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Issue: Corto Maltese #8
Publication Date: January 1990
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Issues: #8 of 8 Issues
Title: Fable of Venice
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Publisher: FlagNBM
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On Sale Date: 1990
Volume: 8
Pages: ?
ISBN: 091834896X
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $10.95 USD
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Content Items: 5 (4 stories, 1 cover)
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Publication Type: Trade Paperback
Color: Color cover; Black and White interiors (#6 Full Color)
Dimensions: 8.5" x 11" (21.6 cm x 27.9 cm)
Paper Stock: Cardstock cover
Binding: Softcover
Publishing Format: Graphic Novels
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Fable of Venice

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Genres: adventure
Character(s): Corto Maltese
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The Lodge of Hermes

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Freemasons; Corto Maltese; Bepi Faliero; Stevani; Boselli; The Poet; Hipazia; Böeke; Silver Leg
Synopsis: Corto falls through the roof a masonic lodge in Venice. The freemason Bepi Faliero accompanies him through the streets of Venice, and Corto tells that he is in Venice looking for an emerald called "Solomon's Clavicle". They meet a group of fascist Blackshirts led by Stevani, their argument is interrupted by The Poet (based on Gabriele D'Annunzio). Faliero invites Corto to meet the Neoplatonic philosopher Hipazia.
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The Baron Corvo Enigma

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Corto Maltese; Böeke; Bepi Faliero; Schulz; Melchisedec; Stevani; Boselli
Synopsis: Corto proceeds to the Maritime Arsenal and examines Scandinavian runes engraved on a Greek lion statue, and visits the scholar Melchisedec in the old ghetto. Bepi Faliero visits Stevani. Corto hears gunshots and finds Stevani wounded in his house. Blackshirts and Carabinieri arrive, and Corto flees to the roofs of Venice.
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The Stairway of Encounters

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Corto Maltese; Saud Kalula; Louise Brookszowyc; Böeke; Silver Leg; Freemasons; Dr. Teone; Hipazia
Synopsis: Corto falls from a roof and meets the spirit Saud Kalula in a dream. The spirit has the face of Rasputin. Corto wakes up in the care of Louise Brookszowyc and is visited by Böeke and Silver Leg. Later, Corto goes to the Freemasons and meets Dr. Teone, father of Hipazia.
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The Revelations of Saint Mark

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Genres: adventure, historical
Character(s): Corto Maltese; Bepi Faliero; Böeke; Stevani; Silver Leg; Dr. Teone; Boselli; The Poet; Louise Brookszowyc; Saud Kalula; Carabinieri; Freemasons; Hipazia
Synopsis: Corto arrives at closure in the courtyard of the Masonic lodge.
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