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|image= [[Image:Angelo Todaro.jpg|200px]]  
|image= [[Image:Angelo Todaro.jpg|200px]]  
|Born= Fragagnano, December 17, 1945
|Born= Fragagnano, December 17, 1945
|Died=
|Died= March 22, 2025
|Nationality= [[Image:Mini_italy.gif]] Italian
|Nationality= [[Image:Mini_italy.gif]] Italian
|Occupation=[[:Category:Artists|Artist]]
|Occupation=[[:Category:Artists|Artist]]
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In 1967 he worked for the [[Fratelli Spada]], drawing many stories "[[Mandrake the Magician]]" aswell as some "[[The Phantom|Phantom]]" stories. Also for Fratelli Spada, he did some episodes of "Rip Kirby" signed under the pseudonym of '''Al Todd'''.
In 1967 he worked for the [[Fratelli Spada]], drawing many stories "[[Mandrake the Magician]]" aswell as some "[[The Phantom|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.
After this period, he worked with the [[Alberto Giolitti|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".
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 ===
=== [[Fratelli Spada stories]] by Angelo Todaro ===
====Mandrake 1967====
====1967====
=====Mandrake=====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:spada-FP-089-fr.jpg|"[[Pioggia malefica (Spada)|Pioggia malefica]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
Image:spada-FP-089-fr.jpg|"[[Pioggia malefica (Spada)|Pioggia malefica]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
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</gallery>
</gallery>


====Mandrake 1968====
====1968====
=====Mandrake=====
<gallery>
<gallery>
spada-FP-116-fr.jpg|"[[Il signore del gelo (Spada)|Il signore del gelo]]"
spada-FP-116-fr.jpg|"[[Il signore del gelo (Spada)|Il signore del gelo]]"
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Image:spada-FP-142.jpg|"[[Il mistero insolubile (Spada)|Il mistero insolubile]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/product_info.php?products_id=4057 some pages online])''
Image:spada-FP-142.jpg|"[[Il mistero insolubile (Spada)|Il mistero insolubile]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/product_info.php?products_id=4057 some pages online])''
Image:spada-FP-146.jpg|"[[Mandrake e gli esseri misteriosi (Spada)|Mandrake e gli esseri misteriosi]]"
Image:spada-FP-146.jpg|"[[Mandrake e gli esseri misteriosi (Spada)|Mandrake e gli esseri misteriosi]]"
Image:spada-FP-150-fr.jpg|"[[Il nemico nell'ombra (Spada)|Il nemico nell'ombra]]"
Image:spada-FP-150.jpg|"[[Il nemico nell'ombra (Spada)|Il nemico nell'ombra]]"
Image:spada-FP-156.jpg|"[[La minaccia di megafumo (Spada)|La minaccia di Megafumo]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
Image:spada-FP-156.jpg|"[[La minaccia di megafumo (Spada)|La minaccia di Megafumo]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
Image:spada-FP-157.jpg|"[[Fumo contro Fumo (Spada)|Fumo contro Fumo]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
Image:spada-FP-157.jpg|"[[Fumo contro Fumo (Spada)|Fumo contro Fumo]]"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 online])''
</gallery>
</gallery>


====The Phantom 1968====
=====The Phantom=====
<gallery>
<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>
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>
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-01-censored.jpg|Italy vs France
</gallery>
</gallery>
Interestingly, a panel was censored in this story when it was published in France.


