Capitan Mistero
A.R.C. · 1948–1949 · 22 issues
About the series
A short-lived but lively Italian adventure series, Capitan Mistero ran for 22 issues from 1948 to 1949 under the A.R.C. banner. The strip is best remembered for its masked, mystery-solving hero, a staple of the postwar fumetti craze, and for the bold, energetic artwork that defined the era's pulp-inspired storytelling. Though brief, it remains a charming artifact of Italian comics' early transition from adventure serials to superhero-adjacent figures.