Il duello

Subject, script and Cover: Carlo Ambrosini
Artwork: Matteo Piana
With the collaboration of Carlo Ornigotti


Baron Constantin von Mapplethorpe is, as we may say, an old-fashioned man. So when his honour is at stake, nothing is more worthwhile than fighting a real duel with pistols. The opponent he chooses, for reasons that will become clear only at the end of the story, is Napoleone. Meanwhile, Lucrezia, Caliendo and Scintillone are struggling with god Pan’s itches and with the words of the old centaur Chirone, while – as the best tradition dictates – a girl in danger is waiting for her rescuer...