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Gim Toro

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Gim Toro
File:Gim Toro.jpg
Creative team
Writer(s) Andrea Lavezzolo
Artist(s) Edgardo Dell'Acqua

Gim Toro is an Italian comic book series created by Andrea Lavezzolo and Edgardo Dell'Acqua.

Background[edit | edit source]

Published in 1946 in an eponymous comic book series, the comics had an immediate success;[1][2] in 1947 the main series was joined by the parallel series Gimtorissimo, still written by Lavezzolo but with illustrations by other artists.[2] The success lasted until the beginning of 1950, and the series ended in 1951.[2] It was republished several times until the second half of seventies.[2] The main character, Gim Toro, is an Italian-American with the likeness of actor Tyrone Power.[2][3]

File:Collana Juventus Serie Gialla 1.jpg
Cover of Gim Toro's first appearance

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Franco Fossati, I grandi eroi del fumetto, Gramese, 1990, pp.116-117.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 B.P. Boschesi, Manuale dei fumetti, Mondadori, 1976, pp. 89-90.
  3. Gianni Bono, Guida al fumetto italiano, Epierre, 2003, pp. 910-914.