Bibliograph

Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt ; translated by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi

Type

Label

Corto Maltese, Hugo Pratt ; translated by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Corto Maltese

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

893163738

Responsibility statement

Hugo Pratt ; translated by Dean Mullaney and Simone Castaldi

Series statement

The Corto Maltese seriesThe Library of American comics

Summary

This book, the first of twelve volumes, launches the definitive English-language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts... The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first thirty years of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt's native Venice, the steppes of Manchuria, the Caribbean islands, the Danakil deserts, the Amazon forests, and the waves of the Pacific. Follows the adventures of ship captain Corto Maltese in South America, where he transports an Englishman researching the lost continent of Mu and encounters Brazilian sorceresses, native rebels, Germans, and treasure hunters

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Under the sign of Capricorn

Classification