derskorpion

CREATOR

Name: Carlsen Comics (European comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in Denmark in 1899 as P.I.B. by Hjalmar Carlsen (1875-1951) and has since then changed name several times. It has subsidiaries in several European countries. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Carlsen in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation has always focussed on childrens' literature from diverse countries. The pages in this site are all examples from the German branch named Carlsen Verlag.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 2001. Stopped in 2013 after 10 issues.

The story takes place in Rome during the second half of the 1700s. Cardinal Trebaldi and his guard search for a young man, a holy relics dealer named Armando Catalano, who challenges the cardinal's authority. He bears the so-called Mark of the Devil, a birthmark in the shape of a scorpion, which leads to the cardinal's wish to track him down and destroy him.