Corto Maltese: Tango

The eighth of the twelve titles of Corto Maltese

Tango is the eighth title in the Corto Maltese saga featuring the romantic sailor created by Hugo Pratt in 1967.

In 1923 in San Isidro, a suburb near Buenos Aires, Corto Maltese is investigating the disappearance of Louise Brookszowic implicated in “Warsavia”, a Polish organization that traffics prostitutes, whose objectives are explained by Corto's friends, Fosforito.

Pratt chooses the unyielding figure of señor Habban to represent this aspect of capitalism; the man is both extremely powerful but shady and can manoeuvre the police (inspector Estevez) and institutions at his will. In the end Corto Maltese manages to trace Louise's daughter and bring her to safety but not without running considerable risks. Unbeknown to Corto the girl is actually señor Habban's young grand-daughter, the beautiful Paso Viola Farias, who saves him by managing to convince her grandfather to let Corto Maltese and the child go without harming them.

In this story Corto meets Butch Cassidy, here in the employ of Señor Habban, but actually famous at the time for being the head of the legendary “Wild Bunch”. Cassidy fled to Argentina after a life spent in shoot-outs and train robberies in the American West.

Publisher: IDW Publishing, 2018
Number of pages: 64
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 9" x 12" (235mm x 295mm)
Condition: NM - Near Mint
Code: CORTOTANGO