The Golden Age 1936 – 1959

Albo d'Oro Audace Ristampa N. 9

La città di cristallo

Release date
Cover Author
Egidio Gherlizza
Language
Italian
16 pages - b/w - 20 x 28cm
10 lire

Reprint of Albo d'Oro Audace 1a serie N. 9 with different price, date of publication, the advertisements on the back cover, and the second and third cover which are blank and no longer contain serial novels.

The Audace editorial team thought well to keep the numbering of the first edition, because in this way, those who had not managed to find "I conquistatori dello spazio" for the regular series, had the possibility to close the series in an almost perfect way.

Stories

I Conquistatori dello Spazio

Status
2nd part
The story from previous issue continues from page 3 to 18 (16 pages).
Story kind
Comic Book

The scientist, his daughter and the young Claudio Reni are in Himalaya to reach the summit of Everest, but their expedition is soon hampered by the mysterious aircraft equipped with advanced weapons from an unknown city whose leader aspires to conquer the planet. The closing of the weekly at the thirteenth issue abruptly interrupts the series, which remains incomplete.

Long science fiction story written by Gian Luigi Bonelli with a troubled editorial history, see I Conquistatori dello Spazio for more info.

First table appeared on Audace N. 338 on a backcover and in color. It comes out for 41 issues in color, up to N. 378, before it is moved inside and in b/w for another 6 tables, (from N. 379 to N. 384) and concludes in black/red two tone in N. 385, where it is left incomplete. In 1943 the story was reprinted again in the Albo d'Oro Audace, but this time too it is incomplete. Finally, in 1950, the Audace publishing house reissues the Paparella plates in two issues of the Collana Ragno D’oro, setting the story no longer in 1950 but in 1960. With this edition, the story finally finds its conclusion,

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