Yor the Hunter
Yor the Hunter (original: Henga el cazador) is an
Skorpio
.
The saga is set at the beginning of the
Neolithic Age,[1] and revolves on the mysterious origins of the main character, a young and blonde hunter, and the mythical Atlantis. The world in which Yor lives is a mix of prehistoric tribes and animals (including dinosaurs and other monsters) and science fiction
themes, in particular the last survivors of a very advanced civilization which is now on the verge of extinction. During the series, Hor, the son of Yor and also a young warrior, is introduced.
Translation and adaptation
The comic appeared in the Italian magazine Lanciostory starting with its first issue (#0) in 1975.
The 1983 Italian miniseries and film Yor, the Hunter from the Future were based on the comic.
References
- ^ Collins, Ray; Zanotto, Juan. Yor, il cacciatore [Yor, the Hunter] (in Italian). Eura Editoriale.
Sources
- Gociol, Judith Nancy; Rosemberg, Diego (2000). La Historieta Argentina: Una Historia [Cartoon Argentina : A History] (in Spanish). De La Flor. p. 490. ISBN 978-950-515-568-2.
- Lorenzon, Luca (11 February 2013). "Ray Collins e le altre vite di Eugenio Zappietro (I)" [Ray Collins and the other lives of Eugenio Zappietro]. Fucine mute (in Italian). Retrieved 11 November 2015.