The Golden Age 1936 – 1959

Audace Bonelli N. 354

Il mistero del "Wahiki"

Release date
Cover Author
Vittorio Cossio
Script
G.L. Bonelli, Franco Caprioli
Artwork
Vittorio Cossio, Franco Caprioli, C. Torre, Raffaele Paparella
Series
Audace Bonelli
Language
Italian
8 pages - b/w with backcover in color - 21 x 31cm
70 cent.

Inside title of the story has a typo Il mistero del "Wachiki"

Stories
Furio Almirante

Il cifrario segreto

Type
original
Status
2nd part
The story from previous issue continues from page 3 to 8 (6 pages).
Story kind
Comic Book
Script
G.L. Bonelli
Artwork
Vittorio Cossio

After his extraordinary adventures on the inaccessible island, Furio finds himself involved in a dark affair. On a drifting motorboat he finds the traces of a violent shooting and the body of a secret agent of the Peruvian police. By radio, he makes contact with a nearby torpedo boat, but the appeal is intercepted by the shady gang that has knocked out the Peruvian policeman and is now moving against Furio.

Singleton makes first appearance in this story.

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L'inafferrabile

L'inafferrabile

Status
18th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 9 (1 page).

L'Idolo roso

Type
reprint
Status
14th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 10 (1 page).
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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Alla ventura

Status
22nd part
The story ends on page 10 (1 pages).
I Conquistatori dello Spazio

I Conquistatori dello Spazio

Status
17th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 12 (1 page).
Story kind
Comic Book
Script
G.L. Bonelli
Artwork
Raffaele Paparella

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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