Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Credits
Letters: typeset
Content
Genre: Historical | Characters: Count of Monte Cristo
Notes
Pencils, inks, and colors credits for this sequence from Alberto Becattini (May 14, 2007).
Foreword/Afterword
The Count of Monte Cristo (1 page)
Synopsis
Short profiles of the main characters of the story.
Credits
Letters: typeset
Content
Genre: Historical | Characters: Count of Monte Cristo; Edmond Dantes; Devillefort; Count de Morcerf; Baron Danglars
Notes
Inside front cover; black and white.
Count de Morcerf is depicted in one of the panels, but does not appear in the main story.
Comic Story
The Treasure of Monte Cristo (17 pages)
Synopsis
Edmond Dantes is unjustly imprisoned as a political prisoner in the Chateau D'If. He befriends a fellow prisoner, the Abbe Faria, who teaches him many skills over the years. Eventually the Abbe dies, but not before giving him a map to a treasure on the Isle of Monte Cristo. The Abbe's death also gives Dantes the opportunity to escape and he makes his way to the island and finds the treasure.
Part one of a two-part story. Adapted from "The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexandre Dumas (1844).
Comic Story
The Sword of Justice (17 pages)
Synopsis
Having used the treasure to set himself up as the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, Dantes returns to Marseilles to find those who conspired to send him to prison. After finding them scattered to various places, Dantes goes to Paris and comes up with a plan to extract his revenge on Baron Danglars and his confederate Lucien deBray.
Content
Genre: Historical | Characters: Count of Monte Cristo; Edmond Dantes; DeVillefort; Baron Danglars; Caderousse; Lucien deBray
Notes
Story continues on inside back cover in black and white and concludes on the back cover in color. Last panel is Dell's "A Pledge to Parents".
Part two of a two-part story. While the first part is fairly faithful to the original novel, the second part is an original story involving the book's characters, but not following the original plot at all.
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