# Angelo Todaro

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**Angelo Todaro** (17 December 1945 – 22 March 2025), also known under the pen names **Paul Bennett** and **Al Todd**, was an Italian comics artist, comics writer and essayist whose career spanned over 50 years.

## Life and career

Born in [Fragagnano](/source/Fragagnano), at young age Todaro moved to Rome where he studied at the local [Liceo artistico](/source/Liceo_artistico).[1] He made his professional debut in 1964, creating the crime comics series *Gordon Schott*.[1] After creating the sci-fi series *Alika*, in 1967 he started a long collaboration with the publisher Fratelli Spada, becoming the author of the Italian versions of *[Mandrake the Magician](/source/Mandrake_the_Magician)*, *[The Phantom](/source/The_Phantom)* and *[Rip Kirby](/source/Rip_Kirby)*.[1][2]

Starting from the late 1960s, Todaro collaborated with numerous international publishers, notably illustrating *[Turok](/source/Turok)* and *[Star Trek](/source/Star_Trek_(comics))* for [Western Publishing](/source/Western_Publishing), *[Martin's Marvellous Mini](/source/List_of_Tiger_stories#Martin's_Marvellous_Mini)* for [International Publishing Company](/source/International_Publishing_Company), and the western series [*Buffalo Bill*](/source/Buffalo_Bill_(comics)) and [*Lasso*](/source/Lasso_(comics)) for the West-German publisher Basteï Verlag.[1] Between 1970s and 1990s he was also an author of erotic comics for the publishers [Ediperiodici](/source/Ediperiodici) and [Edifumetto](/source/Edifumetto).[1] Starting from 2016, he collaborated with [Frew Publications](/source/Frew_Publications) for *[The Phantom](/source/The_Phantom)*.[1][2]

Todaro was also active as an essayist, mostly interested in the military and political history of [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[1] He was the founder of the Studio Puntolinea.[2] He was also editor in a number of magazines.[1] He died in [Martina Franca](/source/Martina_Franca) on 22 March 2025, at the age of 79.[3]

## References

1. Bechis, Cesare (25 March 2025). ["Taranto, addio ad Angelo Todaro: il fumettista che dalla Puglia disegnò le avventure di Mandrake e L'uomo mascherato"](https://bari.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/25_marzo_25/taranto-addio-ad-angelo-todaro-il-fumettista-che-dalla-puglia-disegno-le-avventure-di-mandrake-e-l-uomo-mascherato-0b1f867e-5792-4c4d-86d3-c5f1efdd9xlk.shtml) (in it-IT). *[Corriere della Sera](/source/Corriere_della_Sera)*. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

1. Redazione (24 March 2025). ["È morto Angelo Todaro, che disegnò Mandrake e l'Uomo Mascherato"](https://fumettologica.it/2025/03/angelo-todaro-morto-fumetti-mandrake-uomo-mascherato/) (in it-IT). *[Fumettologica](/source/Fumettologica)*. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

1. Valerio, Biagio (24 March 2025). ["Morto Angelo Todaro, dalla Puglia disegnò le avventure Phantom, Mandrake e le storie di Star Trek"](https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/03/24/news/e_morto_angelo_todaro_dalla_puglia_disegno_avventure_phantom_mandrake_star_trek-424082839/?ref=-BH-I0-P-S1-T1) (in Italian). *[la Repubblica](/source/La_Repubblica)*. Retrieved 2 April 2025.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.angelotodaro.it/)
- [Angelo Todaro](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/todaro_angelo.htm) at [Lambiek](/source/Lambiek)

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