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Sagédition , formerly Modern Bookstore and SAGE, is a former publisher in France, specializing in magazines small format of comics . It was for a long time the exclusive publisher in France of the adventures of Superman and Batman.

The Origins[]

In the mid -1930s , following the success of Journal de Mickey , the boss of La Librairie moderne , Ettore Carozzo , in partnership with Cino Del Duca , embarked on comics by creating two weeklies for children: Jumbo and Aventures .

In 1938 , he offered his first complete stories published in Italian format .

In 1939 , the Modern Bookstore took the name of SAGE (acronym for Société anonyme générale Edition ). Are created the Call of the jungle (with Tim Tyler ), Adventure and mystery (with the X9 Agent , The Phantom of Bengal ), The Wonderful Collection (with Mandrake ), The Victory Collection (with Alain Lightning or Zorro ) or the new Youth Collection .

After the Second World War , SAGE multiplies the full stories: Jim Taureau , Blonde Panther , Cyclone the atomic man , Amok , White Gazelle , Little Sparrows , Kansas Kid , Mandrake , Raoul and Gaston , The Phantom or King king of the mounted police , without necessarily respecting the chronology specific to serial stories ...

Auspicious Period[]

After 1949 , SAGE decided to target a younger audience to avoid censorship of the law on publications intended for young people . Under the acronym PEI (for "Periodicals and illustrated editions"), it publishes Tom and Jerry or Bugs Bunny .

In 1951 , when Carozzo died , his son-in-law Victor Broussard took over the business with the help of Max Boyer .

In 1957 , SAGE abandoned the “Italian” format. Some of his old titles are used in small formats, sometimes called “  digests  ” .

At the end of the 1950s , a character bought from the Italian publisher Alpe was a great success, Pépito by Luciano Bottaro .

In the 1960s , the influence of television decided SAGE to multiply printed adaptations of cartoons ( Bugs Bunny , Piko Woody Woodpecker , Roquet Belles-Oreilles , Tom and Jerry , etc.) and American television series ( Aigle Noir , Bonanza , Roy Rogers , Tarzan by Joe Kubert or Russ Manning . Rintintin and Rusty . Etc.).

At the end of the 1960s , the SAGE became Sagdition .

In the 1970s , Sagdition continued to publish animal tapes ( Titi et Sylvestre , Bugs Bunny , Hurlu et Berlu , La Panthère Rose , Yogi , Super-Souris , etc.), Italian series ( Harry Sprint , Kronos , Sturmtruppen , Whiskey and Gogo ) and the cult series of Max Bunker and Magnus , Alan Ford . Another cult author, published by Sagdition, is Hugo Pratt with his Sergeant Kirk . If in the 1970s, the publisher continues the adaptations ( Very Special Agents , Rintintin , The King of the Prairie , the Flintstones , The Mysteries of the West , etc.), he mainly publishes between 1967 and 1986 two major DC Comics tapes , Batman and Superman . In the 1970s , the publisher was also among the first to introduce us to the ephemeral magazines Karacal , Super-West and Super-West Poche , containing quality Argentinian comics by Ernesto Garcia Seijas.or Arturo del Castillo . A creation will also make a date, it is The Unknown Rider , by Luigi Grecchi and Raphaelo Marcello , published for more than 300 episodes in Titi Poche , Pépito and under its own title, between 1967 and 1974 .

The edition will ultimately have published few French authors: only Maric , Moreau and Lellbach will play games, covers, stop-gap gags and a few covers.

The End[]

As for many small format publishers, the 1980s were fatal for Sagdition, which reduced the number of its journals before ceasing its activity entirely in 1987.

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