Ernie Pike

(1984)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (signed as Hugo Pratt)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (signed as Hugo Pratt)

Genre

guerre (war)

Indexer Notes

Wallpaper, part on inside front cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt

Inks

Hugo Pratt

Letters

typeset

Characters

Ernie Pike

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters

typeset

Indexer Notes

"© 1984 Ivaldi Editore et les Éditions Jacques Glénat pour la version française"
"Traduction : Antoine Roux – Lettrage : Jean-Pierre Tubetti"

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Antoine Roux

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (signed as Hugo Pratt); Alfred Eisenstaedt (photograph)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (signed as Hugo Pratt); Alfred Eisenstaedt (photograph)

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Vous avez entre les mains l'ensemble des histoires de 'Ernie Pike'. [You have in your hands all the stories of 'Ernie Pike'.]

Characters

Ernie Pyle (photograph of)

Synopsis

Histoire éditoriale de la série Ernie Pike, biographie du reporter américain Ernie Pyle, modèle du personnage de fiction, et des extraits de récits de Pyle. Texte accompagné d’illustrations par Hugo Pratt, une photo portrait d’Ernie Pyle, une photo du film « The Story of G.I. Joe ».

[Editorial history of the series Ernie Pike, biography of the American reporter Ernie Pyle, model of the fictional character, and excerpts from Pyle’s stories. Text with illustrations by Hugo Pratt, a portrait photograph of Ernie Pyle, a photo from the film “The Story of G.I. Joe”.]

Keywords

Hector Oesterheld; Hugo Pratt; War; war reporter

Indexer Notes

The photograph of Ernie Pyle was by Alfred Eisenstaedt, one of the pioneers of photojournalism.

Un lieutenant allemand (Table of Contents: 6)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C'est à Nuremberg que je l'ai rencontrée... [I met her in Nuremberg...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; German Captain; Lieutenant Kaller (Germany)

Synopsis

Le 16 septembre 1942, le sous-marin allemand U-158 coule le Lacinia, un paquebot de croisière britannique puis, sur ordre du capitaine, l’équipage sauve les rescapés. Le lieutenant dubitatif se laissera convaincre...

[On 16 September 1942, the German submarine U-158 sank the Lacinia, a British cruise liner, and, on the captain’s orders, the crew rescued the survivors. The dubious lieutenant will be convinced...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #3 (Julio, 1957)

Keywords

cruise liner; submarine

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Un teniente alemán...”.

Les hommes-grenouilles (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Des poissons de toutes les couleurs virevoltant entre les fleurs de corail et sur le sable doré constellé d’étoiles de mer... [Fish of all colors flickering between the coral flowers and on the golden sand dotted with starfish...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

british soldiers; italian soldiers

Synopsis

Un drôle de combat sous l’eau entre soldats plongeurs italiens et britanniques.

[A funny underwater fight between Italian and British divers.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #2

Keywords

British soldiers; Italian soldiers

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Hombres Rana”. This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

Jour de Noël (Table of Contents: 8)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Le front était tranquille. [The front was quiet.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; a japanese soldier; sergent Morgan (USA); private Anton Kirschenheimer (Germany)

Synopsis

Un récit enchâssé dans un autre... Un soldat japonais blessé proche des lignes américaines et Ernie Pike qui raconte l’histoire d’enfants yougoslaves partis chercher du bois et qui rencontrent une patrouille allemande : la fraternité sera-t-elle plus forte que la fureur de la guerre ?

[A story embedded in another... A wounded Japanese soldier close to the American lines and Ernie Pike who tells the story of Yugoslav children going out to look for wood and who meet a German patrol: will the brotherhood be stronger than the fury of war?]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #5

Keywords

Christmas; Yugoslavia

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Navidad”.

Le Sénégalais (Table of Contents: 9)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Qu’est-ce qui est arrivé à Raki ? Il en fait une tête... Pourtant il vient d’être décoré, non ?... [What happened to Raki? He makes a face out of it... Yet he has just been decorated, no?...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Raki, Senegalese soldier (France); Sergent Verger (France)

Synopsis

Le soldat sénégalais Raki a été décoré pour un exploit : aller récupérer son sergent blessé sous les bombardements... Mais était-ce bien un acte de courage ?

[Senegalese soldier Raki was decorated for a feat: to go to recover his sergeant wounded under the bombings... But was it an act of courage?]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #4

Keywords

Bois de Merlecourt; France; Senegalese "tirailleur"; trenches

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: ”El Senegalés”.

