L’Adige Fumetti (which translates to L’Adige Comics) was published by Nuova Editrice Trentina in Trento, Italy in 1990. The lift out supplement was released in the local daily newspaper L’Adige, with 5 editions released featuring a variety of King Features Syndicate comic book characters.

The L’Adige Fumetti editions note on the front covers, ‘Supplements to today’s issue of Adige courtesy of Editrice Comic Art of Rome’. The 5 editions released are:

• Edition 1 – Flash Gordon – The Barbarians by Dan Barry and Fujitani.
• Edition 2 – The Phantom – The Jungle Olympics by Lee Falk and Wilson McCoy.
• Edition 3 – Popeye by E C Segar.
• Edition 4 – Mandrake the Magician – The Mystery of the Seven Dunes by Lee Falk and Phil Davis.
• Edition 5 – Popeye by E C Segar.

The L’Adige Fumetti newspaper lift out supplements were printed with color covers and black and white internal pages. They were sponsored by Banca di Trento e Bolzano (the Bank of Trento and Bolzano) with their logo appearing on all front and back pages.

The Phantom appeared in edition number 2, under license of King Features Syndicate, released on the 14th of May 1990. The full classic story ‘The Jungle Olympics’ was published, written by Lee Falk and illustrated by Wilson McCoy, in Italian text. The L’Adige Fumetti newspaper lift out supplement contains 24 pages. The front and back covers can be seen below.

All L’Adige Fumetti newspaper lift out supplements contain an edition number on the front cover, from number 1 to 5, plus the title of the comic strip story published within. Interestingly, the Phantom appears in a purple costume on the front cover, as the Phantom is traditionally published in a red costume in Italy.

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