Nominated for both the Eisner & Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication! When Corto Maltese arrives in the Middle East & Africa in 1918 the shifting sands & loyalties reveal colonial powers still battling for domination over each other & the indigenous people The desert of Yemen controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire is the setting for “ In the Name of Allah the Merciful & Compassionate” where Corto meets Cush the Danikil warrior with whom he establishes a close yet conflicted relationship In “ The Coup de Grace” the stubborn racism of an English commander of a small fort in British Somaliland leads to conflict with Cush & the Dervish army of Sayyid Mohamed whom the British call “ The Mad Mullah” The action moves to Ethiopia amidst inter-tribal conflict in “…and of Other Romeos & Other Juliets” as Cush introduces Corto to the mysterious & powerful shaman Shamael who hears the voices of the dead & of devils German East Africa is the background of “ The Leopard-Men of the Rufiji” where Corto is engulfed in a dreamlike atmosphere that reveals how African justice operates outside the constraints of “white” law ...

" An Italian comics masterpiece is coming to America in a big way this year Under the Sign of Capricorn "
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In 1923 Buenos Aires while searching for a missing friend Corto finds himself locked in a dangerous yet elegant game of cat & mouse His investigation brings him up against an organized crime syndicate known as the " Warsavia" crooked police officials small-time crooks investigative journalists a worldwide prostitution ring &--manipulating the events from above--the far-reaching arm of the Argentine oligarchy Guiding his way through this labyrinth of deceit & intrigue is an old acquaintance from a long ago Patagonian escapade the legendary outlaw Butch Cassidy who with the Sundance Kid headed the notorious Wild Bunch & has been presumed dead for two decades! Just as Fable of Venice was Pratt&s homage to his hometown Tango is a nod to Buenos Aires where the cartoonist lived during his earliest creative successes in the late 1940s & 1950s The atmosphere of the story is steeped in the sensual music of the tango whose melodies almost seem to emerge from the artwork with close-ups of the dance steps framed by Pratt with extraordinary effectiveness The first English-language translation of Hugo Pratt&s graphic novel set in Argentina About the Author Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) is considered one of the great graphic novelists in the history of the medium His strips graphic works & watercolors have been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris & the Vittoriano in Rome & a landmark show in 2011 at the Pinacotheque in Paris drew 215000 visitors hailing Pratt as "the inventor of the literary comic strip" ...

Corto Maltese sets out on another globetrotting adventure after the discovery of a Byron manuscript in a mosque on the isle of Rhodes Set in the years 1921-22 the action leaps from Turkey to Azerbaijan & to the Caspian Sea tracing the path of the legendary Silk Road as Corto hunts for the fabled treasure of Alexander the Great A parade of interesting characters ensues including the Whirling Dervishes Joseph Stalin (with whom Corto is on a first-name basis) the Hashinin sect of assassins the Turkish general Enver Pasha & the return of Venexiana Stevenson & the witch-tongued Rasputin (who has just escaped from the dreaded prison known as " The Golden House of Samarkand") Pratt further explores the theme of dual personality as Corto tries to evade his doppelganger the Turkish revolutionary Timur Chevket always mindful of his mother&s warning that coming face to face with his look-alike would mean disaster About the Author Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) is considered one of the great graphic novelists in the history of the medium His strips graphic works & watercolors have been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris & the Vittoriano in Rome & a landmark show in 2011 at the Pinacotheque in Paris drew 215000 visitors hailing Pratt as "the inventor of the literary comic strip" ...

Corto Maltese enters the crossroads of magic & the occult astrology & history religion & mythology in the first English-language translation of Pratt&s award-winning book Visiting the writer Hermann Hesse while researching alchemists with his old friend Professor Steiner Corto drinks from the "source of the Alchemy Rose" & becomes immersed in a surreal & dreamlike adventure that involves Klingsor the quest for the Holy Grail Death the Devil & the Sandman among others This complexly plotted graphic novel was among Hugo Pratt&s most philosophical ruminations on the imagination About the Author Hugo Pratt (1927-1995) is considered one of the great graphic novelists in the history of the medium His strips graphic works & watercolors have been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris & the Vittoriano in Rome & a landmark show in 2011 at the Pinacotheque in Paris drew 215000 visitors hailing Pratt as "the inventor of the literary comic strip" ...

An easy to build model construction kit of this successful GT racing car that amongst others won the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours Race & the 2016 Daytona 24 Hours Race within its class Multi-part 55 litre engine Rotating wheels Comprehensive decal set ...

An easy to build model construction kit of this successful GT racing car that amongst others won the 2015 Le Mans 24 Hours Race & the 2016 Daytona 24 Hours Race within its class
- Multi-part 55 litre engine
- Rotating wheels
- Comprehensive decal set


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November sees the release of Dishonored 2 a sequel to the first game released in 2012 Corvo returns & his daughter Emily has now grown up into an assassin herself (you can play as either Emily or Corvo) The Outsider who was also prominent in the first game is here again too The first game sold well over a 12 million copies & received many best game of the year awards & interest is VERY high for the new release Corvo&s mask looks amazing on his figure we think These excellent Dishonored 2 POP! vinyl figures each stand around 9cm tall & come packed in illustrated window boxes ...

On a mission to collect all six Infinity Stones Captain America the Hulk & the other Avengers must defeat the evil Thanos! Avengers Infinity War comes to theaters in April As we anxiously await collect characters from the film in various Funko lines! ...

The truth is more chilling than fiction COSA NOSTRA tells for the first time the true history of the Sicilian mafia
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