European Western Comic Books – I classici del fumetto (Alan Ford - Billy West - Dennis La Pulce - Red Rock - Ted Rogers)

 

COMIC BOOK CLASSICS (Alan Ford - Billy West - Dennis the Menace - Red Rock - Ted Rogers) 

A comic book series containing 30 issues, divided into five series of six issues each:

Series I: Space Comics Ted Rogers  (Buck Rogers) in the versions by George Tuska and Murphy Anderson.

Series II: Comics Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham, with the addition of Marmaduke Mouse, Buster Bear and Plastic Man by Jack Cole (from the Quality Comics comics).

Series III: Western Cowboys Red Rock by José Luis De La Ziente, Xild, and Amador Garcia. The addition of The Adventures of Wonder Boy (from the Quality Comics comics) by Al Bryant and others, and Nosy Parker by Rafael Aura Leon.

Series IV: Modern Space Comics by Alan Ford, produced in Spain, with the appendix Blackhawk (from the Quality Comics comics) by Chuck Cuidera and others.

Series V: Western - Adventures and Travel. Presents Billy West, a western series drawn by Spaniard Francisco Cueto, with the appendix of the similar Vic Flanagan.

Covers by Franco Donatelli (Frank Donat), Cheto, and Paolo Piffarerio for the adventure series; the Dennis la pulce series is produced in the United States.

Images were provided by Gianni Bono and Nestore Corti.

The series was published in 1961 with issue #1 released in November of that year and it ended with issue #6 in April of 1962. It was published in Milan, Italy by ECG under editor Luciano Secchi. Each issue contained 68 black and white pages with color covers.

 

Titles

 

Serie III - Red Rock

01 (00.11.61) - “Missione pericolosa/Un fotografo nel West” (Dangerous Mission/A

                           Photographer in the West

02 (00.12.61) - “Il giorno della verità/Tombe nel deserto/I pistoleros della morte/Riposa

                           in pace” + 1 storia libera (The Day of Truth / Tombs in the Desert/The

                           Gunslingers of Death / Rest in Peace” + 1 free story)

03 (00.01.62) - “I due Rock“ + 2 episodi (The Two Rocks” + 2 episodes)

04 (00.02.62) - “Un’arma a doppio taglio/Terra di violenza” (A Double-Edged Sword/

                           Land of Violence

05 (00.03.62) - “Una trappola per Red/La roulette russa” (A Trap for Red/Russian

                           Roulette

06 (00.04.62) - “Duello mortale/Il finto sceriffo” (Deadly Duel/The Fake Sheriff)

 

Serie V - Billy West

01 (00.11.61) - “Terre infuocate/Furto alla banca/Il ricatto/Via Flanagan” (The Burning

                           Lands/The Bank Robbery/The Blackmail/Via Flanagan)

02 (00.12.61) - “I bari del fiume/I quattro sceriffi” (The River Swindlers/The Four

                           Sheriffs

03 (00.01.62) - “Una pessima accoglienza” (A Terrible Reception)

04 (00.02.62) - “Il totem rubato/La terra contesa” (The Stolen Totem/The Disputed Land)

05 (00.03.62) - “I dinamitardi/L’Invalido/Il trucco” (The Bombers/The Invalid/The

                          Trick)

06 (00.04.62) - “I nemici vicini/Il mostro preistorico” (Near Enemies/The Prehistoric

                          Monster