Il Giorno dei Ragazzi
Il Giorno dei Ragazzi was a weekly comic supplement magazine of the Italian newspaper "Il Giorno", published between 1957 and 1968. History and profile. The comic magazine debuted on 28 March 1957. It was originally intended as the Italian version of the British children's periodical "Eagle", of which it published several series such as "Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future", "Storm Nelson" and ' "Riders of the Range". It also presented a significant Italian production, mainly of humorous genre, which included Benito Jacovitti's "Cocco Bill", "Gionni Galassia" and "Tom Ficcanaso", Bruno Bozzetto's comic versions  of "West and Soda" and "VIP my Brother Superman", Giovanni Manca's "Pier Cloruro de' Lambicchi", "Poldo e Poldino" by Andrea Lavezzolo and Giuseppe Perego, "I Naufraghi" by Pier Carpi and Sergio Zaniboni. In the late 1966 the contract with "Eagle" expired, and subsequently many series abruptly disappeared; the magazine adopted a bedsheet format in January 1967 and a tabloid format in 1968, but the sales kept to decline, and the magazine finally closed in December 1968, replaced by "Giochi-Quiz", a puzzle supplement. In 1993 "Il Giorno" tried to resurrect the brand, creating a weekly comic supplement titled "Il  Giorno Ragazzi". After 22 issues, the supplement was incorporated in the pages of the newspaper, before being eventually dismissed after forty issues.