Jumbo (magazine)

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Jumbo

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 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

MinCulPop in 1938.[5]

See also

Notes

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  2. ^ a b "Italian comics". Vanessa Grozeva. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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  4. ^ a b c Leonardo Becciu (1971). Il Fumetto in Italia. G.C. Sansoni.
  5. ^ a b c d e Maurice Horn; Luciano Secchi (1978). Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto. Editoriale Corno.

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