sharing the role with Giorgio Montorio) until his death. Other artists working on the series include Brenno Fiumali, Franco Paludetti, Enzo Facciolo and Lino Jeva. Comic series Prima Serie, 1962-1964. Issues #1-24. The first issue, Il Re del Terrore (in English: "The King of Terror"), appeared in print on 1 November 1962. This was issue #1 of the first series. The next issue appeared on 1 February 1963, followed by monthly issues up to issue #24 in December 1964. Seconda Serie, 1965. Issues #25-50. Publication switched to one issue every two weeks, with each series being one year and 26 issues long. Anno V, 1966. Issues #51-76. The series began to be named for the year of publication since the first issue. Anno XII-XVI, 1973-1977. Issues #233-351 The first 12 issues of Prima Serie started to be re-released, 2-4 a year, in place of regular issues. "Il Re del Terrore" was rereleased as Anno XII, No. 6 Anno XVII-XIX, 1978-1980. 24 issues a year, published twice a month. Anno XX-XXV, 1981-1986. 14 issues a year: published monthly, plus an extra issue in July and August. Anno XXVI-XXVII, 1987-1988. 12 issues a year, published monthly. Anno XXVIII-XXXII, 1989-1993. 7 issues a year Anno XXXIII, 1994. Issues #566-574 9 issues were published this year. Starting in July 1994, publication returned to once a month. Anno XXXIV-XLII, 1995-2013 12 issues a year, published monthly. In October 2013, the 800th issue was published. Reprints and digests United States In 1986, Pacific Comics Club published 2 digest-size issues. Since 1997 a series of annual books with more complex stories has been released. In 2000, Scorpion started to publish digests, reaching 6 issues before stopping. Some American reprints have appeared. Diabolik in India Diabolik was translated into Tamil and introduced to India in Dec 1987 by Prakash Publishers under their imprint Lion Comics. His very first adventure was aptly titled Danger Diabolik. Though the story and the character got tremendous response, for various reasons, this was the only story that got published until 2013. In June 2013, Diabolik made his comeback via the same publisher, but this effort had more impact. It was launched in the Comic Con 2013 in Bengaluru with the storyline titled Kutra Thiru Vizha (A Carnival of Crime). Based on the positive response for the story arc and the style, in December 2013, Diabolik made his third appearance in Operation Tornado. Lion