L'Audace
Defunct children's magazine in Italy (1934–1944)
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L'Audace (Italian for "The Bold") was a weekly children and comic magazine published in Italy from 1934 to 1944.
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| Categories | Comic magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | S.A.E.V |
| Founder | Lotario Vecchi |
| Founded | 1934 |
| Final issue | 1944 |
| Language | Italian |
History and profile
Founded by Lotario Vecchi in January 1934,[1] the magazine was published by S.A.E.V, except for a short time in which it was published by Mondadori.[2][3] For its first sixty issues, it did not include comics, but only columns and illustrated short stories and novellas.[2] It had initially a good commercial success, with an average circulation of about 180,000 copies per week.[3] It introduced to the Italian audience several successful American comic series, notably Superman, Tarzan, Brick Bradford, Mandrake the Magician.[2][3][4] It also included several Italian comic series, such as Dick Fulmine and Walter Molino's Capitan Audace.[3][4]