On ne se refait pas... (Table of Contents: 10)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Automne 1940 : une offensive-éclair permet aux troupes italiennes d’occuper toute la Somalie britannique... [Autumn 1940: a lightning offensive allows Italian troops to occupy all British Somalia...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; lieutenant Maxwell (UK); lieutenant Roberti (Italia); Dankalis soldiers

Synopsis

Un lieutenant italien se révèle plus gentleman qu’un anglais...

[An Italian lieutenant proves to be more gentleman than an Englishman...]

Keywords

desert; Somalia

La fuite (Table of Contents: 11)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Les atrocités envers les prisonniers sont hélas un fait commun à toutes les armées... [The atrocities against prisoners are unfortunately a fact common to all armies...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; American commando soldiers (U.S.M.C.); Japanese soldiers; American corporal Yoshio Namura

Synopsis

Ernie Pike nous relate comment, en juillet 1945, un soldat américain d’origine japonaise échappa à la torture grâce à un stratagème inspiré par une histoire d’un célèbre auteur américain/conte littéraire...

[Ernie Pike tells us how, in July 1945, an American soldier of Japanese origin escaped torture thanks to a stratagem inspired by a story of a famous American author/literary tale...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #6 (Octubre 1957)

Keywords

Lawa Island; Thailand; War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “La Fuga”.

Mystère à Burma (Table of Contents: 12)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Décembre 1944 - Une pluie aussi soudaine que violente avait désorganisé le front, à l’est des monts Ankara (Birmanie). [December 1944 - A sudden and violent rain had disrupted the front east of the Ankara Mountains (Burma).]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; British soldier Adako; Japanese officer

Synopsis

Une brigade britannique essentiellement composée de soldats africains et une unité japonaise entièrement décimées: que s’est-il passé? À l’hôpital de Rangoon, Ernie Pike rencontre le soldat Adako, Bechuana, qui lui raconte cette histoire de vengeance et de rite entre Japon et Afrique…

[A British brigade mainly composed of African soldiers and a Japanese unit entirely decimated: what happened? At the Rangoon hospital, journalist Ernie Pike meets soldier Adako, Bechuana from the Mochundye region (present-day Botswana), who tells him this story of revenge and rite between Japan and Africa…]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #2 (Junio 1957)

Keywords

81st West African Division (UK); Burma; hara-kiri; Mochundye; Mount Ankara; Rangoon

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: "Misterio en Burma".

Poilu (Table of Contents: 13)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

En Normandie, le front allemand avait cédé et Paris avait déjà vécu les heures inoubliables de la libération. [In Normandy, the German front had yielded and Paris had already lived the unforgettable hours of liberation.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Tony Zardini (photographer with Ernie Pike); Captain/Sergeant Rudolph Graubach

Synopsis

Cet ancien hôpital abandonné semblait un bâtiment sûr pour installer le QG de campagne de cette unité allemande. Une grande maison pas aussi déserte qu’ils le pensaient.

[This former abandoned hospital seemed a safe building to install the field headquarters of this German unit. A big house not as deserted as they thought.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #7 (Noviembre 1957)

Keywords

France

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Poilu”.

La blessure à un million de dollars (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Les barges arrivaient à l’extrémité sud de Tarawa... [The barges were arriving at the south end of Tarawa...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

American Private Willy Cramer

Synopsis

Faut-il sauver le soldat Cramer ? Il y pense lui-même...

[Should the private Cramer be saved? He thinks about it himself...]

Keywords

operation Galvanic; Tarawa; War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

Destins croisés (Table of Contents: 15)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ne riez pas ! Je ne suis pas en train de me déguiser, mais je suis obligé de mettre mon costume du dimanche parce que je suis parrain. [Don’t laugh! I’m not dressing up, but I have to put on my Sunday costume because I’m a godfather.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; U.S. Lieutenant Gertrud Casey (WACS); German Captain Wilhelm Bauer; U.S. Lieutenant Nathaniel Woodsworth

Synopsis

Au moment de la contre-attaque allemande dans les forêts des Ardennes, une soldat trouve l’homme idéal; hélas il ne semble pas ce qu’il paraît...

[At the time of the German counter-attack in the forests of the Ardennes, a woman soldier finds the ideal man; alas it does not seem what it seems...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #9 (Enero 1958)

Keywords

Ardennes; France

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Destinos Cruzados”.

Une aventure dangereuse (Table of Contents: 16)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C’est le cinquième depuis ce matin… [This is the fifth one since this morning]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Lieutenant Robert Frawley (U.S. Navy); Lieutenant Yamoto (Japan); Lieutenant Taro (Fijian Commandos)

Synopsis

Le 27 octobre 1943, suite à un accident de moteur en plein vol sur son avion Corsair, le lieutenant Frawley doit se parachuter sur une île au large de Guadalcanal. Cette aventure le fera changer d'avis sur les manuels de l’armée et sur les cannibales.

