![]() ![]() Handsome Japan-style softcover with cover flaps, color double-page endpaper maps, and a long bio of Pratt. “Corto Maltese was the first European Strip to advance a mature, artistically serious sensibility within the traditional adventure format.” -Kim Thompson. ![]() But they aren’t the only ones lusting after the treasure. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, our young adventurer 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. With this book Hugo Pratt leaves behind the short story form he’d used for 21 interrelated tales and presents a truly epic graphic novel. Pin-Up & Adult –You must be 18 or older. ![]()
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