Who is better known as Topolino in Italy?
Topolino rights, so when Emmanuel (Disney's representative in Italy) protested, Nerbini changed the title of the comic book into "Topo Lino" (Mouse Lino), replacing Mickey Mouse with "Topo Lino", another mouse. When Nerbini bought the publication rights from Disney and King Featured Syndacate, he changed the title back to "Topolino". Floyd Gottfredson's stories made their debut into "Topolino" #7 with a Sunday page featuring Mickey, his girlfriend Minnie Mouse, and Mickey's nephews Morty and Ferdie Fieldmouse. "Topolino" published mainly Mickey Mouse Sunday pages; the daily strips were published on the supplement to the newspaper. "Topolino" had eight pages and also published
Topolino Mouse stories by Floyd Gottfredson. "Topolino" also began publishing Donald Duck stories by Carl Barks. "Topolino" #713 published the first episode of "Topolino e il cobra bianco", written by Guido Martina and drawn by Angelo Bioletto; this was the first long Italian story to be published in the newspaper. In 1949, Mario Gentilini, "Topolino"'s director, decided to convert the newspaper into a pocket comic book containing only Disney stories. The last issue of "Topolino (giornale)" was #738; on April 10, 1949 the first issue of "Topolino" digest ("libretto") format was released. "Topolino" started as a monthly comic book, and the