In the good old days when we still thought that Robin Wood to write all his comics (but already leaked through some indiscretion nippurweb.com.ar) I wrote a long piece which ended on Wood with a list of his series arrived in Italy. "And we hope not too many stupid things you have written" I said to introduce it on Mute Fucine 51. Here, of course, I take this opportunity to update the blog and correct some things ...
And of course to expand the list with the new series of the weekly Wood appeared after 2002.
Grace Henrichsen ( Skorpio 34/86)
classic example of a spin off, this series stems from previous Dennis Martin, one of the earliest evidence of Wood (even after the second Nippur, According to the authoritative No. 26 of Fumo di China ) [Of course, Dennis Martin is the second serial character created by Robin Wood but Grace Henrichsen was not a simple spin-off later, as is born Dennis Martin after and protagonist from the very beginning of the solo adventures] . In Italy, however, Dennis Martin we have only seen the continuation by Ray Collins, perhaps the episodes written by Wood were not yet mature enough [Earth, Swallow: Management of Wood lasted more than 10 years, and although the first episodes were not enough ' mature "(and still were) Wood would have had ample time to correct the shot ...] . In any case, the same Grace (as it was briefly shown on the cover of Skorpio ) will then be assigned to the pen of Collins, hidden under the pseudonym Turnell. The stories is not that much to say, Grace is an agent of Scotland Yard as the beloved Dennis and faces such as in the usual mad scientists, murderers, spies, dictators and so on. Some interesting stories are balanced by others (many) a little 'far-fetched and not just press the button to make the romance more human heroine who is basically the same old "machine" that always comes out the winner. In addition, the designs of Angel Fernandez (sometimes confused already by itself) are sacrificed rather than the reduced size and color plates that make it easy to read. Despite all these considerations Henrichsen Grace had a rather long editorial life, almost five years [In Italy: in Argentina lasted many, many years more] , during which there were quotations from Dennis Martin and rare encounters with this character.
Probably the episodes we've seen in Italy are for the most part (if not all) by Collins: the style is in fact little "wood" and at first the name of the writer was not practically never indicated.
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