List of Italian/Italian-American superheroes and villains

Heroes

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• Argoman (Come rubare la corona d'Inghilterra, 1967)
• Asso di Picche / Ace of Spades (Albi Uragano magazine, 1945)
• Atlas (Created by Luigi Grecchi and Loredano Ugolini, 1960)
• Atoman (alien-human hybrid, Italian comic)
• Atomik (Created by Luciano Secchi and Paulo Piffarerio, 1962)
• Balance / Debora Crovi (member of Gemini, Marvel Italia)
• Barbel
• Brendon
• Captain Hot Wheels (Magic Boy / Mattel Italia)
• Capitan Italia (The X-Team, Flag fanzine, 1994)
• Ciclone (a.k.a. l’uomo atomico / the Atomic Man, created by Andrea Lavezzolo and Carlo Cossio, 1945)
• The Darkness / Jackie Estacado (Image / Top Cow)
• Devil
• Dylan Dog (Created by Tiziano Sclavi.)
• Euroforce (Marvel Italia)
• Fascinax
• Flashman
• Front / Gabriel Caine (member of Gemini, Marvel Italia)
• Gemini (Marvel Italia)
• Goldface (Goldface, il fantastico superman, 1968)
• Grip / Brandon Blake (member of Gemini, Marvel Italia)
• The Huntress or Helena Rosa Bertinelli, DC
• Il Massacratore (ally of Captain Italia, Flag fanzine)
• (Note: There is a possibility that Iron Man may have some Italian heritage. It is speculated Anthony Starks may be half Italian or half Hispanic on his mother's side. Marvel)
• Jonathan Steele
• Junior (L'Intrepido magazine, 1960)
• Lancelot (S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, member of Gemini, Marvel Italia)
• Lazarus Ledd (Italian comic)
• Lost Kidz
• l'Ombra / The Shadow (Created by Alfredo Castelli and Fernando Tacconi, 1974)
• Luigi from the Nintendo video games
• L’Uomo Blindato / The Armoured Man
• Magic Patrol
• Makabar
• Marino, il ragazzo degli abissi / Marino, the Boy of the Abysses
• Mario from the Nintendo video games
• Martin Mystère (Created and written by Alfredo Castelli)
• Maskar
• Medioman (Mai Dire Grande Fratello TV series, 2001)
• Medium
• Mirko (Created by Vittorio Cossio and Carlo Cossio, 1947)
• Misterix (Albi Him Piu Belle Aventure, 1946)
• Mistero / Mystery (Drama sul Mare, 1946)
• Omerta (Marvel)
• Claire Bennet on TV series Heroes
• Nathan Petrelli on TV series Heroes
• Peter Petrelli on TV series Heroes
• Sara Pezzini, wielder of the Witchblade, Image / Top Cow
• Plutos (Created by Gian Luigi Bonelli and Leone Cimpellin, 1949)
• Pumaman (L' Uomo puma / Pumaman, ADR Films 1980)
• The Punisher or Frank Castiglione (Half Italian. Later shortened to Castle), Marvel
• Radar (alien, Italian comic)
• Ramarro (Tempi Supplementari, 1986)
• Rat-Man
• Razzo, L’Uomo di Plastica / Rocket, the Man of Plastic (alien w/ Italian name, La Setta, May 1948)
• Roal, Il Tarzan del mare / Roal, the Tarzan of the Seas
• Simbolo / Symbol (Troglo Comics Ltd. and Factory, 1998)
• Slim, il ragazzo d'acciaio / Slim, the Steel Boy
• Strong Guy or Guido Carosella
• Suede / Nicholas Blake (member of Gemini, Marvel Italia)
• Superargo (Superargo contro Diabolikus 1967)
• Supersonic Man (Spanish/Italian movie, 1979)
• Super Women (Italian comic character, Created by Clelia Ferrario and Renato Frascoli, 1966)
• Tanks L'uomo D'Acciaio / Tanks the Steel Man
• Tex Willer
• Three Fantastic Supermen (Italian comic)
• Tiramolla
• Video Boy (Magic Boy / Mattel Italia)
• Yorga (Cow Boy weekly comic journal, 1945)
• Zakimort
• Za-Gor-Te-Ney (Italian comic created by writer Guido Nolitta (under the pen name of Sergio Bonelli) and artist Galieno Ferri)

Villains

• The Bertinelli crime family from the Batman comic book series, DC
• The Costa and Maggia crime families from the Punisher comic book series, Marvel
• Count Nefaria or Count Luchino Nefaria, Marvel
• Carmine Falcone, DC
• Diabolik
• Don Fortunato
• Franchetti Family (Image / Top Cow)
• Frankie Franchetti (Jackie's adopted father, killed by the Darkness, Image / Top Cow)
• Paulie Franchetti (Jackie's cousin, killed by the Darkness, Image / Top Cow)
• Jigsaw or Billy Russo, Marvel
• Killing
• Kriminal
• Sal Maroni and the Maroni crime family, DC
• Satanik
• Tony Zucco, DC

External links

• Internationalhero (Superheroes from around the World)

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