The Kansas Kid was a western adventurer who helped tame
the West. He fought outlaws, conmen and bandits who terrorized the Wild West.
He would team up with lawmen, the army and an occasional sidekick when needed
to help them and himself in his heroic stand against lawbreakers.
The Kansas Kid was a weekly issued comic from January
1948 – February 1950
There were only 8 pages per issue and the size was small
and was published by Ricciardelli Mauro in Milan, Italy with artwork by Stefano
Piselli. The character was created by Carlo Cossio It would be eventually
published in Italian, French, English.
Carlo had two brothers Gino and Vittorio. He began his career
making, together with Vittorio, some animated short films, beginning in 1928,
mainly one reelers.
Later he devoted himself to comics, working in small
fumettos; later the fascist regime censored all foreign comics, and Carlo
Cossio was among the authors who created Italians heroes; such as Dick
Lightning (written by Vincenzo Baggioli ) in 1938 and published on L'Audace .
He continued to work on comic books and strips until 1955.
Cossio created many other characters including: Furio
Almirante (1940), Tanks, the Man of Steel (1945), The Kansas Kid (1947), and
Buffalo Bill (1951).
He also designed the stories Gim Toro and, among the last
works before his death, a register called Kolosso. Cossio died in Milan, Italy
on August 10, 1964.
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