Corto Maltese #6 - The Ethiopian

(June 2016)

[introduction] (Table of Contents: 1)

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Cort Maltese was the first European strip to advance a mature, artistically serious sensibility within the traditional adventure format.

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Inside facing half of front gatefold cover. Contains a pull quote from Kim Thompson, a brief description of the stories in the volume, and an uncredited old photograph of a caravan in the Sibabi Hills in the Danakil desert, Ethiopia.

[map of nothern Abyssinia and western Yemen] (Table of Contents: 2)

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Reverse side of front gatefold cover (repeated on reverse of rear gatefold cover). Historical map of northern Abyssinia and western Yemen, the setting for three stories in the volume.

The Ethiopian (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 6 pages (report information)

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Hugo Pratt

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Hugo Pratt

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Title pages and publisher's indicia and book production credits. The sixth page is blank.

Chapter One: In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate (Table of Contents: 4)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Title page with spot illustration taken from within story. Blank reverse side.

In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate (Table of Contents: 5)

Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Surah 93... "The Morning Sun"

Genre

adventure; historical

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Corto Maltese; El Oxford; Cush

Synopsis

In the desert of Yemen, controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire, Corto meets Cush, a Danakil warrior with whom he establishes a close yet conflicted relationship.

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• from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #183 (21 août 1972)

Chapter Two: The Coup de Grace (Table of Contents: 6)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Cush

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Title page with spot illustration taken from within story. Blank reverse side.

The Coup de Grace (Table of Contents: 7)

Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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If there's any one water of Europe I desire...

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Captain Bradt; Corto Maltese; Cush

Synopsis

Stubborn racism of an English commander of a small fort in British Somaliland leads to a conflict with Cush and the Dervish army of Sayyid Mohammed, whom the British call "The Mad Mullah".

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• from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #194 (13 novembre 1972)

Chapter Three: ... and of Other Romeos and Other Juliets (Table of Contents: 8)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Shamael

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Title page with spot illustration taken from within story. Blank reverse side.

... and of Other Romeos and Other Juliets (Table of Contents: 9)

Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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... But it must be done in the first Friday of the month.

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Corto Maltese; Cush; Shamael; Lord Ha... Ha...; Fala Mariam; Ras Yaqob; Rhomh

Synopsis

In Ethopia, Cush introduces Corto to the mysterious and powerful shaman Shamael, who hears voices of the dead and of devils. After leaving Shamael, Cush and Corto get involved in an inter-tribal conflict.

Reprints

• from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #204 (22 janvier 1973)

Chapter Four: The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji (Table of Contents: 10)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Brukoy

Indexer Notes

Title page with spot illustration taken from within story. Blank reverse side.

The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji (Table of Contents: 11)

Corto Maltese / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

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Hugo Pratt (credited); Dean Mullaney (credited) (translator); Simone Castaldi (credited) (translator)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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Hugo Pratt (credited)

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1918. While in Europe the war was coming to a close, in Africa it was still going strong.

Genre

adventure; historical

Characters

Corto Maltese; Lieutenant Tenton; Captain MacGregor; Corporal Mungo; Sergeant Saxon; Brukoy; Sahad el Cairo

Synopsis

With the war in German East Africa as background, Corto gets engulfed in a dreamlike atmosphere that reveals how African justice operates outside the constraints of "white" law.

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• from Pif Gadget (Éditions Vaillant, 1969 series) #217 (23 avril 1973)

The Corto Maltese Series (Table of Contents: 12)

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List of all the volumes in the series.

Caniff, Sickles, Toth (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

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[map of nothern Abyssinia and western Yemen] (Table of Contents: 14)

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Reverse side of rear gatefold cover (repeated from reverse of front gatefold cover). Historical map of northern Abyssinia and western Yemen, the setting for three stories in the volume.

[biography of Hugo Pratt] (Table of Contents: 15)

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Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) is considered one of the great graphic novelists in the history of the medium.

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Inside facing half of rear gatefold cover. Biography of Hugo Pratt and an uncredited photographof Hugo Pratt in Ethiopia, 1982.

Praise for Hugo Pratt and Corto Maltese (Table of Contents: 16) (Expand) /

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