[On October 27, 1943, following an engine accident in mid-flight on his plane Corsair, Lieutenant Frawley had to parachute on an island off Guadalcanal. This adventure will make him change his mind about army manuals and cannibals.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #53

Keywords

Bougainville Island; War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

Tarawa (Table of Contents: 17)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Soldat Melvin Levins, Oregon. On va certainement lui donner la médaille du Congrès, la décoration la plus importante. [Private Melvin Levins, Oregon. He will certainly be given the Congressional Medal, the most important decoration.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Sergeant Burger (USA); Private Melvin Levins (USA)

Synopsis

Débarquement à Tarawa, petit atoll du Pacifique occupé par les japonais : les débuts du soldat Levins.

[Landing at Tarawa, small Pacific atoll occupied by the Japanese. The beginnings of Private Levins.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #1

Keywords

Tarawa; War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Tarawa”.

Bottes (Table of Contents: 18)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Je vais vous raconter l’histoire du soldat allemand Hans Kessler, un pessimiste... [I will tell you the story of the German soldier Hans Kessler, a pessimist...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; German soldier Hans Kessler

Synopsis

Veine ou déveine, question de point de vue...

[Good luck or bad luck, a matter of perspective/point of view...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #19

Keywords

Europe; German Army Retreat; Russian Front

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Un par de Botas”.

Combat (Table of Contents: 19)

comic story / 4.5 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt

Inks

Hugo Pratt

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nous sommes arrivés… Trouvez-vous un endroit convenable…[We’ve arrived… Find a suitable place…]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Lynn (US soldier); US soldiers; Japanese soldiers

Synopsis

L’apprentissage du métier de soldat.

[Learning to be a soldier.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #14

Keywords

War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

Les dix-sept de la sapinière (Table of Contents: 20)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 5.5 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Capitaine, ce sont des Brésiliens… [Captain, these are Brazilians…]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Brazilian soldiers; German soldiers

Synopsis

Au cours de la retraite des troupes allemandes sur le territoire italien, une compagnie brésilienne, perdue dans la neige et dans la guerre, rencontre une patrouille allemande...

[During the retreat of the German troops on Italian territory, a Brazilian company, lost in the snow and in the war, meets a German patrol...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #13

Keywords

Italia

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Los 17 de la Nieve”.

Garde nocturne (Table of Contents: 21)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Le silence... Le silence épais de la nuit tropicale, dans le fond de mille bruits... et des ombres... [Silence... The thick silence of the tropical night, in the background of a thousand noises... and shadows...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Private Floyd Daman (USA); a Japanese soldier

Synopsis

Dans la jungle birmane, les ombres sont trompeuses…

[In the Burmese jungle, shadows are deceptive…]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #39

Keywords

Burma; jungle

Indexer Notes

This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

La patrouille (Table of Contents: 22)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 18 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Nouvelle Guinée, 1942, année de l’attaque japonaise explosive. Une patrouille australienne marche vers la côte orientale. [New Guinea, 1942, the year of the explosive Japanese attack. An Australian patrol is marching towards the eastern coast.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Corporal Mark Lenner; Lieutenant John Hinkerfridge; Private Gus Spinner; Private Lewis Kington; Private Will Noran; Sergeant Gorman (Australian Army); Inhabitant Melanesian Rungo / Melanesian Rungo resident

Synopsis

Le temps d’un aller-retour dans la jungle birmane, et s’entretissent entre les soldats espoir et désespoir, illusions et désillusions...

[The time of a return trip in the Burmese jungle, and weave between the soldiers hope and despair, illusions and disillusionments...]

Keywords

jungle; New Guinea; War of the Pacific

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “La Patrulla”.

Francs-tireurs (Table of Contents: 23)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ce jour-là, j’avais vu tuer froidement un homme, un soldat... [That day, I had seen a man, a soldier, killed in cold blood...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Sergeant Damon (USA); Pietro (Italian partisan)

Synopsis

1944, une brigade américaine est prise au piège dans une tranchée, cible de tirs de mortier. Rivalité amoureuse, ruse tactique : Les jeux et enjeux de la guerre et de l’amour...

[1944, an American brigade is trapped in a trench, a target of mortar fire. Love rivalry, tactical ruse: The games and stakes of war and love...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #1, Mayo 1957

Keywords

Europe; Italia; Pagliano

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: “Francotiradores”.

This is Ernie Pike’s first story and the statement of intent is clear: "A story that looks at reality, without false modesty, with all its vacheries... without good or bad... But with a despicable, cruel and infamous protagonist more than any other: war!"

