Max Bunker, pen name of Luciano Massimiliano Secchi (born 24 August 1939), is an Italian comic book writer, and publisher, best known as the co-author of '' Alan Ford''. Bunker's career started in 1960 when he co-founded, together with his brother in law Andrea Corno, a publishing house focused on the production of comics called Editoriale Corno. In 1962 Bunker wrote a Western-style comic book, ''Maschera Nera'' (''Black Mask''). He went on to create more comics series in collaboration with

Magnus Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ...

(Roberto Raviola) such as '' Kriminal'' and ''

Satanik ''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''. Synopsis Satanik is Marny Bannister, a skilled female chemis ...

'' and '' Maxmagnus''. Bunker and Magnus' arguably most successful creative endeavour is ''Alan Ford''. Originally published in May 1969, the series ran for 75 issues. When Editoriale Corno closed in 1984, Bunker founded Max Bunker Press and continued to publish ''Alan Ford'' in collaboration with other artists such as Paolo Piffarerio.

Selected works

* '' Kriminal'' (1964) * ''

'' (1964) * '' Gesebel'' (1966) * '' Maxmagnus'' (1968) * '' Alan Ford'' (1969) * ''Fouche'' (1973) * '' Daniel'' (1973) * ''Kerry Cross'' (1994)

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Sources

Max Bunker dossier
FFF

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