I Classici Del Fumetto Nr 01 Corto Maltese May 2026

They are intercepted by a sleek British schooner. Aboard is , a pale, red-haired archaeologist with the eyes of a starving hawk. She is financed by a secret committee of London bankers who want the Serpent’s Egg to control the new oil routes in Persia.

Here is the story, presented as if it were the lead tale in I Classici del Fumetto Nr. 01: Corto Maltese . Corto Maltese “The Serpent of the Magnetic Moon” Venice, 1921. A damp fog clings to the canals like a ghost’s shroud. In a dimly lit trattoria near the Ghetto, a man sits alone. Gold earring, dark curly hair, a slight smile that has seen too much. He stirs his coffee, watching a drop of milk spiral into oblivion. I Classici del Fumetto Nr 01 Corto Maltese

He hands it to the boy.

Corto lights a cigarette, the flame trembling in the humid wind. “Because, little Achille, a man who expects loyalty is a fool. But a man who offers it anyway… is a romantic. And the world has too few romantics left.” They are intercepted by a sleek British schooner