Corto Maltese: Ballad of the Salt Sea #2

In "Ballad of the Salt Sea," Hugo Pratt delivers a gripping chapter of adventure and tension as Corto Maltese, the enigmatic wanderer, finds himself stranded with the gruff Cranio and two lost children, Pandora and Cain, after a shipwreck on a remote South Sea island. Captured by hostile natives, the group’s fragile trust fractures when Pandora blames Maltese and takes a shot at him—only for their escape to be abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a German submarine commanded by the mysterious Rasputin. With Pratt’s signature artistry and storytelling depth, this issue blends peril, moral ambiguity, and the quiet weight of survival, all rendered in his distinctive, ink-heavy style.