (Crocker’s
Last Card)
Serie VIII
01 (01.05.58) - "El Kid, il fuorilegge" (El Kid
the Outlaw)
02 (15.05.58) - "La fine di un rinnegato" (The Enf
of the Renegade)
03 (01.06.58) - "Comanches!" (Comanches!)
04 (15.06.58) - "El Kid attacca" (El Kid Attacks)
05 (01.07.58) - "Fra due fuochi" (Between Two
Fires)
06 (15.07.58) - "Il ritorno di El Kid" (The Return
of El Kid)
07 (01.08.58) - "Intrighi nell'ombra" (Intrigues
in the Shadows)
08 (15.08.58) - "Impresa disperata" (Desperate
Enterprise)
09 (01.09.58) - "Il segreto della caverna" (The
Secret of the Cave)
10 (15.09.58) - "Strada bloccata" (Road Blocked)
11 (01.10.58) - "Sterminio nel canyon"
(Extermination in the Canyon)
12 (15.10.58) - "Sangue per le strade" (Blood in
the Streets)
13 (01.11.58) - "La fine di Kanada Kid" (The End
of the Canadian Kid)
14 (15.11.58) - "Lotta con i mostri" (Fight With
Monsters)
Serie IX
01 (01.12.58) - "La Pattuglia dei Bufali" (The
Buffalo Patrol)
02 (15.12.58) - "Il traditore di Fort Bufalo ("The
Traitor of Fort Buffalo)
03 (01.01.59) - "Delitto nella riserva" (Crime in
the Reserve)
04 (15.01.59) - "Il terribile Murieta" (The
Terrible Murieta)
05 (01.02.59) - "Evasione da Fort Bridger" (Escape
from Fort Bridger)
06 (15.02.59) - "Il grande sterminio" (The Great
Extermination)
07 (01.03.59) - "Un caso misterioso" (The
Mysterious Case)
08 (15.03.59) - "La città senza legge" (The
Lawless City)
09 (01.04.59) - "La Gola del Coyote" (The Coyote’s
Throat)
10 (15.04.59) - "Senza scampo" (Without Escape)
11 (01.05.59) - "Il figlio della magia" (The
Magical Son)
12 (15.05.59) - "La notte di terrore" (The Night
of Terror)
13 (01.06.59) - "La carica dei bisonti" (The
Charge of the Bison)
14 (15.06.59) - "L'uomo di pietra" (The Stone Man)
Serie X
01 (01.07.59) - "Il segno del corvo" (The Sign of
the Raven)
02 (15.07.59) - "Disperata difesa" (Desperate
Defense)
03 (01.08.59) - "Il palo della tortura" (The
Torture Stake)
04 (15.08.59) - "Attacco notturno" (Night Attack)
05 (01.09.59) - "Sangue sulla prateria" (Blood on
the Prairie)
06 (15.09.59) - "La danza della scure" (The Dance
of the Axe)
07 (01.10.59) - "Morte all'alba" (Death at Dawn)
08 (15.10.59) - "La capanna sulla collina" (The
Hut on the Hill0
09 (01.11.59) - "Rocky contro tutti" (Rocky
Against Everyone)
10 (15.11.59) - "L'uomo nell'ombra" (The Man in
the Shadow)
11 (01.12.59) - "Buffalo Rosso" (Red Buffalo)
12 (15.12.59) - "Alla riscossa" (To the Rescue)
13 (01.01.60) - "La conca dell'oro" (The Gold
Basin)
14 (15.01.60) - "Il gorgo fatale" (The Fatal
Whirlpool)
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