Jordi Bernet was born in 1944 in Barcelona, Spain. His grandfather was writer of novels and his father was a famous cartoonist of his time. Of the four brothers, two were fine artists and the other two also drew for the comics. Jordi Bernet was only fifteen years old when his father died As a cartoonist himself, he pleaded with the editor to let him carry on his father's strip. Reluctantly the editor agreed and Jordi never looked back. Jordi is Bernet is well recognized in the United States for the series of a hired gun of the thirties simply called Torpedo 1