Yor the Hunter

Yor the Hunter (original: Henga el cazador, also known simply as Henga)[1] is an Argentine comic series created in 1974 by writer Ray Collins (pseudonym of writer Eugenio Juan Zappietro) and artist Juan Zanotto.[1] It appeared for the first time in the Argentine comics magazine Skorpio.

The saga is set at the beginning of the Neolithic Age,[2] 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-French miniseries and film Yor, the Hunter from the Future are based on the comic.

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.

References

  1. ^ a b Ray Collins: Biography of the Invisible Man. By Iván de la Torre 2003, Tebeosfera (in Spanish)
  2. ^ Collins, Ray; Zanotto, Juan. Yor, il cacciatore [Yor, the Hunter] (in Italian). Eura Editoriale.


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