Editing Leonardo Ortolani (section)

=== First works and the creation of Rat-Man ===
In 1989 joined [[publishing house]]'' [[Comic Art]]'' to work on two stories: the tragic and the other comic. Publisher Rinaldo Traini published the comic story on the second'' [[Spot (Marvel Comics)|Spot]]'' (supplement of'' [[Eternauta]]'' dedicated to beginners), marking the Birth of Rat-Man.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rat-man.com/site/IT/IT/mondo_ratman.ashx?IdCont=37|title= Fatelo tacere! I - Incaute interviste a un autore logorroico|access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guidafumettoitaliano.com/guida/testate/testata/5833|title=RAT-MAN|access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rat-man.org/la-prima-apparizione-di-rat-man/|title=La prima apparizione di Rat-Man|date=13 July 2011 |access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref>

'' The shocking origins of Rat-Man'' earned Ortolani an award for best newcomer by [[Lucca Comics & Games|Lucca Comics]] of 1990. With this visibility, Leo began to collaborate with [[magazine]]s and independent [[fanzine]]s.

For the fanzine''Made in USA'' he created two more stories starring Rat-Man ('' Topin! The Wonder Mouse!'' And'' From the Future'') and several parodies of [[superhero]]es (including [[X-Men]], [[Fantastic Four]] and [[Superman]]).

The most important works of this cycle are his four parodies of the Fantastic Four. Kirby stopped drawing'' Fantastic Four'' at issue #102. Ortolani wrote numbers 103-106, completely upsetting the group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rat-man.org/i-fantastici-quattro/|title=L'altro Ortolani |date=30 April 2011 |access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rat-man.org/2001/06/13/leo-ortolani-presenta-i-fantastici-quattro/|title=Leo Ortolani presenta: i Fantastici Quattro |date=13 June 2001 |access-date=December 28, 2018}}</ref>
 
Called to military service in the [[Italian Air Force|Air Force]], Ortolani drew inspiration from life in the barracks, gathering his experiences in a detailed diary that became the starting point for'' The last rookie'', a strip on military life (the same as the protagonist Ortolani) which were published as an appendix to'' [[Sturmtruppen|Storm Trooper]]''.

During this period, Ortolani also collaborated on the ''Starcomìx'' humor magazine directed by Luca Boschi and published by [[Star Comics]] in ''Totem Comic'' and ''Totem Extra'', where he made'' The impervious'', ''Clan'', ''The wonder of nature'' and ''The wonders of technology''. In this period he also stripped the series ''Those of Parma'', published in the ''Gazzetta di Parma'', speaking of the city of Parma and its inhabitants, a selection of which was collected in the volume ''Editions Bands Dessinée''. The short stories of the series of ''Wonderland'' were taken years later, collected in three volumes by [[Panini Comics]].