European Western Comics ~ Eroi del West

 

Heroes of the West

This comic book was a small-format strip-style booklet of medium length (80–96 pages). The series primarily bears the masthead Bill West and reprints Bill West (reproduced from Lone Ranger film stories), Roger Falco by Svan, Guida, and Carretti (Gui-Car), Gordon Short by Annibale Casabianca, Buffaletto Bill by Giovanni Benvenuti, Jim West by Vincenzo Chiomenti, and Zeffirino by Enver Bongrani. Issues #2, #3, #5, #6, and #7 feature standalone stories by Casabianca, originally drawn from the Albi Condor series (Cecchini, 1955).

There also exists a special series with soft covers, which reprints Roger Falco by Svan and Carretti and Buffaletto Bill by Buzzelli; these were produced using the printing plates from the *Eroi dell/Avventura series (Flaminia, 1962).

This comic book series was published in 1963 and ended in 1965. It was published by OMG in Milan, Italy. Each issue contained 80-96 black and white pages with color covers.  

 

Titles

01 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Bill West in Evasione") (Bill West: The Escape)

02 - "Colt 45"

03 - "FW-57 chiama Jungla" (tit. int. "Missione senza ritorno") (Mission of No Return)

04 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Roger Falco - Il ratto di Marion") (Roger Falco: The

         Abduction of Marion)

05 - "Furore al Messico" (Fury in Mexico)

06 - "La confraternita dei dannati" (The Brotherhood of the Damned)

07 - "La valle della morte" (The Valley of Death)

08 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Roger Falco 1° episodio - Il seme dell'odio") (Roger Falco:

         Episode 1 – The Seed of Hatred)

09 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Roger Falco - La maschera del traditore") (Roger Falco: The

         Traitor's Mask)

10 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Gordon Short - Il Passo della Morte") (Gordon Short: The Pass

         of Death)

11 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Un infame progetto", con Buffaletto Bill) (An Infamous Plot,

         featuring Buffalo Bill)

12 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Il palo del supplizio", con Buffaletto Bill) (The Torture Stake,

         featuring Buffalo Bill)

13 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "La carovana dei pionieri", con Buffaletto Bill) (The Pioneer

         Caravan," featuring Buffalo Bill)

14 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Jim West - Il Picco della Luna") (Jim West: Moon Peak)

15 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Jim West - Il Picco della Luna") (Jim West: Moon Peak)

16 - "Bill West" (tit. int.: "Jim West - Il Picco della Luna") (Jim West: Moon Peak)