Satanik
Satanik.
Publisher	Edifumetto
Format	Magazine
Publication date	1964-1974
Number of issues	231
Creative team
Writer(s)	Max Bunker
Artist(s)	Magnus

Satanik is an Italian noir comic book created in December 1964 by Max Bunker (writer) and Magnus (artist), also the authors of the popular series Kriminal and Alan Ford. Edifumetto was an Italian publishing house of Fumetti, founded by Renzo Barbieri. Max Bunker, pseudonym of Luciano Secchi (born 24 August, 1939) is an Italian Comic book author Magnus, pseudonym of Roberto Raviola, ( May 30, 1939 - February 5, 1996) was an Italian Comic book artist, regarded Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Max Bunker, pseudonym of Luciano Secchi (born 24 August, 1939) is an Italian Comic book author Magnus, pseudonym of Roberto Raviola, ( May 30, 1939 - February 5, 1996) was an Italian Comic book artist, regarded Kriminal is an Italian comics series featuring an Eponymous Fictional character, created in 1964 by Magnus and Max Bunker Alan Ford is an Italian comic book created by Max Bunker (Luciano Secchi and Magnus (Roberto Raviola in print since 1969

Synopsis

Satanik is Marnie Bannister, a skilled female scientist whose face is marked by an unpleasant angioma. Angiomas are Benign Tumors that are made up of small Blood vessels or Lymph vessels. One day she casually develops a drug which transforms her into a charming and fascinating red-haired woman: but, as in Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the drug has an unexpected side effect, making her a murderous criminal mastermind. Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850–3 December 1894 was a Scottish novelist poet and travel writer, and a representative of Neo-romanticism in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a Novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886 Satanik was innovative in the fact she took advantage of her sex appeal to conduct her crimes, and some proto-erotic scenes appeared in the series. It showed also a broad range of horror and supernatural themes like vampires, evil ghosts and monsters. The series had several problems with censorship and some of the books were confiscated by authorities (like "Murder in the correction house").

Lieutenant Trent, Satanik's main opponent.

The main antagonist of Satanik is the policeman Lt. Trent, whose companion Satanik had killed. After a ménage with the jewel trader Max Lincoln (#38-100), in the last numbers she gets engaged with Kriss Hunter, a black private detective. One of the villains of the series, the vampire Baron Wurdalak, who, due to his bumbling nature, later also appeared in the comedic-oriented series Alan Ford.

Publication history

The comic book, in black and white digest format, was published for ten years. Magnus left after Issue 161. Other artists who worked on the series include Giovanni Romanini and Franco Verola. The last Satanik comic book was Issue 231 of November 1974 , in which Satanik and her boyfriend seem to drown. Satanik was named Demoniak in France, in order to avoid confusion with Killing, which had been translated in French as Satanik. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Killing is an Italian Comics series featuring an Eponymous character

In 1968 Satanik was adapted into a film directed by Piero Vivarelli, starring Magda Konopka in the main role. The year 1968 in film involved some significant events Events October 30 - The film The Lion in Winter Magda Konopka ( Warsaw, 1943 is a Polish former model and actress who specialized in sexy and erotic roles in 1970s movies

External links

• Max Bunker Press
• Fumetto nero
• Complete list of Satanik stories (Italian)
• Satanik's entry in International Catalogue of Superheroes
• Satanik at the Internet Movie Database