La collana si compone di 15 volumi, in formato A4, completamente a colori. Complessivamente contengono circa 5000 voci con personaggi sconosciuti – lo possiamo affermare con orgoglio e senza tema di smentita – anche ai saggisti più preparati.
In Italia BATMAN appare per la prima volta nel 1946 ospite della COLLEZIONE UOMO MASCHERATO > COLLEZIONE UOMO D’ACCIAIO (Edizioni Milano > Ed. Mondiali, 1945/1948) e, per lo stesso editore, sui nn. 1/28 del settimanale URRÀ (Edizioni Mondiali, 1947) con il nome di IL FANTASMA E L’AQUILOTTO. È poi la volta della collana GLI ALBI DEL FALCO (Mondadori, 1964), in cui BATMAN acquisisce provvisoriamente il nome di UOMO PIPISTRELLO e una calzamaglia rossa anziché viola come in origine. Divide poi con il collega kriptoniano la testata SUPER ALBO NEMBO KID > BATMAN NEMBO KID (Mondadori, 1966). Nel 1966 l’editore gli dedica una collana a suo nome, BATMAN (Mondadori, 1966).
Testo tratto da “Guida al fumetto italiano” di Gianni Bono
At the end of “Tales of Suspense” # 21, September 1961, Stan Lee wrote: No, this story never really happened — nations are still hostile to each other, and the cold war still exists ! But perhaps someday, if we all think, and strive, and hope — perhaps someday it will come true ! Who knows ?
Title: This Is…Klagg!
Tales of Suspense #21
Published: September 01, 1961
Writer: Larry Lieber, Stan Lee
Art: Jack Kirby (Pencils), Dick Ayers (Inks)
Colorist: Stan Goldberg
Letterers: Artie Simek, Ray Holloway
Synopsis:
Klagg, an alien who visits Earth, becomes so upset upon learning humanity still wages war that he declares war upon the nations of the Earth. The hero of the story convinces communist agents to pool their forces with the democracies in an effort to present a united front against Klagg. The effort is successful because the fact the various nations were able to set aside their differences and band together convinces Klagg to give up his campaign of destruction and leave Earth.
Erio Nicolo was born in Florence in 1919 and studied graphics at the Art Institute. He made his professional comics debut in 1939, in magazine Giungla! After the war, Nicolo started collaborating with writer Luigi Grecchi, on titles such as ‘Forza John’, ‘Prince Chiomadoro’, ‘Karate il Lupo Bianco’, ‘I Laramy della Valle’ and the humorous ‘Superbone’. For the studio of Roy d’Ami, Nicolò created ‘Battler Britton’, aimed at the English market. From 1964, he worked for Bonelli on the famous series ‘Tex Willer’, creating around 150 stories until his death in 1983.