Nathan Never #32

History

The Nathan Never series was conceived by the trio of Sardinian writers Michele Medda, Antonio Serra, and Bepi Vigna, who had already cut their teeth on Martin Mystère and Dylan Dog before pitching Bonelli's first serialized science-fiction title, which launched in June 1991. Issue #32 was written and plotted by Michele Medda, with interior art by Germano Bonazzi and the cover painted by Claudio Castellini, who supplied all Nathan Never covers through issue #59. The story arrived during a creatively confident mid-series period in which the three co-creators were actively building out the shared Alfa-universe, running concurrent experiments with the Legs Weaver character in special-issue annexes (most notably the 'Arriva Legs!' booklet bundled with Speciale Nathan Never #4 in November 1994) that were openly testing reader appetite for a spin-off title.

Trivia · 8 facts

• Issue title: 'Dirty Boulevard' — script and subject by Michele Medda, interior art by Germano Bonazzi, cover by Claudio Castellini.
• Plot centers on Nathan Never and Andy Havilland investigating Boulevard Le Corbusier in pursuit of cybercriminal Shado Haara, who requires a Koike Kabuto neural-interface deck to steal data from the Web.
• Andy Havilland is established in the series as a street-level private investigator and recurring Alfa affiliate who eventually turns against Nathan Never later in the run.
• Legs Weaver (Rebecca 'Legs' Lawrence Weaver) appears in this issue as Nathan's Alfa Agency partner; her character was first introduced in Nathan Never #1 (1991) and is explicitly inspired by Sigourney Weaver's portrayal of Ellen Ripley in the Alien films.
• Published in 1994, this issue is part of the final stretch of stories in which Legs fills her supporting-character role before departing for her own bimonthly series, which debuted in January 1995 and ran 119 issues through October 2005.
• Legs Weaver's solo title, launched by creators Medda, Serra, and Vigna, was the first Sergio Bonelli Editore monthly to star a female protagonist — a notable first for the publisher.
• The issue appeared the same year Bonelli released the 'Arriva Legs!' preview booklet (attached to Speciale Nathan Never #4, November 1994), signaling that the publisher was actively building toward the spin-off launch.
• Collector and fan communities have consistently cited Nathan Never #32 as one of the strongest 'corale' (ensemble/choral) urban stories of the series' classic early period.

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