| Jumbo | |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Lotario Vecchi |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Publication date | 1932 – 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]
Jumbo was founded by Lotario Vecchi in 1932. [2] [3] The first issue appeared on 17 December that year. [1] [3] The magazine was based in Milan, [2] and its 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. [4] [5]
It mainly consisted of American [3] and British comics, starting from the title character Tiger Tim (renamed as Jumbo), a comic strip series created by Julius Stafford Baker and taken over by Herbert Sydney Foxwell. [4] [5] A key role in the success of the magazine was also played by Rob the Rover , 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. [4] [5] It also introduced to the Italian audience several notable American comics including Rex Maxon's Tarzan and Ace Drummond . [5] It closed after the banning of the foreign comics ordered by Fascist MinCulPop in 1938. [5]
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