''Tony Falco'' was an Italian comic book series created and written by

Andrea Lavezzolo Andrea Lavezzolo (12 December 1905 – 16 November 1981) was an Italian novelist and short story writer who created and wrote many prominent Italian comics of the 1940s and 1950s. Life and career Lavezzolo was born in Paris to Italian parents. Th ...

with illustrations by

Andrea Bresciani Andrea Bresciani (29 January 1923 – 7 February 2006) was an Italian-born comics artist, illustrator, and animator. Of Slovenian origin, he was born Dušan Brešan in Tolmino (at the time part of Italy) and emigrated to Australia in 1950. Amongs ...

. It was published weekly in 48 issues from 1948 to 1949.

Background

Tony Falco was the second major comic character created by Lavezzolo, and was reputedly his favourite. Each issue was a self-contained episode of an unfolding story which recounted the adventures of Tony Falco, an Italian engineer working in Egypt. The first issue, published on 11 December 1948, was entitled ''I misteri della Casbah'' (The Mysteries of the

Kasbah A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress, most commonly the citadel or fortified quarter of a city. It is also equivalent to the term ''alca ...

). The last issue, published on 5 November 1949 was entitled ''Il rogo sul mare'' (The Burning Sea). The entire series was republished in facsimile in 1975 by the Associazione Nazionale Amici del Fumetto.Scaringi, Carlo (5 December 2005)
"Un secolo fa, Lavezzolo"
''AFN News''. Retrieved 13 September 2016 .Fossati, Franco (1992)
"Lavezzolo, Andrea"
p. 158. ''Dizionario Illustrato del Fumetto''. Mondadori.

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{{Reflist Italian comics titles Italian comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1948 Fictional Italian people Fictional engineers

Background

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