Corto Maltese #2

In "So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune," Corto Maltese follows a trail of cryptic cards marked with four aces, each hinting at a buried treasure on a remote island. Teaming up with the enigmatic de Poincy and the unsettling Rasputin, he ventures into the unknown—only to be ambushed by a deranged old man whose madness holds the key to what’s been lost.

In "The Seagull's Fault," Corto Maltese washes ashore on a remote island, wounded and amnesiac after being shot—by Soledad, the woman who later tends to him. As his memory slowly returns, he recalls saving her from her unstable brother, Juda, and giving her his boat, though the full truth of their past remains shrouded in mystery.

In "Mushroom Heads," Maltese, still grappling with amnesia, ventures up the Amazon in search of a forgotten city. When the Jivaro tribe prepares to execute him, he recalls the visions brought on by magic mushrooms—and with them, a sudden, startling clarity that changes everything.