Capitan Miki (translation: Captain Miki) is an Italian comic book, created by the trio

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. Miki was first published in

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on 1 July 1951. It gained a great commercial success, selling over 500.000 copies per week and launching the careers of its three authors.

Plot

Miki is a young boy who, after carrying out a number of successful missions is promoted, in spite of his young age, to the rank of

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s in

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. Miki has a young fiancée, Susy, the daughter of the fort commandant. His best friends are Doppio Rhum (Double Rum) and Dottor Salasso (Doctor bloodletting). Doppio Rhum was inspired by the actor

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in many

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s of the 1930s and 1940s, and Dottor Salasso by the drunken Doc, portrayed by Thomas Mitchell in the classic western film ''

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'' (1939).

References

1951 comics debuts 1967 comics endings Child characters in comics Comics characters introduced in 1951 Fictional characters from Nevada Fictional military captains Fictional United States Army Rangers personnel Italian comics characters Italian comics titles Western (genre) comics {{Italy-comics-stub