Italian originals:
Cocco Bill: | 1957–1967 | 1968–1976 | 1978 | 1981–1983 | 1986–1987 | 1997–2002 | Jacovitti Magazine |

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Translations:
Finland: | Cocco Bill | Zorro Kid | Others |
France: | Zorry Kid | Others |
The Netherlands: | Cocco Bill | Zorry Kid | Others |
And: | Brazil | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Norway | Spain | Sweden | Yugoslavia |

Jak Mandolino Stories (4 pgs):
| 1968-A | Manoli' (1970) | 1973-A | 1973-B | 1973-C | 1973-D | 1973-E | 1973-F | 1973-G | 1973-H | 1973-I | 1973-J | Undefined |

Cocco Bill FLASH8, animation © 2008 SidSid Keränen, Cocco Bill character © Benito Jacovitti

Benito Jacovitti

Benito Jacovitti (March 19, 1923 - December 3, 1997) was born in Termoli, Italy. In 1956 he began working for the newspaper Il Giormo, where Cocco Bill was born. Ten years later he join Il Corriere dei Piccoli.

Jak Mandolino [1970-A]:
"Mandoli'"

Format:
© 1970. Signature [JAC 73]. No page numbering. 4 pgs.

Reprint changes (page altering):
No known.

Prints:

• The original appearance unknown.
• [SPA] Jacky Mandoline: "Esto no es màs que un principio...". 4 pgs. B&W.
• [YSL*]: Jak Violončelo: "Tek toliko za početak". 4 pgs. Color. 1973.

Synopsis:
An unlucky criminal Jak Mandolino tries, with a help of his devil side Pop Corn, to pickpocket a man in a green coat, a beggar, an old lady, an apprentice of baker, a kid's car and finally to rob a bank.

Characters:
Jak Mandolino; Pop Corn.

[* Opening page excerpt from the Yugoslavian edition]

Jacovitti prints

• The original Cocco Bill
• The original Zorro Kid
• The other originals
• Jacovitti in Brazil
• Jacovitti in Finland
• Jacovitti in France
• Jacovitti in Germany
• Jacovitti in Greece
• Jacovitti in Hungary
• Jacovitti in the Netherlands
• Jacovitti in Norway
• Jacovitti in Spain
• Jacovitti in Sweden
• Jacovitti in Yugoslavia

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Created: August 4, 2010. Modified: November 30, 2014.