Angelo Todaro
| Angelo Todaro | |
| Biographical information | |
| Born: | December 17, 1945 |
|---|---|
| Died: | March 22, 2025 |
| Nationality: |  Italian
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| Occupation: | Writer, Artist, Cover artist |
| Website: | Official website |
Angelo Todaro was an Italian artist.
Biography
Born in the Italian Province of Taranto in 1945, Angelo 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, and drew at least one Phantom story. 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".
Phantom works by Angelo Todaro
Stories
Fratelli Spada stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Venus of the Jungle" | ? | Todaro | |
| 2 | "Unattainable Emeralds" | ? | Todaro, Felmang | ¤ |
| 3 | "Like Lightning from the Sky" | ? | Todaro | |
| 4 | "Traffickers in Hong Kong" | ? | Todaro | ¤ |
| 5 | "The Assassination of the Phantom" | ? | Todaro | ¤ |
| 6 | "Desperate Struggle" | ? | Todaro, Cozzi | ¤ |
Bastei stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Curse of the White Goddess" | Mennigen | Todaro |
Frew stories
| # | Title | Writer | Artist |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "The Stubborn Sorcerer" | Todaro | Todaro |
| 2 | "The Honglong Kidnapping, Part 1" | Todaro | Todaro |
| 3 | "The Honglong Kidnapping, Part 2" | Todaro | Todaro |
| 4 | "Shangri-La" | Andersson | Todaro |
| 5 | "The Yacht Thieves" | Todaro | Todaro |
| 6 | "Legacy of the Drummer" | Constant | Todaro |
| 7 | "The New Island of T" | Holden | Todaro |
