In his first appearances, Diabolik was a more straightforward villain who did not hesitate to murder anyone in order to accomplish his deeds. He seems to have a deep knowledge in many scientific fields, including chemistry, mechanics and computers. He typically steals from wealthy people (and has no issue with killing them if need be, but rarely kills the innocent or the police, and has a set of lifelike masks which he uses to fool his opponents, assuming their identities. The pocketbook format contributed, in fact, to the success of the character.ĭiabolik and Eva Kant portrayed by Sergio Zaniboni.ĭiabolik is a ruthless master thief. Thus was born the "Diabolik format" (a small 12 x 17 cm book), which proved popular with other publications in the same genre. To better understand the tastes of her potential readers, Angela made a survey of the market, from which she concluded that many commuters read mystery novels another version of the story claims that the very idea came from her finding a Fantomas novel abandoned in a train.
Creator Angela Giussani, who lived near the Milano Cadorna Railway Station, thought of making comics in a format designed for travelling and carrying in one's pocket. In the case of Mario Gomboli (historical subject writer of the King of Terror and director of the Astorina Publishing House) he joined Tito Faraci and Giuseppe Palumbo to tell an anecdote of Ginko's past which enriched and integrated what was narrated in Ginko: before Diabolik.Diabolik was born from seeing commuters every day. Five years later L'ombra della luna was created, a triptych of episodes set in the past of the three main characters of the diabolika saga.
For the prologue and the epilogue of the episode, which traditionally had to be done by a hand "different" from the body of the story, the choice fell on Pierluigi Cerveglieri, a proven author of several albums in the classic series. That the drawings were always to be entrusted to the already expert Giuseppe Palumbo was inevitable.
Finally SAndrone Dazieri, Tito Faraci and Mario Gomboli reconstruct, with Giuseppe Palumbo, the life of Ginko before his meeting with the king of terror.When the book dedicated to Ginko's past was designed, Astorina, reminiscent of Eva Kant's success: when Diabolik was not there, he called again Tito Faraci (eclectic screenwriter, capable of going from "Mickey" to "Diabolik") and Sandrone Dazieri (money order writer: just mention the Gorilla series). For years nothing has been known about the inspector's past.
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