European Western Comics – Collana Ragno d'Oro

 

Golden Spider Series

This comic book series features standalone stories or adventures starring characters previously published in other series by the same publisher: Il ladro di Bagdad (LB), I conquistatori dello spazio (CS), Occhio Cupo (OC), Il giustiziere del West (GW), and Gli schiavi della Mezzaluna (SM). Issue #5 features Duello a Cactus City, an unpublished story written by Gianluigi Bonelli and illustrated by Aulo Brazzoduro (Lino Brazzi), while issue #8 contains La leggenda del 4 agosto, an unpublished story by V. Muzzi.

Scripts by Gianluigi Bonelli (issues #1–4, #5, #7) and Franco Baglioni (issues #5–6, #8). Artwork by Raffaele Paparella (issues #1–3), Aurelio Galleppini (issues #4, #6, #8), Giorgio Scudellari (issue #5), Arnaldo Monasterolo (issue #5), Franco Caprioli (issue #7), G. Schipani (issue #5), and Nico Lubatti (issue #3). Covers by Raffaele Paparella (issue #1), Mario Uggeri (issue #3), Egidio Gherlizza (issue #2), and Aurelio Galleppini.

The comic book series was published in Milan, Italy by SBE under editor-in-chief Tea Bonelli in 1950 with issue #1 being released on August 8the and it concluded on February 8, 1951. Each issue contained 49 to 64 black & white pages with color covers

 

Titles

01 (08.07.50) - “Alì Khim Il ladro di Bagdad” (LB) (Ali Khim, the Thief of Baghdad)

02 (00.08.50) - “La città di cristallo” (CS) (The Crystal City)

03 (00.09.50) - “Nel regno dell’orrore” (CS) (In the Realm of Horror)

04 (00.10.50) - “Il giuramento” (OC) (The Oath)

05 (00.11.50) - “Il giustiziere” (GW) (The Avenger)

06 (00.12.50) - “La vendetta del rinnegato” (SM) (The Renegade’s Revenge)

07 (00.01.51) - “La perla nera” (The Black Pearl)

08 (08.02.51) - “Il segreto della valle” (The Secret of the Valley)