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Pedrito el Drito is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Antonio Terenghi.


Background

One of the most enduring characters in the history of Italian comics, Pedrito el Drito was created by Terenghi in 1952, making his first appearances as a naive cowboy in the appendix to comic books ''Forza John!'' and ''Rocky Rider''.Luigi F. Bona. ''Fumetto - characters e disegnatori''. Electa, 2005. Promoted to sheriff, in 1953 his stories started being regularly published in the comic magazines ''
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References

Italian comics titles Italian comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1952 1952 comics debuts Italian comics Fictional sheriffs Humor comics Comics about married people Western (genre) comics Fictional cowboys and cowgirls {{Comics-char-stub