''Il Piccolo Sceriffo'' (i.e. "The Little Sheriff") was an
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comic book series created by writer Tristano Torelli with illustrator Camillo Zuffi and later developed by numerous authors. It originally ran from 1948 until 1966.
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series featuring a teenage hero, it debuted on June 10, 1948 and got an immediate success.
[Luciano Secchi. "Piccolo Sceriffo (Il)". ''Enciclopedia Mondiale del Fumetto''. Editoriale Corno, 1978. p.625.] In 1951 Gianna Arguissola replaced Torelli as writer.
Each issue was a self-contained episode of an unfolding story which recounted the adventures of the young orphan Kit Hodgkin, who after having captured the murderers of his sheriff father is acclaimed new sheriff.
In 1959, inspired by the success of ''
Intrepido
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'', the publication adopted a similar pocket format, changed its name in ''Il Nuovo Sceriffo'' ("The New Sheriff") and became a proper comic magazine presenting several additional adventure series, while the main series was renamed ''Kid lo sceriffo'' ("Kid The Sheriff").
[ In 1962 the magazine changed its name in ''Il Nuovo Sceriffo presenta Radar'', and in 1963 it eventually split in two magazines, ''Radar'' and ''Sceriffo Gigante'', with only the latter continuing to publish ''Piccolo Sceriffo'' series.][
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Legacy
During the years the comic book series was republished several times under different titles, including ''Albo dello Sceriffo'', ''Raccolta del Piccolo Sceriffo'', ''Racconti dello Sceriffo'' and ''Sceriffo Kit''.Ferdinando Tacconi
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, and an erotic photonovel
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series, published in the magazine ''Caballero'' in 1972. The comic was also adapted in a 1950 medium-length film with the same name, directed by Vittorio Sala
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Selected filmography
* '' A Woman Alone'' (1956)
* '' Wild Cats on the Beach'' (1959)
* ''Colossus and the Amazon Queen'' (1960)
* ''I Don Giovanni della Costa ...
and presented at the 11th edition
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of the Venice Film Festival
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See also
Other comics series created by Tristano Torelli:
*'' Carnera'' (1947–1950)
*''Sciuscià
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'' (1949–1956)
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Italian comics titles
1948 establishments in Italy
1966 disestablishments in Italy
Defunct comics
Comics magazines published in Italy
Western (genre) comics