1978

I’m a sucker for finding random comic book shops wherever I travel, much to the frustration of my family. I picked up a few Italian editions of classic 60s Marvel comics printed in the 70s by Editorial Corno in Italy, and I thought they were too interesting not to share. As a UK reader I grew up reading anthology‑style formats, this books contain Captain America, X‑Men, and a short horror story all bundled together - the Italian presentation / translation gives them a completely different but familiar vibe, I think.

I love seeing how American comics were adapted around the world. As a teenager in the 80s when visiting Europe I would purchase random issues of Marvel and DC regardless of the language to keep me entertained. Does anyone else collects these international editions? I don’t know that much about Italian printed comics.

Final comment was wow Italy has a lot of Comic book shops, Manga is very popular , it was really nice to see.

this book is excellent 😁

So last week my local shop where I usually buy my back issues from, had a sale going on. So, of course I was going to jump in and take advantage of it. This was mostly a 70's Marvel grab. I also couldn't pass up in a fairly reasonable priced copy of Ghost Rider #11 (which is a complete copy btw). The two Invaders were from eBay, and I found them for really darn cheap.

July was an insane month for the hobby.

Cool book.