[mr_goldenage]

I have two Uomo Mascherato N. 14 & 56 all orginal Italian artwork and stories. Very cool and well rendered stuff. I have included the two covers here for you to see what the hang-up might be. Give me the thumbs up and I will scan them soon and post them up here. Interiors as with 90% of Italian books is B & W. See attachments......

Mr Goldenage of Italy

[narfstar]

Can someone say recolored Blue Beetle?
Mark and Paw are the experts on the European stuff

[mr_goldenage]

Not at all. If you saw the interiors you would not say that. Original stories with original art, and, I might add, am a long time Blue Beetle fan who paid a good sum of $ for both of these books. The art alone makes them worthwhile.

RB

[MarkWarner]

Which Mark??? Certainly not this one ...lol

[narfstar]

Inside number 14 looks very much like Blue Beetle swipes to me. Maybe original overall but the poses and everything look like they were copied from Fox to me

[paw broon]

Holy mascarpone, I go away for a week and  Euro rip-offs raise their heads again.  I've said something about this before and there is (somewhere but not on CB+) a list of the Euro. reprints of Blue Beetle and Superman American stories and a list of the "new" stories, which were based on the characters but with new art.  But, like Jim, I think this "new" art was borrowed stuff, as it were.  I have uploaded a copy of a French Blue Beetle (which is probably a reprint of an Italian issue), titled Le Capitaine X-13:-
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=30074
and here the hero is called "Le Phantome D'Acier"
Bear in mind that The Phantom, when reprinted in Italy was heavily, and crudely, re-touched in a number of early editions of the classic stories, faces especially.
I've had a quick look for the reprint list with no success, so I'll need to have a dig, unless Richard has it.