Leo Ortolani
ʻO Leonardo Ortolani (hānau ʻia 14 Ianuali 1967), ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka inoa ʻo Leo, he mea kākau mele ʻItalia, ka mea nāna i hana i ka moʻolelo puke moʻolelo ʻo Rat-Man. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Pisa. I ka makahiki 1968, ua neʻe ʻo Ortolani i Parma, kahi i noho ai ʻo ia me kāna wahine ʻo Caterina a me kāna mau kaikamahine hānai ʻo Johanna lāua ʻo Lucy Maria.
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ua hōʻike ʻo Ortolani i ka makemake nui i ka honua o nā puke moʻolelo, a ʻo The Fantastic Four na Jack Kirby lāua ʻo Stan Lee, e pili ana i kāna ʻano moʻolelo.
Ma hope o kona pau ʻana i ke kula kiʻekiʻe, ua kākau inoa ʻo ia ma ke Kulanui o Parma e aʻo i ka Geology. ʻOiai ʻo Ortolani i ke kulanui, ua huki mua ʻo Ortolani i kāna mau kiʻi, a ua lilo ke kumumanaʻo o ke kālaihonua i puʻupuʻu no nā pukana mua o kāna hana nui, ʻo Rat-Man.