Eureka (Italian magazine)

Eureka

A cover of the magazine featuring Lupo Alberto, Al Capp and Sturmtruppen
Categories	Comic magazine
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	November 1967
Final issue	August 1989
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Eureka was a monthly comic magazine published in Italy from 1967 to 1989.

Eureka was founded in 1967 by Luciano Secchi, who also served as editorial director for 222 of the first 240 issues. It was the second Italian magazine following linus enterely devoted to comics, but differently from linus it avoided any intellectualism and any political stance.

The magazine initially focused on English and British productions. The contents included humorous comic strips such as Al Capp (who also served as mascotte of the magazine), Bringing Up Father, Alley Oop, Tumbleweeds, Miss Peach, The Perishers, Hugh Morren's Tommy Wack, and he comic strips of Don Martin; crime and adventure series published by the magazine included Kerry Drake, Joe Palooka, James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Spirit, Red Barry, Burne Hogarth's Drago. In the first years Italian production was only rapresented by Maxmagnus and by occasional short stories. There was also a significant room devoted to articles of comics criticism.

Starting from the 1970s the Italian contents gradually grew, and included Bonvi's Sturmtruppen and Cronache del Dopobomba, Silver's Lupo Alberto, Pino Zac's Kirie e Leison and L'Orlando Furioso, Secchi's and Paolo Piffarerio's Fouche, Guido Barletta's Mr. Manager, Luca Novelli's Historiettes. Between 1977 and 1978, the brief direction of Maria Grazia Perini tried to expand the political and social commitments of the magazine, but the lack of response in terms of sales led to Secchi returning as a director and to the magazine returning to focus almost enterely on comics.