The Golden Age 1936 – 1959

Albo d'Oro Audace I Serie N. 13

L'idolo rosso

Release date
Cover Author
Franco Caprioli
Script
Franco Caprioli
Artwork
Franco Caprioli
Series
Albo d'Oro Audace I Serie
Language
Italian
16 pages - b/w - 20 x 28cm
4 lire

This is the 13th and final issue of the series, it is not dated, but it is estimated to be from early 1945.
It started a new self-contained story entitled "L'idolo rosso". It is unknown if this is related to "L'idolo rosso" also by Caprioli, published in Audace N. 341 - N. 355.

This number is undated, and some chronologies list it in early 1945 or even on 13.02.1945 but this is wrong since now we know of a reprint that came out on 13.02.1945. Taking that into account and price of reprint 15 lira vs 4 lira the original, we consider this number under April 1944 following previous number monthly pattern.

Stories

L'Idolo roso

Type
reprint
Status
Complete story
In this issue story begins on page 3 to 18 (16 pages).
Story kind
Comic Book
Script
Franco Caprioli
Artwork
Franco Caprioli

L’idolo rosso (reprint of Il mistero del Budda di Giada)
Originally published in Argentovivo! (not a Bonelli), from N. 8 (6 February 1937) to N. 16 (1 July 1937) in 9 black / white plates.

Then Bonelli reprints it in Audace from N. 341 (12 April 1941) to N. 355 (19 July 1941) half plate per number.
Compared to the original edition, 8 cartoons are missing.

Reprinted in:

  • Albo d’Oro Audace, N. 13 (April 1944), with the elimination of 7 cartoons and the addition of others.
  • Lo Sparviero, ed.Fratelli Voltolina, N.1 (1 January 1982); n.4 (16 February 1983)(Newspaper with the tables of the Audace and cover page from the Albo Mundus)
  • Collana Argento, ed.Fratelli Voltolina, N. 116 (1996) (reprint with different cover)

It is an important story both because its creation dates back to 1936 and is the first story ever made by Franco Caprioli, and because it is a kind of "archetype" of his future stories. In fact, it already contains the main themes and characters on which all (or almost) of his tales of the sea will then be based: the islands, the South Seas, the shipwrecks, the protagonists - usually, or two friends, or a boy and a girl - the untouched nature, the tribes that populate the islands, the idols and the mysteries.

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