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Angelo Raffaele Todaro

Biographical information
Born:	Fragagnano, December 17, 1945
Died:
Nationality:	Italian
Occupation:	Artist
Website:	Official website

Angelo Todaro is an Italian artist.

Biography

Born in Fragagnano (Italian Province of Taranto) in 1945, Angelo Raffaele Todaro moved to Rome in the early sixties to attend the Artistic High School. In 1967 he worked for the Fratelli Spada, drawing many stories "Mandrake the Magician" aswell as some "Phantom" stories. Also for Fratelli Spada, he did some episodes of "Rip Kirby" signed under the pseudonym of Al Todd.

After this period, he worked with the Studio Giolitti. The Studio was directed by Alberto Giolitti, an Italian artist that had done comic strips in South America and in the USA, like the well-known "Turok, son of Stone", "Star Trek" and "Gunsmoke", on which Angelo Todaro was in charge of inking.

Angelo Todaro also have worked on comics series as "FBI", "Lasso" and "Buffalo Bill" for the German editor Bastei Verlag. He made a series of albums for the Italian publisher Editore Ediperiodici under the pseudonym Paul Bennett and from the seventies to the nineties drew stories of typical Italian productions "Oltretomba", "Terror", and "Terror Blu".

Fratelli Spada stories by Angelo Todaro

1967

Mandrake

1968

Mandrake

The Phantom

"La venere della giungla"
(online), signed A. Todaro

1969

Mandrake

"La statuetta di carne"
(online), signed TOD
"Il nuovo vicino"
(online)
"Lo sterminatore"
signed TOD
"Il tunnel misterioso"

The Phantom

"Smeraldi irraggiungibili"
(online)
"Una folgore dal cielo"
(online)
"Trafficanti a Hong Kong"
(online)

1971

Mandrake

"Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline"
"La mano malefica"
signed A. Tod
"Viaggio nel XXII secolo"
"Anonima streghe"
(online), signed A. Todaro
"La rete del Cobra"
signed A. Todaro

1972

Mandrake

D'Amico, Cambiotti, Casabianca and Lombardi are probably assistants to these stories.

1973

Mandrake

Casabianca and Lombardi are probably assistants to these stories.

The Phantom

"Attentato all'ombra"
"Lotta disperata"

