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Nonostante all'anagrafe compaia come Marny Bannister, e la fotografia sulla carta d'identità mostri una donna bruttissima, grazie a una magia Marny si trasforma nella splendida Satanik, e attraverso la bellezza si vendica di tutte le angherie che il mondo le aveva riservato. Creata nel 1964 dalla straordinaria coppia del fumetto italiano formata da Luciano Secchi, alias Max Bunker, e Roberto Raviola, alias Magnus, Satanik fu investita dalle critiche dell'Italia benpensante e bigotta del tempo, che non sopportava la violenza delle sue storie e, soprattutto, la sua carica erotica. In questo volume viene raccolta la saga che vede la bella protagonista affrontare il barone Wurdalak, vampiro dei tempi moderni.
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Magnus, pseudonym of Roberto Raviola, was an Italian comic book artist. He is regarded as one of the foremost cartoonists of his country. Having worked as an illustrator, he started his comics career and his association with Max Bunker in 1964 with the series Kriminal. He took the pseudonym Magnus from the Latin phrase "Magnus Pictor Fecit" ("A Great Painter Made It"). During the 1960s the duo became a mainstay of Italian comics, creating successful series such as Kriminal, Satanik, Dennis Cobb, Gesebel and Maxmagnus. In 1969 the duo released Alan Ford, their most successful series. After leaving Alan Ford in 1975, Magnus started working for Renzo Barbieri's publishing house. He devoted several years to research and the result was a revolution in the erotic comics genre. In the 1970s works like Midnight of Fire, Ten Knights and a Wizard, Vendetta Macumba and The Living Skull came out. Magnus continued creating the long saga The Outlaws and in 1975 he started the Lo Sconosciuto series. In 1977 The Company of the Gallows series appeared. In the 1980s he created two heroines: Milady 3000 and Necron's Frieda Boher, written by Ilaria Volpe. Milady is a science fiction series where Chinese culture, erotism and science-fiction. Necron instead was a pornographic series. Inspired by eastern literature, he created The 110 Pills, Fiori di prugno in un vaso d'oro and The Enchanted Women. In 1989 Magnus began his last work, a graphic novel featuring the popular Italian western character Tex Willer. Magnus completed 223 exceedingly detailed plates in 7 years of work, for which he used original sources for any historical element. He died of cancer just few days before completing his work.
Max Bunker, A pseudonym used by Luciano Secchi (born 24 August 1939) is an Italian comic book author. Secchi was born in Milan. His career started with a western style comic book Maschera Nera (Black Mask), in 1962, and went on to enjoy success with Kriminal and Satanik in collaboration with Magnus (Roberto Raviola). Also with Magnus, the series Maxmagnus proved successful, though arguably Bunker's most famous comics series is Alan Ford (published in May 1969), for which he wrote scenarios, with Magnus responsible for the artwork in the first 75 issues.
