Name: Corto Maltese
ISBN: 9780789324986

Hugo Pratt

Follows the adventures of Corto Maltese who is picked up by a Russian pirate after being stranded at sea in the Pacific during World War I.

The Ballad of the Salt Sea

Corto Maltese

The second volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, Corto Maltese, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts. "Mushroom Heads" begins in Maracaibo, Venezuela, where Corto Maltese and Professor Steiner lead an expedition on the trail of the legendary El Dorado, financed by the antiquarian Levi Colombia. In "Banana Conga," Corto has his first and nearly fatal encounter with the beautiful yet dangerous mercenary Venexiana Stevenson. Within this framework of adventure, Hugo Pratt weaves themes dealing with the exploitation of indigenous people, the noble struggle to gain freedom and independence, and how cowardice can poison men of all classes. The action, set in 1917, takes Corto Maltese from the Mosquito Coast to Barbados to a deadly struggle among Jivaro head-hunters in the Peruvian Amazon.

Beyond the Windy Isles

Yago Ramalho

Venise "La Sérénissime", Venise des cours cachées et des sociétés secrètes, cite aux mille mystères, où depuis la nuit des temps se croisent les marins, les philosophes et les mages... Où Corto revient toujours, attiré par quelque rébus et son goût incurable, immodéré de l'aventure. À lui de trouver la clef qui lui permettra de mettre la main sur "La clavicule de Salomon", cachée au cœur d'une fable séculaire et convoitée par des francs-maçons, des guerriers et des fous...

Fable de Venise

Julia A.

"Dans Buenos Aires soumis aux rythmes sensuels du tango en même temps qu'aux manoeuvres d'une poignée de nantis et d'hommes de main, Corto cherche à venger son amie.

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