Treasure hunter, sailor, and adventurer, Corto Maltese remains one of the most popular characters from graphic literature in Europe and maintains a devoted cult following among American readers and creators. Originally published in 1967, Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea introduces our hero for the first time. The story begins with Corto Maltese adrift at sea in the Pacific during World War I. He is picked up by a Russian pirate/privateer named Rasputin. The graphic novel follows Corto and the adventure that ensues. Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea is sure to appeal to fans of swashbuckling action-packed tales and sophisticated readers seeking elegant stories alike.

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea

Comics & Graphic Novels

Pratt, Hugo.

Graphic Novels

Universe

Universe Pub.

Brazilian Eagle (Corto Maltese)

Literature & Fiction

Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing

Corto Maltese Banana Conga

Nbm Pub Co

Corto Maltese: Voodoo for the President

Corto Maltese: A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream

Nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication! With this book Pratt leaves behind the short story form he’d used for twenty-one interrelated tales and presents a truly epic graphic novel. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Corto Maltese is engaged by the Red Lanterns—a Chinese secret society made up entirely of women—to find an armored train laden with gold that belonged to the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. They aren’t the only ones lusting after the treasure. The adventure, which shifts from the hidden courts of Venice to the mysterious alleys of Hong Kong, from Shanghai to Manchuria and Mongolia to Siberia, also attracts regular and irregular armies, as well as revolutionaries and counter-revolutionaries. The sweeping plot allows Pratt to fully investigate the complicated and competing motivations of his cast that includes the return of Rasputin and the introduction of the cold and dangerous Duchess Marina Seminova, the enigmatic warrior/spy named Shanghai-Lil, and historical figures such as the "Mad Baron" Roman Ungern-Sternberg, a Russian general who who sees himself as the modern-day Genghis Khan!

Corto Maltese in Africa (Corto Maltese Series, 5)

In this return to "the early years" this episode tells the story of Corto Maltese's youth when he arrived in Manchuria at the end of 1905 at the time of the Russo-Japanese War. He has just turned 18 years old and the story focuses on his first meeting with Rasputin, a deserter from a Siberian rifle regiment.

Corto Maltese the Early Years

In this third volume in the definitive English language edition of Hugo Pratt’s masterpiece, the action moves from South America to Europe against the backdrop of the First World War. In these six stories Pratt further explores such complicated themes as patriotism and greed, revolution and opportunism, and betrayal and seduction.Events take Corto from a small island in the Venetian lagoon, where he comes face to face with a beautiful blonde spy, to Stonehenge and an adventure with Merlin, Morgana, and Puck. Along the way he meets Ernest Hemingway and future billionaire Aristotle Onassis, Irish revolutionary Banshee O’Danann, the legendary Red Baron, and an intense cast of characters who weave in and out of a series of labyrinthine plots and counter-plots.

Corto Maltese in Siberia (English and Italian Edition)

In this affectionate tribute to his home town, Hugo Pratt offers a complex mystery thriller involving Freemasons, occultists, and esotericists set during the rise of Fascism in 1921. Corto Maltese’s return to Venice is ostensibly a search for an emerald known as the Clavicle of Solomon, but by the end he is left questioning whether the object of his quest will open the hidden doors of magic and unravel the nature of time and space in this city of secrets…or if it’s merely "the stuff that dreams are made of," as was the black bird of Dashiell Hammett’s novel featuring another Maltese. Series winner of the Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material.

Fable of Venice (Flying Buttress Classics)

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Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea

Brazilian Eagle (Corto Maltese)

Corto Maltese Banana Conga

Corto Maltese: Voodoo for the President

Corto Maltese: A Mid-Winter Morning's Dream

Corto Maltese in Africa (Corto Maltese Series, 5)

Corto Maltese the Early Years

Corto Maltese in Siberia (English and Italian Edition)

Fable of Venice (Flying Buttress Classics)