La Perla Nera

This "cinenovel" (as some comics were called at that time) had already appeared in "L'Audace" in 1938, but three fine reprint editions came out in 1943, and this allows us to mention here the historic joint work between G. L. Bonelli and the great illustrator Franco Caprioli, who had already reached full maturity of artistic expression. The story revolves around a precious black pearl that affords access to a mysterous city, where untold treasure is hidden. The protagonists are Sandro, a young journalist, the beautiful Anna and the perfidious Moro, whose deeds take place in another exotic framework, Melanesa, entrancingly evoked by Caprioli's masterly artwork.