Fratelli Spada covers

Mandrake - Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie

Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux

External links

@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 === [[Fratelli Spada stories]] by Angelo Todaro ===
-====Mandrake 1967====
+====1967====
+=====Mandrake=====
 <gallery>
 Image:spada-FP-089-fr.jpg|"[[Pioggia malefica (Spada)|Pioggia malefica]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
@@ Line 33: / Line 34: @@
 </gallery>
-====Mandrake 1968====
+====1968====
+=====Mandrake=====
 <gallery>
 spada-FP-116-fr.jpg|"[[Il signore del gelo (Spada)|Il signore del gelo]]"
@@ Line 51: / Line 53: @@
 Image:spada-FP-157.jpg|"[[Fumo contro Fumo (Spada)|Fumo contro Fumo]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
 </gallery>
+=====The Phantom=====
-====The Phantom 1968====
 <gallery>
 Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-01.jpg|"La venere della giungla"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''<small>, signed A. Todaro</small>
 </gallery>
-====Mandrake 1969====
+====1969====
+=====Mandrake=====
 <gallery>
 Image:spada-FP-160.jpg|"[[La statuetta di carne (Spada)|La statuetta di carne]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''<small>, signed TOD</small>
@@ Line 64: / Line 66: @@
 Image:spada-FP-167.jpg|"[[Il tunnel misterioso (Spada)|Il tunnel misterioso]]"
 </gallery>
+=====The Phantom=====
-====The Phantom 1969====
 <gallery>
 Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-02.jpg|"Smeraldi irraggiungibili"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
@@ Line 72: / Line 73: @@
 </gallery>
-====Mandrake 1971====
+====1971====
+=====Mandrake=====
 <gallery>
 Image:spada-FP-178.jpg|"[[Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline (Spada)|Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline]]"
@@ Line 81: / Line 83: @@
 </gallery>
-====Mandrake 1972====
+====1972====
-{| {{table}}
+=====Mandrake=====
-!# !!Year !!Title !!Pages !!Note
+[[Santo D'Amico|D'Amico]], [[Giorgio Cambiotti|Cambiotti]], [[Annibale Casabianca|Casabianca]] and [[Lamberto Lombardi|Lombardi]] are probably assistants to these stories.
-|-
+<gallery>
-|  || 1972 || "[[La bomba umana (Spada)|La bomba umana]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: D'Amico ?
+Image:spada-FP-193.jpg|"[[La bomba umana (Spada)|La bomba umana]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-195.jpg|"[[Il ladro di progetti (Spada)|Il ladro di progetti]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Il ladro di progetti (Spada)|Il ladro di progetti]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: D'Amico ?
+Image:spada-FP-197.jpg|"[[Schiacciate il Cobra (Spada)|Schiacciate il Cobra]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-204.jpg|"[[Mistero allo zoo (Spada)|Mistero allo zoo]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Schiacciate il Cobra (Spada)|Schiacciate il Cobra]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
+Image:spada-FP-206.jpg|"[[Gli schiavi di chiaccio (Spada)|Gli schiavi di chiaccio]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-208.jpg|"[[Fantasmi del mare (Spada)|Fantasmi del mare]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Mistero allo zoo (Spada)|Mistero allo zoo]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
+Image:spada-FP-209.jpg|"[[Un ospite poco gradito (Spada)|Un ospite poco gradito]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-212-fr.jpg|"[[Il re de Carson City (Spada)|Il re de Carson City]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Gli schiavi di chiaccio (Spada)|Gli schiavi di chiaccio]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Giorgio Cambiotti
+Image:spada-FP-222-fr.jpg|"[[Il rapitore smemorato (Spada)|Il rapitore smemorato]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-224-fr.jpg|"[[Il volto misterioso (Spada)|Il volto misterioso]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Fantasmi del mare (Spada)|Fantasmi del mare]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
+Image:spada-FP-226.jpg|"[[Traffico d'oro (Spada)|Traffico d'oro]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-227-fr.jpg|"[[Il ritorno di Cud il malvagio (Spada)|Il ritorno di Cud il malvagio]]"
-|  || 1972 || "[[Un ospite poco gradito (Spada)|Un ospite poco gradito]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
+Image:spada-FP-228-fr.jpg|"[[La setta degli uomini lupo (Spada)|La setta degli uomini lupo]]"
-|-
+</gallery>
-|  || 1972 || "[[Il re de Carson City (Spada)|Il re de Carson City]]" || 14 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
-|-
-|  || 1972 || "[[Il rapitore smemorato (Spada)|Il rapitore smemorato]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
-|-
-|  || 1972 || "[[Il volto misterioso (Spada)|Il volto misterioso]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: ?
-|-
-|  || 1972 || "[[Traffico d'oro (Spada)|Traffico d'oro]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
-|-
-|  || 1972 || "[[Il ritorno di Cud il malvagio (Spada)|Il ritorno di Cud il malvagio]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
-|-
-|  || 1972 || "[[La setta degli uomini lupo (Spada)|La setta degli uomini lupo]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
-|-
-|}
-====Mandrake 1973====
+====1973====
-{| {{table}}
+=====Mandrake=====
-!# !!Year !!Title !!Pages !!Note
+[[Annibale Casabianca|Casabianca]] and [[Lamberto Lombardi|Lombardi]] are probably assistants to these stories.
-|-
+<gallery>
-|  || 1973 || "[[L'ankus del dio degli elefanti (Spada)|L'ankus del dio degli elefanti]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
+Image:spada-FP-234-fr.jpg|"[[L'ankus del dio degli elefanti (Spada)|L'ankus del dio degli elefanti]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-237-fr.jpg|"[[Scorpiox il diabolico (Spada)|Scorpiox il diabolico]]"
-|  || 1973 || "[[Scorpiox il diabolico (Spada)|Scorpiox il diabolico]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
+Image:spada-FP-238-fr.jpg|"[[Il club del disco (Spada)|Il club del disco]]"
-|-
+Image:spada-FP-239.jpg|"[[Incubo al tritolo (Spada)|Incubo al tritolo]]"
-|  || 1973 || "[[Il club del disco (Spada)|Il club del disco]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Lombardi ?
+</gallery>
-|-
+=====The Phantom=====
-|  || 1973 || "[[Incubo al tritolo (Spada)|Incubo al tritolo]]" || 16 || ?, assistant: Casabianca ?
+<gallery>
-|-
+Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-05.jpg|"Attentato all'ombra"
-|}
+Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-06.jpg|"Lotta disperata"
+</gallery>
-====The Phantom 1973====
+=== Fratelli Spada covers ===
-{| {{table}}
+====Mandrake - Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie====
-!# !!Year !!Title !!Pages !!Note
-|-
-| E || 1973 || "Attentato all'ombra" || 16 ||
-|-
-| F || 1973 || "Lotta disperata" || 16 ||assistant: Athos Cozzi
-|-
-|}
-==== Fratelli Spada covers ====
-=====Mandrake - Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie=====
 <gallery>
 Image:Ilvascellomandrake-02-085.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 85|''Mandrake'' #85]]</center>
@@ Line 149: / Line 129: @@
 </gallery>
-====Editions des Remparts covers====
+====Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux ====
-=====Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux =====
 <gallery>
 Image:mmm-201.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 201|''Mandrake'' #201]]</center>
 Image:mmm-202.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 202|''Mandrake'' #202]]</center>
 Image:mmm-206.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 206|''Mandrake'' #206]]</center>
 Image:mmm-213.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 213|''Mandrake'' #213]]</center>
 Image:mmm-238.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 238|''Mandrake'' #238]]</center>

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