Akim is the title character of an Italian adventure comic series created by writer

Roberto Renzi Roberto Renzi (10 February 1923 – 23 October 2018) was an Italian cartoonist. Biography Renzi began writing comics in 1942 during World War II. He created titles such as ''Il principe nero'', ''Scugnizzo'', ''Il piccolo corsaro'', ''Zan della ...

and illustrator

Augusto Pedrazza Augusto is an Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish given name or surname. Notable people with the name include: * Augusto Aníbal *Augusto dos Anjos * Augusto Arbizo *Augusto Barbera (born 1938), Italian law professor, politician and judge *Augusto B ...

. A Tarzanesque comic book series, it was published by Tomasina from 1950 to 1967. It was also successfully exported in Germany, Greece (where it was renamed ''Tarzan'') and in France, where Renzi and Pedrazza kept to produce new stories even after the series closed in Italy. The series was later reprised in Italy in 1976 by publishers Altamira (currently

Sergio Bonelli Editore Sergio Bonelli Editore (formerly CEPIM and other names) is a publishing house of Italian comics founded in 1940 by Gian Luigi Bonelli (1908–2001). It takes its name from its former president, comic book writer Sergio Bonelli (1932–2011), son of ...

) and Quadrifoglio until 1983, when it finally closed.

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Italian comic strips Italian comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1950 1950 comics debuts 1967 comics endings 1976 comics debuts 1983 comics endings Jungle (genre) comics Jungle men Jungle superheroes Fictional feral children Historical comics {{Italy-comics-stub