Tex Gigante - I Serie

In the mid-1950s, Sergio Bonelli Editore launched Tex Gigante - I Serie, a landmark Italian comics series that expanded the adventures of the iconic Western hero Tex Willer into a larger, magazine-style format. Spanning 29 issues from 1954 to 1961, this series is most associated with the foundational creative team of writer Gian Luigi Bonelli and artist Aurelio Galleppini, whose rugged, expressive art defined the look of the character for decades. As the first sustained "gigante" (giant) format for the franchise, it helped cement Tex as a cornerstone of Italian popular culture, offering readers longer, more immersive stories that deepened the mythos of the frontier. Its importance lies in establishing the serialized, epic tone that would make Tex one of the longest-running and most beloved comics in Europe.