NICK RAIDER

UNick Raider ungumlinganiswa wokuqala owasungula uhlobo lolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nohlobo lwabacuphi ekhaya ngo-1988 Bonelli. Yenziwe ngumbhali wesikrini UClaudio Nizzi,(sele esaziwa ngamabali amnandi ka Tex) UNick Raider ngumphandi wabucala New Yorker evela kwiSebe leSithili saseManhattan Central. Ngokubhekiselele kwimbonakalo yomzobo, ubuso be UNick Raider ikhumbuza kakhulu umdlali URobert Mitchum, uhlala egqoke ibhatyi elimhlophe elingenamanzi, i-jeans kwaye uhlala ehamba egqoke izicathulo ze-tennis, ukuze ahlale ekulungele ukuxosha isigebengu kweso sihlandlo.

Ewe akukho kunqongophala kokuleqa imoto eyenziwa nguNick Raider kweyakhe I-Pontiac Firebird, ngokufuthi ukwenza izenzo zobuganga. UNick Raider wenza umsebenzi wakhe njengobuthunywa bokwenyani, ukukhulula inkumbulo kayise, naye olipolisa, kodwa ngebali elilusizi emva kwakhe. Akanamdla kumsebenzi okanye kuzuko, kodwa ubulungisa kuphela kwabamsulwa, nto leyo ekhokelela kwiingxabano ezishushu nabaphathi bakhe. Ngokufunda amabali umntu unokuqonda indlela iprofayili yengqondo yomlinganiswa inzima kakhulu, njengoko kungekho nakanye ulwahlulo olucacileyo phakathi kokulungileyo nokubi kwaye ukuba kukho umtyholi oku kufuneka kufunwa kwiziganeko zobomi, eziye zakhokelela umntu. ukwenza izijekulo eziphambeneyo, okanye kwinkqubo yentlalontle ekhupha abantu abaphelelwe lithemba abafuna "iindlela ezimfutshane ezingekho mthethweni" ukuze bavele. UNick Raider ngoko ke akaqiqi ngamanqindi akhe ukuba afune ukuvuma izono (njengoko uTex ebeya kwenza), kodwa usoloko ezichaza ngengqondo yomntu onetyala, ezama ukufumanisa isizathu esibangele ulwaphulo-mthetho. Nakweyiphi na imeko, ebengenakwenza izinto ngokuzimeleyo njengoko kufuneka athobele “inkqubo yamapolisa”, emnyanzelayo ukuba enze uphando esebenzisa ummiselo weenqobo ezisesikweni ochanekileyo. Isikripthi ngasinye sinomdla kwaye singqongqo kwingqiqo yeenyani kwaye akukho nto ishiywe ngamabona.
Umhlobo wakhe ongenakwahlulwa kunye nogxa wakhe kwiwaka lophando UMarvin Brown, inkwenkwe emnyama ene-joke elula ehlala izama ukudlala phantsi nakwiimeko ezinzima kakhulu kwaye ikwazi ukunika umoya wovuyo kumabali, kodwa xa kuyimfuneko xa kungekho nto yokuhlekisa ngayo, uhlala eyazi indlela yokunika ikhonkrithi kwaye uncedo olubalulekileyo kumhlobo wakhe uNick Raider.

Ukongeza kuMarvin kukho nomcuphi oneentloni UJimmy Garnet, ingcali yekhompyutha, ehlala ilawula ukuza nolwazi oluluncedo kumrhanelwa ochaphazelekayo.
Aba bathathu kufuneka bathobele imiyalelo kunye nezikhokelo ze UPhilip Vance umphathi weSithili esiseMbindini, odla ngokusebenza ngokungaphaya, ngaphandle kokuthathela ingqalelo yonke imicimbi, nto leyo ecaphukisa abantu ekufuneka ngokwenene basebenze kumatyala, afana UNick Raider e Marvin. Oku kukhokelela ekungavisisani phakathi kukaNick Raider kunye noVance, ezisombululwa ngokukhawuleza yindoda endala Arthur Ryan u-lieutenant umhlobo wabo bobabini, oziphatha ngendlela yoyise kunye nabo bonke oogxa bakhe kwaye nguye othi, ngamava akhe amakhulu, aqondise ngokunyanisekileyo iqela leSithili esiseMbindini.
Ngaphandle koko UNick Raider ukhetha ubomi bendoda engatshatanga elukhuni, ekuphela kwentombazana eyenze uthando olunzulu kunye naye yintatheli. Violet McGraw, othi ngenkalipho yakhe kunye nobukrelekrele bakhe, edityaniswe nomtsalane wakhe omkhulu, uyakwazi ukukholisa uNick ukuba ungoyena mfazi ufanelekileyo kwindlela yakhe yokuphila.

Iintshaba che UNick Raider ekufuneka sijongane nayo amaxesha ngamaxesha zezohlobo lwakudala lwe-noir kunye nolomcuphi, njengabathengisi beziyobisi, ababulali be-serial, imibutho yolwaphulo-mthetho efana ne-mafia, i-yakuza yaseJapan, "Umnqamlezo Omnyama", izigebenga zothando okanye imali kunye nabaphangi kunye nabanqolobi bazo zonke iintlobo. I-dwarf iya kuboleka isandla kuNick kunye neqela lakhe Alfie, othi ngokuquqa kwizangqa zolwaphulo-mthetho nokuba nesangqa sakhe esiqhelene nabo angenza "vuthela", uhlala unolwazi ngeenyani.
Phakathi kweziqendu ezahlukeneyo ekufuneka uzikhumbule ukongeza kwi-n.1, “Ixhoba elingachazwanga ngagama"Kuphi UNick Raider uphanda ukusweleka komlingane wakhe uRichard Varelli, sikhumbula intle "Ukubulala eCentral Park"itsalwa ngu Ivo Milazzo kwaye ibhalwe ngu UClaudio Nizzi. Apha siphanda ngokubulawa komfana uHelen Curtiss okwenzeka eCentral Park yaseNew York; ngaphandle kobungqina obukhokelela kuRay Mitchell, inkwenkwe eyayisele iphelile ubudlelwane bothando kunye nexhoba, UNick Raider ingaba uya kukwazi ukufumana umbulali wokwenene. Kwakhona"IChinatown"Yincwadi efanele ukukhankanywa apho umcuphi wethu kufuneka ajongane ne-mafia yaseTshayina, ngelixa "Ityala likaGeronimo"Umbulali ongaqondakaliyo ubetha ngotolo lweNavajo kwaye unento yokwenza nehlabathi le-cinema yasentshona.
Lo kaJanuwari uNick Raider uwele inqanaba lemiba engama-200 ngencwadi "Iprojekthi yeDakota" ngokupheleleyo ngombala (ngokwesithethe saseBonelli), apho umtshato uphakathi UNick Raider kwaye ezintle Violet, kodwa nalapha akukho kunqongophala kweziganeko ezingalindelekanga kwaye uViolet uthinjwa yi-mafioso UDon Vito Saracyno.

U-Nick Raider unelungelo lokukopisha © Sergio Bonelli Editore kwaye usetyenziswa apha kuphela kwiinjongo zolwazi kunye nolwazi.