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Audace I.D.E.A. N. 325
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With the Audace N ° 324 of 28 March 1940, Lotario Vecchi forever ceases his activity as a comic book publisher in Italy. The magazine is sold to Gian Luigi Bonelli and Dante Daini, two former employees, who make up the new publishing house IDEA.
The duo completely renew the magazine, which goes from 8 to 12 pages. (As always half in color). Pages are not stampled. However, the price rises to 60 cents. The newspaper hosts all new series, made by top-level designers.
N ° 325 comes out on newsstands November 30, 1940. (after 8 months of downtime of the magazine).
The quality of the stories and the print quality are unquestionably high, since IDEA prints in the workshops that work for Mondadori.
The Audace IDEA Period will last only 6 issues, before the company's economic bankruptcy occurs.
After this short period, Bonelli and Daini separate.
The 6 issues of the IDEA period are of extraordinary rarity. They constitute 6 of the key numbers of all L'AUDACE.
Maschera Bianca
G.L. Bonelli, having a contract with the Vittorioso, wasn't able to sign his name so he used pseudonym Gianni Altieri.
L'Aquila del Mare
Maschera Bianca
G.L. Bonelli, having a contract with the Vittorioso, wasn't able to sign his name so he used pseudonym Gianni Altieri.
X1 Il Pugilatore Misterioso
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:
Original table from Audace N. 325
Table from reprint Audace Album Gigante N.1 (1950) with 3 boards missing.
Capitan Tempesta
"Capitan Tempesta" is practically an imitation of Capitan L'Audace that came out during the Audace Mondadori period, but which at the time moved on the pages of Mickey Mouse.
L'Isola del Mistero
Il Figlio del Deserto
L'Esploratore di Ferro
Angelo Bolognesi, strong temperament Italian explorer, employed in a company in Egypt, he left Anglo-Egyptian Sudan to visit establishment founded by his boss, mr. Petrick, for the search for ivory. We are at the end of the year 1856. And in those wild lands the horror reigns.
Originally published on Audace N. 325 in color, later reprinted in b/w.
L'inafferrabile
L'inafferrabile (by G.L. Bonelli, Vittorio Cossio; 325 - 330, 336 - 383).
Il cavaliere dell’aria
Originally published in Audace 325 - 335, then reprinted in Audace Supplementi Serie IV #1.