The Golden Age 1936 – 1959

Serie d'Oro Audace N. 11

Lo scudo fatale

Release date
Cover Author
Aurelio Galleppini
Language
Italian
8 pages - b/w - 21 x 28,8cm
L. 30
Stories

La battaglia di Albracca

Type
reprint
Status
3rd part
The story from previous issue continues from page 2 to 6 (5 pages).

Second episode of Orlando l'invincibile, originally published in Audace n.370 - n.384, with last 6 tables (n.379 - n.384) published in color on the backcover. Due to regime restrictions in last 7 tables (n.378 - n.384) there are no longer clouds in the dialogues of the characters, but captions.
Later this episode is reprinted in L'Audace Supplementi Serie V n.6 (also known as Audace 339 bis) in b/w and with captions instead of cloud dialogs (enforced restriction of the regime at the time).

In "Orlando l'invincibile", the myth of the Paladins is revisited by the texts of Gianluigi Bonelli on the basis of the literary inventions of Ariosto and Boiardo, who had sung the exploits of the epic hero in poem form. It tells the story of the valiant paladin of Charlemagne who, for the love of the beautiful Angelica , faces all sorts of adventures against magicians, giants, knights and dragons.

Rino Albertarelli , author of the drawings, can give vent to his graphic talent here, creating a world poised between reality and magic that has no equal in the comics of those years. The great Albertarelli continued the work of Vittorio Cossio (his, in fact, were the drawings of the first part of the story).

Il ladro di Bagdad

Status
1st part
In this issue story begins on page 7 to 10 (4 pages) and continues in the following issue.

This evocative adventure, beautifully designed by Raffaele Paparella more convincing than ever and written by Gianluigi Bonelli, tells the story of Alì Khim , heir to the throne and who miraculously escaped the coup organized by Harun Rasci which caused the death of the caliph father by Ali.

Raised by a thief, Ali will learn his name from Timur , a sprite, contained in a ring that the boy had the good fortune to steal. Thanks to the powers of the ring and the advice of the genius, Ali will be able to return to the throne that belongs to him and to impregnate the beautiful Zuleyma , whom he has known throughout history.

Interrupted on the pages of the "Serie d'Oro Audace", the story was reprinted and completed in the Collana Ragno d'Oro, where it was published under the title of "Alì Khim, il ladro di Bagdad" (1950).

Il libro della jungla

Status
11th part
The story from previous issue continues on page 12 (1 page).

Reduction, based on texts by Marcello Serra , of the famous novel by Rudyard Kipling . The story tells the adventures of little Mowgli , raised by animals in the Indian jungle.

The tables of an already fully mature Aurelio Galleppini are of excellent quality . Published on backcover of the "Serie d'Oro Audace", the story has unfortunately remained incomplete.