L’Europeo magazine was initially published by Editorial Domus in Milan, Italy commencing in 1945. It started as a newspaper style publication, released on a weekly basis covering local and international news, editorials, letters to the editor, politics, arts, true crime stories and the world of entertainment. The format and contents of L’Europeo was a hybrid between newspaper and magazine, commonly referred to one or the other.
Editorial Domus was established by Arrigo Benedetti and Gianni Mazzocchi in Milan, Italy and on the 4th of November 1945, their first newspaper was released under the title of L’Europeo. Containing 8 pages initially, the newspaper increased to 16 pages within the first year due to strong sales.
The newspaper was sold in 1953 to Angelo Rizzoli and Giorgio De Fonseca, resulting to the publishing company renaming from Editorial Domus to Rizzoli Editore. Rizzoli Editore is one of the main Italian publishing groups, initially established in 1927 as A. Rizzoli & Co, then in 1952 as Rizzoli Editore, then in 1986 as RCS Editori, then in 2002 as RCS MediaGroup.
L’Europeo saw it’s best readership between 1967 thru to 1976 with weekly sales reaching 230,000 copies. Declining sales at the end of the 1970s saw the editorial team relocated from Milan to Rome in 1979 and by June of that year the magazine came out with a new graphic design, new sections and also a new political, pro-socialist position. This move didn’t see growth in the publication, so it was relocated back to Milan.
The 1980s saw the publication continue to struggle to grow it’s readership and in March 1995 it ceased publishing. The brand was still owned by RCS Editori at the time, who decided to publish some monographic issues, first titled The K Factor released in 1997 and the second titled Fifty Years of Mysteries in 2001.
In 2002, L’Europeo returned as a quarterly publication, then released bi-monthly from 2003 thru till 2007 and finally a monthly publication from 2008. Some success was seen with re-proposed the newspapers historical articles and linking them with current times, however in July 2013, L’Europeo ceased publication.
L’Europeo edition number 1362 was published in 1972 with gloss finish full color pages. The front cover can be seen below, with Mandrake the Magician seen in the lower left alongside the words, ‘L’Uomo Che Ha Creato Mandrake’ which translates to ‘The Man Who Created Mandrake’.
Within this edition, Lee Falk is featured in a 6 page interview conducted by Guido Gerosa titled ‘L’Uomo Che Creo’ Mandrake’, which translates to ‘The Man Who Created Mandrake’. The interview is found on pages 42 thru to 47 and also feature images of Lee Falk, Mandrake the Magician and the Phantom. All 6 pages can be seen below.
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