Black Jack is a bounty hunter in the American West.
Oddly, when he collects his reward after a wanted outlaw’s arrest, he donates
some of the reward money back to the poor. So we follow the adventures of our
hero, accompanied by his sidekick the Mexican Sagaro.
The Black Jack series appeared in the comic book series -
Apaches - El Bravo - Wild Tracks. 7 adventures appeared in “Apaches” from
1976-1977, 54 adventures appeared in “El Bravo” from 1977 – 1982 and 10
adventures appeared in “Wild Tracks” in 1975.
The stories were written by Anthony Mancuso while the
artwork was supplied by Franco Devescovi. He also appeared as Black Rider in
some European countries
Franco Devescovi was born in Trieste, Friuli Venezia
Giulia on May 7, 1943. He is an Italian cartoonist .
After attending the Liceo Scientifico he enrolled in the
Faculty of Law, which he abandoned at the end of his military service. He began
his career as a cartoonist at the end of 1969, thanks to the screenwriter
Glauco Verrozzi who introduced him to the Edizioni Universo, for which he
illustrated “Il Monello” and “L'Intrepido” until 1973.
He then moved on to the Corriere della Sera group,
working for Corriere dei Ragazzi, where he collaborated with the likes of
Alfredo Castelli, Mino Milani and Andrea Mantelli.
In 1975 he returned to the Edizioni Universo, where he
drew the series of “Billy Bis”, “Cristall”, “Commissioner Norton” and “Black
Rider”; in 1984 he decided to devote himself entirely to painting, working for
the German market.
In 1986 once again he decided to go back to drawing
comics and in 1990 he went to Sergio Bonelli Editore. He became a part of Martin Mystère 's design staff
and made important comic books such as “Necronomicon” (nº 103), “The Last
Mystery” (127bis), “Air of Baker Street” (nº129-130), “The Men Raven”
(nº158-159) , “The Mystery of the Big Apple” (nº183-184), “The Book of Kells”
(nº222-223), “The Enchanted Ax” (nº242-243), “The Cat Who Could Read”
(nº270-271), “The Punishment of the Elohim” (nº283). He also illustrated three
books of “Zagor” (n. 339, nº 340, nº 341), a register by “Mister No” and the “Almanac
of the West” of 2008.
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