Corto Maltese #2
In "So Much for Gentlemen of Fortune," Hugo Pratt's Corto Maltese wanders the Amazon, still haunted by amnesia, as he follows a path toward a forgotten city. When the Jivaro tribe prepares to sacrifice him, a sudden vision—brought on by magic mushrooms—reveals a future he can no longer ignore, forcing him to confront a truth he’s been running from. With Pratt’s masterful artistry on every page, this 1986 NBM issue delivers a haunting, dreamlike journey through memory and myth.
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Maltese, still amnesiac, journeys up the Amazon to find a lost city. The Jivaro indians are about to kill everyone when Maltese realizes he's eaten magic mushrooms that showed him the future. He regains his memory and refuses to go on the trip.
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