Antonio Twistelli

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Antonio Carlo Twistelli
Character Information
Name of birth	Antonio Carlo Twistelli
Important epithets	Tony Twist Vito Gravano Don Dracula
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Place of birth	Villalba
Known affiliations	New York Mafia
Notable relationships	Bernardo Twistelli (brother)
Occupation	Crimelord
Behind the Scenes
Created by	Todd McFarlane
First appearance	Spawn #6

Image Comics Fandom More information on this character is available here: Antonio Twistelli.

Antonio "Tony Twist" Twistelli, also known as Vito Gravano, is a New York Mafia boss in New York City.

History

Tony was born and raised in Villalba, Sicily as was the youngest son of a poor family of farmers. Despite this, he ascended in the clergy due to family connections. However, Antonio was more ambitious, and his thirst for money and power led him to join gangs in Sicily. He soon gained a reputation for violence and intelligence. This caught the attention of the Sicilian Mafia head, and he had Antonio sent to America at age 18 under the name Tony Twist to continue criminal activities in another country.

Over time, Tony became the powerful crime lord of New York, earning the loyalty of hundreds of men, including Jason Wynn, whose connections were used to cover his empire's tracks.

Trivia

• In the animated HBO Spawn series, he was missing a finger on his left hand.
• Due to the legal dispute with the Canadian hockey player Anthony Rory Twist (also nicknamed "Tony Twist"), whom McFarlane had acknowledged that the mob boss was named after, Antonio Twistelli was renamed to "Vito Gravano" in later reprints of the comics.