Mario Faustinelli (8 November 1924 – 31 July 2006) was an Italian

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and

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. Faustinelli was born in

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in 1924. After the end of

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, Faustinelli, along with artists

Hugo Pratt Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as '' Corto Maltese''. He was ind ...

, Ivo Pavone, and

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, moved to

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in search of work; they became known as the "Venice Group."Comic creator: Hugo Pratt
/ref> In 1945 Faustinelli, along with Pratt and

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, created the character "

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" ("Ace of Spades"). Faustinelli later became the editor of ''Asso di Picche'' magazine, and continued to write the series. Faustinelli returned to Italy in 1957. He co-write the script for the 1961 film, ''The Adventures of

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.'' In 1964 he created the character and comic strip '' Kolosso'' with artist

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. Kolosso is a likeable, muscular giant who is sent in different ages, through a

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used by his opponent. He is often accompanied by the weak but intelligent Ferruccio. Other artists who have worked on Kolosso are

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, Antonio Canale and

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. In 2004 a new series of Kolosso stories was published by Editrice If. Faustinelli died in

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after a long illness.

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