Baldo (Italian comics)
Baldo is the title character of an Italian comic series created by Luciano Bottaro. He is a Canadian Mountie. Background It debuted in 1952, in the children magazine Gaie fantasie. Its stories were later published, until 1987, in a number of Edizioni Alpe (later Edizioni Bianconi) comic magazines, such as Tiramolla, Pepito and Cucciolo. Baldo was also the title character of a shortliving comic book series, published from 1979 to 1980. The comic was also published with some success in France, between 1954 and 1982, by the editor Sagéditions. Many stories have been made specifically for the French market by Carlo Chendi as writer and by Guido Scala and Giorgio Rebuffi as illustrators. References Italian comics titles Comics characters introduced in 1952 Italian comics characters 1952 comics debuts 1987 comics endings Italian comics Humor comics Comics set in Canada Fictional Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Male characters in comics