Corto Maltese
#5 - In Africa
(1987)
NBM,
1986 Series
- Volume
- 5
- Price
- 8.95 USD
- Pages
- 100
- On-sale Date
- 1987
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- ?
- Brand
-
NBM
- ISBN
-
0-918348-38-2
- Editing
- ?
Corto Maltese in Africa
Corto Maltese / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Hugo Pratt; Bhob (cover designer)
- Inks
- Hugo Pratt
- Colors
- Bhob
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese
[introduction]
Corto Maltese / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 6 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese; Hugo Pratt (photograph); Lawrence of Arabia (photo of Peter O'Toole); Cush
- Reprints
-
from Corto Maltese (Casterman, 1975 series) #2 - Les Éthiopiques (janvier 1978) - From 1978 European originals
-
Indexer Notes
Includes map of WWI in Africa.
In the Name of Allah the Merciful
Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese; Cush; El Oxford; Prince Abdul; Abdullah Pacha; Caid
- Synopsis
- Maltese, El Oxford and Cush set out to rescue Prince Abdul from the Turks. They destroy most of a fortress and are rescued by Scottish troops.
- Reprints
-
from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #183 (21 août 1972)
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The Coup de Grace
Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese; Cush; Captain Bradt [Juda O'Leary]; Simon O'Leary; The Mad Mullah
- Synopsis
- Bradt has Cush thrown in jail for drinking. Bradt tells his story to Maltese and reveals he's the Irish revolutionary Juda O'Leary who betrayed his brother to the English. The Mad Mullah attacks and kills everyone but Maltese who's rescued by Cush.
- Reprints
- from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #194 (13 novembre 1972)
-
More Romeos, More Juliets
Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese; Cush; Shamael the wizard; Harg, Cush's brother; Ras Yaqob; Rhomah, Cush's brother; Fala Mariam
- Synopsis
- Maltese gets caught between two tribes that are fighting over the missing Fala Mariam who's been kidnapped by a madman.
- Reprints
- from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #204 (22 janvier 1973)
-
Indexer Notes
Very loosely based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji
Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages
- Genre
- adventure
- Characters
- Corto Maltese; Lieutenant Tenton; Captain MacGregor; Corporal Mungo; Dave Brukoi [Big Tom Tom]; Kapitan Lothar Slutter; Sahad El Cairo; Sgt. Saxon; Lt McNott
- Synopsis
- Maltese helps the Leopard Men recover the gold they were promised from the wrecked German ship, the Konigsberg, after they were betrayed by Sgt. Saxon.
- Reprints
- from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #217 (23 avril 1973)
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
Corto Maltese in Africa
Corto Maltese -
1.
[introduction]
Corto Maltese -
2.
In the Name of Allah the Merciful
Corto Maltese -
3.
The Coup de Grace
Corto Maltese -
4.
More Romeos, More Juliets
Corto Maltese -
5.
The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji
Corto Maltese
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- Jochen G.
- Mike Nielsen
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- Jim Stangas
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