After the happened one of Capitan Miki, in 1954 the
Turinese trio Esse G Esse (Sinchetto, Guzzon and Sartoris) gave beginning to saga
of the "the Great Blek", character known also with the name of "Blek". Therefore
like for Mark
commander , the
adventures of Blek are carried out during the years of the independence revolution
American, when many trappers struck against red soldiers English of king George
III. Between these it appears the blond man and muscular Blek , a man from the
erculea force, that it resolves the situations with fists and heavy slaps to the
English soldiers, than he calls playfully "red crayfishes ", for the color of
their uniform. The comic strips of Blek collected a remarkable one happening above
all in years ' 60, for their stories easy and funny .
Next to giving a comicità touch to history the two inseparable friends of Blek
: the eccentric professor Occultis, always ready to study of the plans to the
aim to trick English and the Roddy small, a young person trapper that to the study
and the borings lessons of the university professor, he prefers to help Blek and
hes friends. blek is drawn with a beaver hat, a gilè of fur that covers the thorax
and a pair of red pants. It mainly fights to hands knots, but in order to talk
nonsense it usually uses the classic gun "Kentucky", used from the hunters Americans
of that age. In its Blek adventures one has not only met with English, but also
against the pirates, the warlike Indians, thieves and criminals of the worst kind
. Thanks also to the talent of prof. the Occultis and to the enterprise of Roddy
the trio is always successful to exit more undamaged and winning also from the
intricate situations. From the song its, prof. the Occultis is also expert of
hypnosis and in second of the situations he
succeeds to have use of of this technique, in order to addormentare its adversaries.
Blek and its friends live with to one colony of revolutionary in a secret shelter
to the inside of one forest. blek is the undiscussed leader of this group and
in more than an occasion it has carried the revolutionary to the Victoria against
equips English soldiers , prepared and invincible in opened field, but disorganized
when draft to fight itself to the inside of the forest, where the trappers they
know every more small hiding place. They
are in peace with all the tribes of local Indians, even if of I do not shave these
last ones come forced from part of English to line up against Blek and its trappers
patriots. Between several the enemies who have put in serious difficulty Blek
remember Feroce Ferocio, the worst and equally strongly and skillful man with
the crews, whose only mission in the life is that one to kill Blek . Is be raised
from English whom all have held it in captivity, teaching them the disciplines
of the combat and making it to become one terrible war machine . But also here,
after a series of events that will bring to light the cruelty of this man, Blek
will succeed to having the better one.
The great Blek represents an historical comic strip
that has contributed, therefore as many others to diffuse the comic strip in Italy
and still today boasts a nourished group of gets passionate readers and collectors
to you.