Les Grandes Aventures

Les Grandes Aventures was a French Tabloid/comic magazine which ran for 70 weekly issues between the 16th of September 1940 and 1942 in Vichy France during WWII German occupation. It included episodes of "Tom Mix", "Superman" and "Jean Lafitte", as well as the "Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and Friday", "Buffalo Bill" and "Bertrand le Preux".

Ownership
Moniales or "Librairie Moderne" publishers oversaw Les Grandes Aventures' publication. According to one source, Moniales was owned by "an anti-fascist Italian who had fled Mussolini’s dictatorship", referring to owner Ettore Carozzo. The publishing house has also gone by names of "SAGE" (acronym for Société anonyme d'édition) and now Sagédition.

Tom Mix
Tom Mix featured on the first page of the periodical throughout the majority of the 70 issues. Tom Mix was only drawn by Edmond Francois Calvo. Store | Vente de planches originales de bande dessinée | Ensemble du catalogue | HUBERTY & BREYNE

Superman/Yordi
Under the title of "Yordi", Superman made his second debut in French comics in Les Grandes Aventures #13.