13 Facts About Topolino

1.

Topolino is an Italian digest-sized comic series featuring Disney comics.

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2.

The first issue of Topolino was published on December 31,1932: it contained Mickey's first Italian story drawn by Giove Toppi.

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3.

Topolino published mainly Mickey Mouse Sunday pages; the daily strips were published in the supplement to the newspaper.

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4.

Topolino had eight pages and published non-Disney comic strips such as Tim Tyler's Luck.

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5.

In 1935 Topolino published Bobo the Elephant, Mickey Mouse and the sacred jewel and Mickey Mouse and Pluto the racer.

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6.

Topolino continued to publish Mickey Mouse stories until February 3,1942 when they were forced by the fascist government to stop publishing Mickey's stories.

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7.

Topolino started as a monthly comic book, and the first issue was released on April 10,1949: it had 100 pages and its price was 60 lire.

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8.

However Topolino published mainly American stories by Carl Barks, Floyd Gottfredson, Paul Murry and others and in 1951 the periodical published only American stories.

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9.

Topolino created many new characters such as Atomo Bleep-Bleep, Trudy Van Tubb, and Brigitta MacBridge, a female duck enamoured of Scrooge.

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10.

Topolino created Reginella, an alien female duck enamoured of Donald Duck; unfortunately, their love is impossible.

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11.

Topolino wrote many sagas, i e I signori della galassia, C'era una volta in America and The Time machine saga.

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12.

Topolino wrote some stories, such as the Ice Sword Saga starring Mickey and Goofy in a fantasy word threatened by the "Lord of the Mists".

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13.

Topolino wrote and drew some stories, such as the great parodies Guerra e pace and Zio Paperone e il mistero dei Candelabri.

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