====Mandrake 1969====
====1969====
=====Mandrake=====
<gallery>
<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>  
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>  
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Image:spada-FP-167.jpg|"[[Il tunnel misterioso (Spada)|Il tunnel misterioso]]"
Image:spada-FP-167.jpg|"[[Il tunnel misterioso (Spada)|Il tunnel misterioso]]"
</gallery>
</gallery>
 
=====The Phantom=====
====The Phantom 1969====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-02.jpg|"Smeraldi irraggiungibili"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-02.jpg|"Smeraldi irraggiungibili"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''<small> signed TOD</small>
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-03.jpg|"Una folgore dal cielo"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-03.jpg|"Una folgore dal cielo"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-04.jpg|"Trafficanti a Hong Kong"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
Image:spada-TPFP-Todaro-04.jpg|"Trafficanti a Hong Kong"<br>''([http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_153 online])''
</gallery>
</gallery>


====Mandrake 1971====
====1971====
=====Mandrake=====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:spada-FP-178.jpg|"[[Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline (Spada)|Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline]]"
Image:spada-FP-178.jpg|"[[Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline (Spada)|Suspence a sud-ovest delle Caroline]]"
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</gallery>
</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====
{| {{table}}
!# !!Year !!Title !!Pages !!Note
|-
| E || 1973 || "Attentato all'ombra" || 16 ||
|-
| F || 1973 || "Lotta disperata" || 16 ||assistant: Athos Cozzi
|-
|}


=== Fratelli Spada covers ===
=== Fratelli Spada covers ===
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</gallery>
</gallery>


====Editions des Remparts covers====
====Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux ====
=====Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux =====
<gallery>
<gallery>
Image:mmm-201.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 201|''Mandrake'' #201]]</center>
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-202.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 202|''Mandrake'' #202]]</center>
Image:mmm-206.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 206|''Mandrake'' #206]]</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-213.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 213|''Mandrake'' #213]]</center>
Image:mmm-238.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 238|''Mandrake'' #238]]</center>
Image:mmm-238.jpg|<center>[[Mandrake (Mondes Mystérieux) 238|''Mandrake'' #238]]</center>
</gallery>
=== Original art by Angelo Todaro ===
<gallery>
Image:Spada-FP-102-original-art-b.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 21|''Mandrake'' #21]]
Image:Ilvascellomandrake-02-086-Original art.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 86|''Mandrake'' #86]]
Image:Ilvascellomandrake-02-088-Original-Art.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 88|''Mandrake'' #88]]
Image:Ilvascellomandrake-02-099-Original-Cover.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 99|''Mandrake'' #99]]
Image:Spada-FP-164-Original art.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 108|''Mandrake'' #108]]
Image:Spada-FP-167-Original art.jpg|[[Mandrake - Il Vascello nuova serie 114|''Mandrake'' #114]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 Angelo Todaro: Some Mandrake issues online]
*[http://www.angelotodaro.it/index.php?cPath=117_150 Angelo Todaro: Some Mandrake issues online]
*[https://www.guidafumettoitaliano.com/guida/persone/persona/491 Guida al Fumetto Italiano: Angelo Raffaele Todaro]
*[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/todaro_angelo.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Angelo Todaro]
*[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/todaro_angelo.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Angelo Todaro]
*[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/Angelo_Todaro PhantomWiki: Angelo Todaro]
*[https://www.phantomwiki.org/index.php/Angelo_Todaro PhantomWiki: Angelo Todaro]

Latest revision as of 09:59, 5 July 2026

Angelo Raffaele Todaro
Biographical information
Born: Fragagnano, December 17, 1945
Died: March 22, 2025
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
    "La venere della giungla"
    (online), signed A. Todaro
  • Italy vs France
    Italy vs France

Interestingly, a panel was censored in this story when it was published in France.

1969

Mandrake
The Phantom
  • "Smeraldi irraggiungibili" (online) signed TOD
    "Smeraldi irraggiungibili"
    (online) signed TOD
  • "Una folgore dal cielo" (online)
    "Una folgore dal cielo"
    (online)
  • "Trafficanti a Hong Kong" (online)
    "Trafficanti a Hong Kong"
    (online)

1971

Mandrake

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"
    "Attentato all'ombra"
  • "Lotta disperata"
    "Lotta disperata"

Fratelli Spada covers

Mandrake - Albi de Il Vascello - nouvo serie

Mandrake - Mondes Mystérieux

Original art by Angelo Todaro

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