I Classici Del Fumetto Nr 01: Corto Maltese

Corto pulls his line from the water. On the hook is not a fish, but a single silver coin – a 1921 lira – that he had lost in Venice two months earlier.

But Corto is faster. He doesn’t grab the Egg. He grabs the U-boat’s keel and kicks a loose stone. The stone flies into the Egg’s field – and hovers, perfectly still, defying gravity. I Classici del Fumetto Nr 01 Corto Maltese

Tawaret fires her grappling hook, snagging a rocky outcrop outside. The line goes taut. Corto swings himself and the boy out of the cave just as the entire ceiling collapses, burying the U-boat, the Egg, and the greed of men forever. Corto pulls his line from the water

Rasputin is pinned by a falling torpedo. Lady Venetia clings to a stalactite. Only Corto stands calm, holding Achille under one arm. He doesn’t grab the Egg

“A German U-boat,” Rasputin whispers. “The U-196 . It vanished in ’18. But three months ago, a Malay pearl diver found it. Not on the seafloor, Corto. Inside a cave on a cliffside. A hundred meters above the water.”