[Il s’agit du premier récit de Ernie Pike et la déclaration d’intention est nette : "Un récit qui regarde en face la réalité, sans fausses pudeurs, avec toutes ses vacheries... sans bons ni mauvais... Mais avec un protagoniste odieux, cruel et infâme plus que tous les autres : la guerre !"]

Maquis (Table of Contents: 24)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 24 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Le 25 juillet 1944, le général Patton (avec la 3e armée) brisa, à Saint-Lô le dispositif défensif allemand en Normandie. [On July 25, 1944, General Patton (with the 3rd Army) broke the German defensive device in Normandy at Saint-Lô.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Planète (maquisard); Claudia (french child); Helmuth Gruber (German soldier)

Synopsis

Des maquisards français tentent de prendre d’assaut un poste de radio-télécommunication allemand : une enfant est engagée pour tromper la sentinelle allemande.

[French guerrillas try to storm a German radio-telecommunication station: a child is hired to deceive the German sentry.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal (Editorial Frontera, 1957 series) #13-20 (Noviembre 27 [1957]) - (Enero 15 [1958])

Keywords

France; Normandie; Saint-Lô

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: "El Centinela".

La longue marche (Table of Contents: 25)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Ceux-là aussi sont morts, Jeff! [Those are dead too, Jeff!]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Private Jeff Kersk (USA); Private Matt Cleary (USA)

Keywords

Korea

K.O. Sims (Table of Contents: 26)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Le soleil de Corée était sur le point de se coucher... [The Korean sun was about to set...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Lieutenant Sims (USA); Medical Officer (USA)

Synopsis

Ernie Pike est témoin du refus d’une promotion par un officier et de sa nouvelle vocation : quel est le motif d’une telle décision ?

[Ernie Pike witnessed the refusal of a promotion by an officer and his new vocation: what is the reason for such a decision?]

Keywords

Korea

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: ”K.O. Simmons”.

L’arme secrète de Judas O’Leary (Table of Contents: 27)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

L’offensive britannique au sud de Bayeux se heurte à une résistance acharnée de la part des Allemands... [The British offensive south of Bayeux faces fierce resistance from the Germans...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Lieutenant MacPherson (UK); Private Judas O’Leary (UK)

Synopsis

Une avancée en fanfare...

[An advance in fanfare...]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero (Editorial Frontera, 1957 Series) #4 (Agosto 1957)

Keywords

Bayeux; France; Normandie

Les deux amis (Table of Contents: 28)

Ernie Pike / comic story / 25 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Le tank était bien là, ou pour être exact, le cadavre du tank... [The tank was there, or to be exact, the tank corpse...]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Ernie Pike; Tony Zardini (photographer); Lieutenant Jimmy Holden (UK); Herbie Long; German tanks

Synopsis

Un combat de chars dans le désert lybien et "une histoire humaine qui mérite de ne pas être oubliée".

[A tank fight in the Libyan desert and "a human history that deserves not to be forgotten".]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Suplemento Semanal (Editorial Frontera, 1957 series) #[1] (Septiembre 4 [1957]), #[2] (Septiembre 11 [1957]), #[3] (Septiembre 18 [1957]), #[4] (Septiembre 25 [1957])

Keywords

desert; Libya; tank fight; Tobrouk

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: "Desencuentro".

Ling (Table of Contents: 29)

comic story / 9 pages (report information)

Script

Héctor Germán Oesterheld (credited)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Inks

Hugo Pratt (credited)

Letters

Jean-Pierre Tubetti

First Line of Dialogue or Text

C’était un paysage de rizières, de saules pleureurs et de montagnes bleues. [It was a landscape of rice fields, weeping willows and blue mountains.]

Genre

guerre (war)

Characters

Private Kao (Japan); Japanese soldiers; La; Ling; Chinese villagers

Synopsis

Une brigade japonaise attaque un village chinois et décime ses habitants. Un soldat japonais s'écarte et rencontre une villageoise.

[A Japanese brigade attacks a Chinese village and decimates its inhabitants. A Japanese soldier leaves and meets a villager.]

Reprints

• from Hora Cero Extra (Editorial Frontera, 1958 Series) #3

Keywords

China; Klingwin Province; Sino-Japanese War

Indexer Notes

Original title in Spanish: "Ling".

This story is not part of the "Ernie Pike" story cycle.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 30)

blank page(s) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 31)

illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt

Inks

Hugo Pratt

Genre

guerre (war)

Indexer Notes

Wallpaper, part on inside back cover.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 32)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils

Hugo Pratt

Inks

Hugo Pratt

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Chez le même éditeur, du même auteur

Genre

guerre (war)

Keywords

Japan soldiers

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Colorized drawing of the last square of plate 14 of the story "La patrouille" (p. 135 of this book). A list of books released