Zagor Original #58: Crvena vještica

After their encounter with Professor Hellingen, Zagor and Chico reach Bridgeport. There they are forced aboard the Red Witch, a ship commanded by the ruthless Captain Nilsen. The two friends find themselves bound for the southern seas, with no say in where they are going or when they can leave the ship.

Their destination is Little Africa, a small volcanic island that has caught the attention of an eccentric English naturalist. He is looking for a rare beetle called Pisum Alatum. For him, the voyage is a chance to find an insect worth travelling a long way for. Zagor and Chico have a more immediate concern: how to get by among the people who took them out of port against their will.

Guido Nolitta moves the action from the familiar woods of Darkwood to a ship’s deck. Zagor can no longer rely on knowing the terrain, and the captain sets the rules. This issue introduces the ship, its commander and the unusual reason for the voyage. The dangers of the crossing and the island itself are explored in the next issue, Sveti idol (The Sacred Idol).