European Western Comic Books – Carovana

 

Carovana 

A total of 10 issues od this comic book were published, divided into two series: the first in strip form, the second in album form. Non-sequential numbering. Series I#1 (March 1964) - #3 (May 1964). Series II #1 (May 1964), #7 (November 1964).

Series I: each volume contained three western stories produced by the Spanish agency Selecciones Illustradas. Texts by F. Rodriguez, drawings by Brocal Remohì and José L. De La Fuente. MORGAN by Saverio Micheloni in the appendix. Covers by Enzo Carretti (E. Car).

Series II: each magazine contained an episode of Carovana, inspired by the TV series of the same name, drawn by Lopez Espi and some of Red Rcok by P. Jou. Covers were drawn by Raffaele Cormio. Images were drawn by Gianni Bono and Nestore Corti.

The comic book was issued monthly in 1964 with issue #1 appearing in March of that year and ending with issue #7 in November. I t was published by ECG in Milan, Italy under the direction of editor Andera Corno. Each issue contained 48-128 black and white pages with color covers.

 

Titles

Series I

01 (00.03.64) - “La trappola infernale” (The Infernal Trap)

02 (00.04.64) - “Cavalca Vaquero” (Ride the Vaquero)

03 (00.05.64) - “I rivoluzionari” (The Revolutionaries)

 

Series II

01 (00.05.64) - “Ad est del Rio Smith” (East of the Smith River)

02 (00.06.64) - “Il grande paese ” (The Big Country)

03 (00.07.64) - “La via della perdizione” (The Road to Perdition)

04 (00.08.64) - “La carovana scomparsa” (The Vanishing Caravan)

05 (00.09.64) - “Campane a morto” (The Knell)

06 (00.10.64) - “Al limite del Sud-Dakota” (On the Border of South Dakota)

07 (00.11.64) - “Denaro maledetto” (Cursed Money)