European Western Comics ~ Collana del Puma

 

Puma

This comic book series is an anthology series in which various titles appear in rotation: Colorado Kid (CK) (issues #1, #3, #5, #7) and Freccia Rosa (FR) (even-numbered issues #2 through #24) by Oscar Sanders and Carlo Cedroni (Pete West); Black Mocassin (MN) (odd-numbered issues #9 through #27, plus #30 and #31); Andar (AN) (issues #26, #28, #32); Unkas (UN) (issue #33); and Aquila Nera (issue #35). Although issue #33 is attributed on the cover to Jane the Infallible Sharpshooter, it actually features Unkas as its protagonist—an adaptation of The Last of the Mohicans (by Hermann/Pete West). Scripts by Oscar Sanders, Kappa, and Hermann. Artwork by Carlo Cedroni (Pete West). Issue #3 includes an appendix featuring "Pete the Tramp" by C. D. Russell. Issue 34 has not been located.

The series was published in 1954 with issue #1 being released on November 20, 1954 and ending with issue #35 on October 12, 1956. It was published in Rome, Italy by CCE under editor in chief Nello Conforti. Each issue contained 32 black and white pages with color covers.

 

Titles

01 (20.11.54) - “La rivolta di Falco Nero” (CK) (The Black Hawk Revolt)

02 (05.12.54) - “Contro la morte” (FR) (Against Death)

03 (20.12.54) - “Sulle orme dell’assassino” (CK) (On the Trail of the Assassin)

04 (05.01.55) - “Duello tra le rocce” (FR) (Duel in the Rocks)

05 (20.01.55) - “Trappola mortale” (CK) (Death Trap)

06 (05.02.55) - “La tribù ribelle” (FR) (The Rebel Tribe)

07 (20.02.55) - “Il ranch maledetto” (CK) (The Cursed Ranch)

08 (05.03.55) - “L’agguato della morte” (FR) (The Ambush of Death)

09 (30.04.55) - “Trafficanti di armi” (MN) (Arms Traffickers)

10 (00.00.55) - “Il mistero della montagna” (FR) (The Mystery of the Mountain)

11 (31.05.55) - “La grande battaglia” (MN) (The Great Battle)

12 (00.00.55) - “L’idolo scomparso” (FR) (The Missing Idol)

13 (00.00.55) - “La valle sconosciuta” (MN) (The Unknown Valley)

14 (00.00.55) - “L’infame tradimento” (FR) (The Infamous Betrayal)

15 (00.00.55) - “Sangue sulle rocce” (MN) (Blood on the Rocks)

16 (00.00.55) - “Il rubino maledetto” (FR) (The Cursed Ruby)

17 (00.00.55) - “La pattuglia della morte” (MN) (Death Patrol)

18 (15.09.55) - “La savana tremante” (FR) (The Trembling Savannah)

19 (00.00.55) - “La vipera nera” (MN) (The Black Viper)

20 (00.00.55) - “La carica infernale” (FR) (The Infernal Charge)

21 (15.11.55) - “Il fantasma mascherato” (MN) (The Masked Phantom)

22 (30.11.55) - “Barriera infranta” (FR) (Broken Barrier)

23 (15.12.55) - “L’ultima sfida” (MN) (The Last Challenge)

24 (00.00.55) - “Terra misteriosa” (FR) (Mysterious Land)

25 (15.02.56) - “Estrema difesa” (MN) (Extreme Defense)

26 (29.02.56) - “L’indomabile” (AN) (The Indomitable)

27 (15.03.56) - “Rinnegato!” (MN) (Renegade)

28 (00.00.56) - “Tamburi nella notte” (AN) (Drums in the Night)

29 (00.00.56) -

30 (00.00.56) - “Il ponte della morte” (MN) (The Bridge of Death)

31 (25.05.56) - “Tortura” (AN) (Torture)

32 (00.00.56) - “Caccia all’uomo” (AN) (Manhunt)

33 (12.09.56) - “Il rapimento di Gloria Reynold” (UN) (The Kidnapping of Gloria

                          Reynolds)

34 (00.00.56) -

35 (12.10.56) - “Attacco all’avamposto” (Aquila Nera) (Attack on the Outpost” (Black

                          Eagle)