''Petra Chérie'' is an Italian comic series created by

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Background

The comics started in 1977 and it was first published by the weekly magazine ''

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''. It features the adventures of Petra de Karlowitz, best known as Petra Chérie, a twenty-year-old Franco-Polish noblewoman who, after living five years in China, moves to

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, The Netherlands, where she faces the

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as well as the cultural prejudices against adventurous and independent women.Franco Fossati. ''I grandi eroi del fumetto''. Gramese, 1990. pp. 30–31. From January 1982 the comics were published by the monthly magazine ''Alter Alter''. During the years several anthological books were also published.

References

Italian comics titles Chérie, Petra Chérie, Petra 1977 comics debuts Chérie, Petra Chérie, Petra Chérie, Petra Adventure comics Comics set during World War I Comics about women Comics set in China Comics set in the Netherlands Female characters in comics {{Italy-comics-stub