The Golden Age 1936 – 1959

Audace Bonelli N. 333

Il segreto di Lola Montero

Release date
Cover Author
Carlo Cossio
Language
Italian
8 pages - b/w - 21 x 31cm
70 cent.
Stories

X1 Il Pugilatore Misterioso

Type
original
Status
9th part
The story ends on page 10 (8 pages).
Story kind
Comic Book
Script
Artwork

Furio Almirante who emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1920, by working hard has been able to purchase a farm in a woody region of Missouri and leads a quiet life, when suddenly a letter arrives from Milano from his causing Mario Almirante notifying him he is coming to New York for a boxing match. Furio goes to New York to met him and there he will be dragged into a boxing match and a fight against Black circle band.

In Audace N. 325 "X1 Il Pugilatore Misterioso" makes his debut or Furio Almirante which will become an incredible success for Bonelli.

Furio's first story begins in Audace I.D.E.A. N. 325 where he makes his appearance under the name of "X1 the mysterious boxer" and runs in instalments of 1 table up to N. 331. In N. 331 when Bonelli took over the Audace, he understood better than others that the future is in the register format and that newspapers have now had their day. Therefore he continues with Furio as a main story with 8 tables per number.

Furio Almirante will become an incredible success for Bonelli and will appear on all subsequent Audace issues in the series except N. 393bis, 394bis, 395, 402 - 413, 416, 418 - 419 / 421, 423 - 426, 433, 443 and 464 - 467.

 

This story was later reprinted in Audace - Furio Almirante N. 1/4 and Audace Album Gigante N. 1

In the reprint it seems some boards where removed:

X1 Il pugilatore misterioso

Original table from Audace N. 325 

X1 Il pugilatore misterioso

Table from reprint Audace Album Gigante N.1 (1950) with 3 boards missing. 

Alla ventura

Status
4th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 11 (1 page).

Il cavaliere dell’aria

Status
9th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 12 (1 page).