Capriotti Comics

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The Society "Capriotti Editions" (also known as "Casa Periodici Illustrati") was founded in Rome by Rodolfo Capriotti.

At the end of the fourties and at the beginning of the fifties, several series of "L'Uomo Maschertato" (Italian name for the Phantom) were released by the Capriotti Editions. In a way, it can be said that those releases retook the spirit of the successful pre-war Nerbini publishing.

Magazine

• "Avventura" (18 issues in 1944 and 24 issues in 1945). Since the war, it was in Italy the first comics magazine printed in color.

Series

• "Albi delle grandi avventure" (1947): 6 unnumbered issues with the Phantom.
• "Albi Avventure" (1947-1948): only 6 issues devoted to the Phantom, others issues of the series with different comics heroes.
• "Nuova collana albo universale", also renamed "Albo Avventuroso" ("Nuove Avventure de L'Uomo Mascherato") with 16 numbered issues devoted to the Phantom. The covers were drawn by Italian artist Vittorio Cossio.
• "L'Avventura Albo Tascabile" (1950): the issues # 7 to 9 of the second series were devoted to the Phantom.
• "L'Avventura Nuova serie" (1951-1952): amongst various issues, 18 issues were entirely devoted to the Phantom.