Manfred von Richthofen
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| - | '''''Corto Maltese''''' is a [[comics]] series featuring an [[eponymous]] character, a complex sailor-adventurer. It was created by [[Italy|Italian]] [[comic book creator]] [[Hugo Pratt]] in 1967. The ''Corto Maltese'' series has been translated into many languages and is known worldwide. | + | '''Manfred Albrecht ''Freiherr'' von Richthofen''' (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German [[fighter pilot]] known as the "'''Red Baron'''". He was the most successful [[flying ace]] of the [[Luftstreitkräfte|Imperial German Army Air Service]] (''[[Luftstreitkräfte]]'') during [[World War I]], being officially credited with 80 <!-- Please leave this at 80 - NOT 76, 84 or any other total - if in doubt query it in discussion -->confirmed [[Aerial warfare|air combat]] victories. |
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| - | Corto Maltese (possibly derived from the Venetian ''Courtyard of the Maltese'') is a laconic sea captain adventuring during the early [[20th century]] (1900-1920s). A "rogue with a heart of gold," he is tolerant and sympathetic to the underdog. Born in [[Valletta]] on [[July 10]], [[1887]], he is a son of a [[United Kingdom|British]] sailor from [[Cornwall]] and an [[Andalusia]]n prostitute known as ''"La Niña de Gibraltar"''. As a boy growing up in the Jewish quarter of [[Cordoba]], Maltese realised he had no [[Chiromancy|fate line]] on his palm and therefore carved his own with a razor, determining that his fate was his to choose. Although maintaining a neutral pose, Corto instinctively supports the disadvantaged and oppressed. | + | * ''[[Von Richthofen and Brown]]'' or ''The Red Baron'', a 1971 war film by Roger Corman |
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| - | The character embodies the author's skepticism of national, ideological, and religious assertions. Corto befriends people from all walks of life, including the murderous Russian Rasputin (no relation with the [[Rasputin|historical figure]], apart from physical resemblance and some characteristic attributes), British heir Tristan Bantam, [[Voodoo]] priestess Gold Mouth and [[Czech people|Czech]] academic Jeremiah Steiner. He also knows and meets various historical figures, including [[Jack London]], [[Ernest Hemingway]], [[Herman Hesse]], [[Butch Cassidy]], [[white movement|White Russian]] general [[Roman Ungern von Sternberg]] and [[Enver Pasha]] of [[Turkey]]. His acquaintances treat him with great respect, as when a telephone call to [[Joseph Stalin]] frees him from arrest when he is threatened with execution on the border of Turkey and [[Armenia]]. | + | |
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| - | Corto's favourite reading is the ''[[Utopia (book)|Utopia]]'' by [[Thomas More]], but he never finished it. He also read books by [[Jack London|London]], [[Leopoldo Lugones|Lugones]], [[Robert Louis Stevenson|Stevenson]], [[Herman Melville|Melville]] and [[Joseph Conrad|Conrad]]. | + | |
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| - | ''Corto Maltese'' stories range from straight historical adventure stories to [[occult]] dream sequences. He is present when [[Manfred von Richthofen|Red Baron]] is shot down, helps the [[Jivaro]]s in South America, and flees Fascists in [[Venice]], but also unwittingly helps [[Merlin (wizard)|Merlin]] and [[Oberon (Fairy King)|Oberon]] to defend Britain and visits the [[lost continent]] of [[Mu (lost continent)|Mu]]. | + | |
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| - | Chronologically, the first ''Corto Maltese'' adventure, ''La giovinezza'' (''The Early Years''), happens during the [[Russo-Japanese War]]. In other albums he experiences the [[World War I|Great War]] in several locations, participates in the [[Russian Civil War]] after the [[October Revolution]], and appears during the early stages of [[Fascist]] Italy. In a separate series by Pratt, ''Gli Scorpioni del Deserto'' (''The Desert Scorpions'') he is described as disappearing in Spain during the [[Spanish Civil War]]. | + | |
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Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 – 21 April 1918) was a German fighter pilot known as the "Red Baron". He was the most successful flying ace of the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I, being officially credited with 80 confirmed air combat victories.
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- Von Richthofen and Brown or The Red Baron, a 1971 war film by Roger Corman
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