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Dino Battaglia ’s Inspector Coke trilogy to be published in English for the first time by Epicenter Comics in April
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Dino Battagliawas an Italian funnies artist who lived from 1923 to 1983 , part of the so - called Venetian Group withFernando Carcupino , Hugo PrattandDamiano Damiani . When the Italian magazineAsso di Picchefolded in 1948 , the Venetian Group moved to Argentina to form for Italian publisher Cesar Civita , but Battaglia remained behind in Italy , getting married rather than actuate to Argentina and drawing mirthful strips Capitan CaribeandCowboy Kid . He moved to Milan , where he createdMark Fury , an Edwardian England action comic which was then republished in the UK in theJunior Expressin the 1950s . This led to act upon for British publisher Fleetway onTop Spot , Knockout , Thriller Picture LibraryandLook and Learn . He adapted fairy tales and Graeco-Roman novel , including a much - admired translation of Moby Dick , which was followed by adaptations ofEdgar Allen Poe , H. P. Lovecraft , Robert Louis Stevenson , MaupassantandE. T. A. Hoffmann . This was followed by biographies of Antonio da Padova and Frate Francesco , among others . In 1975 , he won the Best Foreign Artist accolade at the Angoulême Festival .
But in 1982 , a year before his last , he created his only original comic book serial publication , L’Ispettore Coke , or Inspector Coke , for the publisher Isola Trovata , featuring a British police investigator who front foreign cases in stories coif at the beginning of the 20th century . Only two albums , I delitti della fenice ( The Crimes of the Phoenix)andLa Mummia ( The Mummy)were complete before he pass . Forty - three age later , Inspector Coke is eventually being translated and published in English by Epicenter Comics , which also includes the unfinished plates from the third bulk , Monster Of The Thames . Originally bring out on Kickstarter , The Inspector Coke Trilogyby Dino Battaglia will be distributed by Diamond in April 2025 .
INSPECTOR COKE TRILOGY MASTERWORK ED
EPICENTER COMICSFEB251594(W ) Dino Battaglia ( A / CA ) Dino BattagliaFor the first time ever in English , a work by a renown , influential Italian creative person Dino Battaglia ! This on an individual basis numbered limited edition is a double-dyed , 3 - book collection check in an elegant slipcase ! The three stories follow Inspector Coke as he face up and endeavor to solve mysteries in foggy street of post - Victorian London . The books are : The law-breaking of the Phoenix , The Mummy , The Monster of the Thames . In shop class : Apr 23 , 2025
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