''Lanciostory'', sometimes spelled as ''Lancio Story'' or ''LancioStory'', is a weekly comic magazine published in

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, from 1975.

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''Lanciostory'' was created in 1975 by Editrice Lancio to target the adult audience interested in comics who had marked the contemporary success of comics magazines such as '' Il Monello'' and ''

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''. The first issue, #0, was released in April 1975 attached to the Lancio-edited fotoromanzi magazine ''Le Avventure di Jacques Douglas''. The magazine is published by Eura editoriale based in Rome. The magazine initially mainly published works by South-American and especially Argentine authors, including

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, Juan Giménez,

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, Eduardo Mazzitelli,

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. Italian collaborators included

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. From the late 1970s ''Lanciostory'' started publishing Franco-Belgian comics. Notable series which were introduced in the magazine include ''

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. Each issue consists of about 6-7 episodic comics, plus several columns about cinema, sport and entertainment.

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