Angelo Todaro
| Angelo Raffaele Todaro | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | Fragagnano, December 17, 1945 |
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| Died: | |
| Nationality: |  Italian
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| 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
Mandrake 1967
Mandrake 1968
"I pirati"
The Phantom 1968
"La venere della giungla"
(online), signed A. Todaro
Mandrake 1969
"La statuetta di carne"
(online), signed TOD
"Lo sterminatore"
signed TOD
The Phantom 1969
"Smeraldi irraggiungibili"
(online)
"Una folgore dal cielo"
(online)
"Trafficanti a Hong Kong"
(online)
Mandrake 1971
"La mano malefica"
signed A. Tod
"Anonima streghe"
(online), signed A. Todaro
"La rete del Cobra"
signed A. Todaro
Mandrake 1972
| # | Year | Title | Pages | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | "La bomba umana" | 14 | ?, assistant: D'Amico ? | |
| 1972 | "Il ladro di progetti" | 14 | ?, assistant: D'Amico ? | |
| 1972 | "Schiacciate il Cobra" | 14 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Mistero allo zoo" | 14 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Gli schiavi di chiaccio" | 14 | ?, assistant: Giorgio Cambiotti | |
| 1972 | "Fantasmi del mare" | 14 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Un ospite poco gradito" | 14 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Il re de Carson City" | 14 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Il rapitore smemorato" | 16 | ?, assistant: Casabianca ? | |
| 1972 | "Il volto misterioso" | 16 | ?, assistant: ? | |
| 1972 | "Traffico d'oro" | 16 | ?, assistant: Lombardi ? | |
| 1972 | "Il ritorno di Cud il malvagio" | 16 | ?, assistant: Lombardi ? | |
| 1972 | "La setta degli uomini lupo" | 16 | ?, assistant: Lombardi ? |
Mandrake 1973
Casabianca and Lombardi are probably assistants to these stories.
The Phantom 1973
"Attentato all'ombra"
"Lotta disperata"
