{"product_id":"complete-corto-maltese-hc-vol-01-the-ballad-of-the-salt-sea-mr-0826fb0936","title":"COMPLETE CORTO MALTESE HC VOL 01 THE BALLAD OF THE SALT SEA (MR) (14 Oct Release)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Fall 2026¸ Fantagraphics launches The Complete Corto Maltese with Volume 1: The Ballad of the Salt Sea¸ Corto’s premiere adventure and the story that introduces him to the world. Pratt plunges us right into the action with Corto bound to a makeshift raft adrift in the Pacific Ocean in 1913. In short order¸ he is rescued by the Russian privateer Rasputin (yes¸ that Rasputin)¸ and things only get more complicated and more treacherous from there. In addition¸ this volume also presents Pratt’s tale of Corto’s youth¸ when¸ in 1904 at the age of 16 in Manchuria¸ he is asked by his friend¸ Jack London (yes¸ that Jack London) to help rescue a young Russian deserter named Rasputin in the midst of the Russo-Japanese War. A modern Ulysses whose wanderings in the early decades of the 20th century take him to the most fascinating places on Earth¸ Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese is a hard-luck¸ hard-driving iconoclastic anti-hero who values freedom and independence more than wealth and status. Treasure hunter¸ storm-tossed sailor¸ and itinerant adventurer¸ the irascible and indefatigable Corto Maltese has earned his status as one of the most popular characters in European comics.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FANTAGRAPHICS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557808087098,"sku":"0826FB0936","price":70.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/comicbookeroo.com\/products\/complete-corto-maltese-hc-vol-01-the-ballad-of-the-salt-sea-mr-0826fb0936","provider":"Comicbookeroo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}