European Western Comic Books – Il Cavaliere Nero

 

The Black Knight

 

A total of 34 issues of this comic book were published. They were divided into two series. Non-sequential numbering.

Series I #1 (June 23, 1953) #26 (December 15, 1953)

Series II #1 (September 15, 1954) #8 (November 3, 1954)

Texts were by Gian Luigi Bonelli with drawings by EsseGesse (Sinchetto - Guzzon - Sartoris). For some issues, Virgilio Muzzi collaborated on the creation of the interiors and covers. The peculiarity of these two series is the format (the same as Za la mort and the first two series of Il sergente York).

The comic books were published in Milan, Italy by SBE under the direction of Tea Bonelli. Each issue contained 32 black & white pages with color covers. Issue #1 was released on June 6, 1953 and ended with #34 on November 11, 1954.

 

Titles

Series I

01 (01) (23.06.53) - “Il Cavaliere Nero” (The Black Knight)

02 (02) (30.06.53) - “Caccia all’uomo” (Manhunt)

03 (03) (07.07.53) - “La caccia mortale” (The Deadly Hunt)

04 (04) (14.07.53) - “Oro maledetto” (Cursed Gold)

05 (05) (21.07.53) - “Il cerchio si stringe” (The Circle Closes)

06 (06) (28.07.53) - “Il deserto di Gila” (The Gila Desert)

07 (07) (04.08.53) - “Battaglia a Las Palmas” (Battle of the Las Palmas)

08 (08) (11.08.53) - “Sulla pista di Alamo” (On the Trail of the Alamo)

09 (09) (18.08.53) - “La fine della traccia” (The End of the Trail)

10 (10) (25.08.53) - “La posada del Rey” (The Posada del Rey)

11 (11) (01.09.53) - “L’enigma della freccia d’oro” (The Riddle of the Golden Arrow)

12 (12) (08.09.53) - “Nella gola del leone” (In the Lion’s Mouth)

13 (13) (15.09.53) - “Fiamme al Big Pecos” (Blaze at Big Pecos)

14 (14) (22.09.53) - “L’agguato sulla collina” (The Ambush on the Hill)

 15 (15) (29.09.53) - “Una notte movimentata” (A Busy Knight)

16 (16) (06.10.53) - “Il tesoro della «Casa del Sol»” (The Treasure of the “Casa del Sol”)

17 (17) (13.10.53) - “Nel rifugio di Barton” (In Barton’s Hut)

18 (18) (20.10.53) - “Verso la grande avventura” (Towards the Great Adventure)

19 (19) (27.10.53) - “La legge della frontiera” (The Law of the Frontier)

20 (20) (03.11.53) - “Battaglia nel deserto” (Battle in the Desert)

21 (21) (10.11.53) - “Sinistri alleati” (Sinister Allies)

22 (22) (17.11.53) - “Fuga nella notte” (Escape Into the Night)

23 (23) (24.11.53) - “Battaglia nel Pueblo” (Battle in the Pueblo)

24 (24) (01.12.53) - “Nelle mani dei Mescaleros” (In the Hands of the Mescaleros)

25 (25) (08.12.53) - “Il cimitero indiano” (The Indian Cemetery)

26 (26) (15.12.53) - “La Valle della Pantera” (Panther Valley)

 

Series II

01 (27) (15.09.54) - “L’enigma del «Ragno»” (The Enigma of the “Spider)

02 (28) (22.09.54) - “Prime tracce” (First Traces)

03 (29) (29.09.54) - “Frisco prepara una trappola” (Frisco Sets a Trap)

04 (30) (06.10.54) - “Un colpo clamoroso” (A Resounding Coup)

05 (31) (13.10.54) - “Il misterioso incappucciato” (The Mysterious Hooded Man)

06 (32) (20.10.54) - “Nella rete del ragno” (In the Spider’s Web)

07 (33) (27.10.54) - “Agguato all’Oasis” (Ambush at the Oasis)

08 (34) (03.11.54) - “La fine del ragno” (The End of the Spider)