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| Publisher | Azione Cattolica |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Publication date | 1937 – 1966 |
Il Vittorioso (Italian for "The Victorious") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1937 to 1966.
| Il Vittorioso | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Azione Cattolica |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Publication date | 1937 – 1966 |
Il Vittorioso (Italian for "The Victorious") was a weekly comic magazine published in Italy from 1937 to 1966.
The magazine was born on the initiative of the Azione Cattolica association as a catholic response to the secular comics, with the aim of offering to their young audience comics that had positive moral values and which were respectful of Catholic doctrine. [1] [2] It was first published in 1937. [3] Enrico Basari's comic format of Beowulf was published in the magazine in 1941. [4] It was the first comic format of the work. [4]
Il Vittorioso had a good commercial success, with an average circulation of about 200,000 copies per week, even thanks to its distribution channel which included parishes and catholic educational entities. [1] [2]
The magazine included only works by Italian cartoonists, and it launched the career of several of them, notably Benito Jacovitti. [1] [2]
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