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Great Adventures Albums Series

In the immediate post-World War II period, Nerbini Publisher re-released the Great Adventure book series., which was divided into various series, one for each character: Masked Man (UM), Inspector Wade (IW), Radio Patro (RP), Forest Lonely Man (SF),  

Secret Agent X9 (X9), Mandrake (MA), Cino and Franco (CF), Jungle Jim (JJ), Bob Star (BS), Gordon (GO), Hazard (HA), Doctor Wobes (DW), Captain Lifeguard (CS) and the various books series. Initially, the series was unnumbered and was published sporadically. Only in 1946 did it become a periodical with regular double numbering, one for its own and one for the individual series. In the first issues, the comic book stories begin on the inside cover, and then the inside covers were not printed. From issue #16 (#12) the internal covers feature sports reports by Vincenzo Baggioli.

The comic book series was first published in 1945 with issue #1 being released in 1945 and ending with issue #170 on February 6, 1949. It was published in Florence, Italy by the publisher Casa Editrice Nerbini under editor-in-chief Giuseppe Cartoni. Each issue contained 12 to 16 black and white pages with color covers.

 

Serie Falco Rosso Titles

01 (00.00.45) - "Gaor il conquistatore del fuoco" ("Gaor, the Conqueror of Fire)

02 (00.00.45) - "Il rapimento di Thea" (Thea’s Kidnapping)

03 (00.00.45) - “Il mistero della miniera" (The Mystery of the Mine)

04 (00.00.45) - "Zenzero e i contrabbandieri" (Ginger and the Smugglers)

05 (00.01.46) - "Il gringo" (The Gringo)

06 (00.00.45) - "Bill il cacciatore" (Bill the Hunter)

07 (00.00.45) - "Falco Rosso non dimentica!" (Red Hawk Does Not Forget)

08 (00.00.45) - "I banditi dell'inferno bianco" (The Bandits of White Hell)