Jumbo (magazine)

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Jumbo
Publication information
PublisherLotario Vecchi
ScheduleWeekly
Publication date1932 – 1938
Main character(s)Jumbo (Tiger Tim)
Lucio L'avanguardista (Rob the Rover)
Tarzan
Ace Drummond

Jumbo was a weekly comic magazine published in Milan, Italy, from 1932 to 1938. The subtitle of the magazine which was an eight-page publication was settimanale illustrato per ragazzi (illustrated weekly for boys in English).[1]

History and profile[]

Jumbo was founded by in 1932[2] The first issue appeared in December that year.[1] The magazine was based in Milan,[2] and the publisher was Società Anonima Editrice Vecchi.[1] The magazine had a large commercial success, with an average circulation of about 300,000 copies per week.[3][4]

It mainly consisted of British comics, starting from the title character (renamed as Jumbo), a comic strip series created by Julius Stafford Baker and taken over by Herbert Sydney Foxwell.[3][4] A key role in the success of the magazine was also played by , an adventure comic series by Walter Henry Booth which was translated as Lucio L'avanguardista (i.e. "The young avantgarde Lucio") and whose main character was adapted as a fascist airman.[3][4] It also introduced to the Italian audience several notable American comics including Rex Maxon's Tarzan and Ace Drummond.[4] It closed after the banning of the foreign comics ordered by Fascist MinCulPop in 1938.[4]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ a b c Federico Zanettin (2018). "Translation, censorship and the development of European comics cultures". Perspectives. 26 (6): 869. doi:10.1080/0907676X.2017.1351456.
  2. ^ a b "Italian comics". Vanessa Grozeva. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Leonardo Becciu (1971). Il Fumetto in Italia. G.C. Sansoni.
  4. ^ a b c d e Maurice Horn; Luciano Secchi (1978). Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto. Editoriale Corno.
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