The most comprehensive coverage of the Jeff Hawke stories so far ( that is until the Jeff Hawke Cosmos is complete) has been the Italian publishing house Milano Libri whose multi-volume hardback series covers all the stories from H1 to H8865 ( Pharoah’s army got drownded). But last year Fondazione Roselllini an Italian company has announced the publication of two new books which contain the last hitherto unpublished stories in the Jeff Hawke series.

Volume one has 590 strips and contains five stories which start at H8866 where the Milano Libri series stops . In addition it also re-prints the “Angel of Mercy” which contains the first appearance of Fortuna . The five new stories are VIRUS ( elsewhere called Doppelganger), A MESSAGE FROM MEDUSA, TIME’S JEST, OUT OF THE ECLIPTIC and SONG FOR METHUSELAH. Also there are articles on the history of Sc-fi in comics and a piece on the evolution of the Jeff Hawke character. The book is a large format softcover and has 224 pages with numerous B&W pics and photos as well as the strips. It is in Italian only , but is well worth the money if only for the beautiful artwork. And of course if you have the patience you can always use Google translate!

Skipper Prossit