''Gim Toro'' is an Italian comic book series created by

Andrea Lavezzolo Andrea Lavezzolo (12 December 1905 – 16 November 1981) was an Italian novelist and short story writer who created and wrote many prominent Italian comics of the 1940s and 1950s. Life and career Lavezzolo was born in Paris to Italian parents. Th ...

and

Edgardo Dell'Acqua Edgardo is an Italian-language form of the name Edgar. It may refer to: *Edgardo Abdala (born 1978), Chilean-Palestinian football midfielder *Edgardo Adinolfi (born 1974), Uruguayan football player *Edgardo Alfonzo (born 1973), former Major League ...

. It was in syndication from 1946 until 1951.

Background

Published in 1946 in an eponymous comic book series, the comics had an immediate success;Franco Fossati, ''I grandi eroi del fumetto'', Gramese, 1990, pp.116-117.B.P. Boschesi, ''Manuale dei fumetti'', Mondadori, 1976, pp. 89-90. in 1947 the main series was joined by the parallel series ''Gimtorissimo'', still written by Lavezzolo but with illustrations by other artists. The success lasted until the beginning of 1950, and the series ended in 1951. It was republished several times until the second half of seventies. The main character, Gim Toro, is an Italian-American by the appearance of actor Tyrone Power.Gianni Bono, ''Guida al fumetto italiano'', Epierre, 2003, pp. 910-914.

References

Italian comics titles Italian comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1946 1946 comics debuts 1951 comics endings Crime comics Fictional Italian people {{Italy-comics-stub

Background

See also

References