L'Eternauta #9

In "La giovinezza di Corto Maltese parte 9," a fugitive Rasputin, fleeing both Russian and Japanese forces after the Russo-Japanese War, crosses paths with American war correspondent Jack London. London offers help in escaping Manchuria by connecting him to the elusive Corto Maltese, setting off a tense chain of events as Rasputin tracks down a Japanese officer who challenged London to a duel. As the two men prepare to vanish into the unknown, London is taken into custody—leaving the fate of the fugitives and their next move shrouded in suspense.