Tuesday, April 21, 2026

European Western Comics – Collana del Diavolo

 





Devil’s Series

The Devil’s comic book series was a small-format booklet reprinting of Captain West by Gianfranco Marcucci (Gianmark) and Gino Cossio. Published as a supplement to the Collana i mini-series. The spine bears the inscription "Collana Diavolo." Issue #1and features the internal title "Il forte della morte" (The Fort of Death) and announces "Agguato nella notte" (Ambush in the Night)—which is actually the cover title of Issue #1—as the title for Issue #2. Issue #5, "La rivincita di West" (West's Revenge), was announced but has not been located.

The comic book series was published in 1970 with issue #1 being released in January and ending with issue #4 in April of that same year. It was published in Milan, Italy by EBU under the direction of E. Buzzacchi. Each issue contained 128 black and white pages with color covers.

 

Titles

01 (00.01.70) - “Agguato nella notte” (Ambush in the Night)

02 (00.02.70) - "Il forte della morte" (The Fort of Death)

03 (00.03.70) - “West all’opera” (West at Work)

04 (00.04.70) - “Il cavaliere misterioso” (The Mysterious Knight)

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