Spaghetti Western Trivia - Forgotten Kirk Morris western

Western fotoromanzi's were not that unusual in Italy.

During the fifties "Avventuroso Film" magazine issued western fotoromanzi that involved multiple stories, such as Damiano Damiani's "Arizona Kid", "The Cherokee Spy",

"The Silent Valley" and "The Ranch of the Blue Death" (1949-51), that amassed over 100 issues!.

In July 1972 'Lancio Publishing' [Editrice Lancio] (1947-2011) tried their hand at the fotoromanzi western and turned out their first "La Stella nella Polvere" (The Star in the Dust).

It was presented in the monthly fotoromanzi (photo comic book) "Kolossal".

Like "Avventuroso Film", "Kolossal" ran more than one story, featuring varied settings, and would run a new section each issue until their conclusions.

"La Stella nella Polvere" starred super fotoromanzi stars Michela Roc, Franco Gasparri & Adriana Rame.

Spaghetti actor Kirk Morris can be seen throughout its run as the town Sheriff.

Included is the cover of the collected chapters of "La Stella nella Polver" that were reprinted and reissued as a colossal book.

Submitted by Michael Ferguson with thanks to Larry Anderson