In its heyday, the strip boasted a weekly circulation of 400,000. From 1954 to 1967, 654 strips were published in the Collana Araldo series. The prototype of the character was published in another comic called Il Piccolo Trapper in 1953, inspired by the works of Fenimore Cooper and Zane Grey.
Benjamin Franklin also made occasional appearances.
Although not present in every episode, lawyer Connoly, the leader of American revolutionaries in Boston, is another prominent character. Blek's best friends and allies are his stepson Roddy Lassiter and Professor Cornelius Occultis. Fictional character īlek is the leader of a group of trappers during the American Revolutionary War, who fight against the cruel Redcoats, the symbol of British colonialist oppression. Blek was written and illustrated by Giovanni Sinchetto, Dario Guzzon and Pietro Sartoris, a trio also known as EsseGesse. Il Grande Blek is an Italian Western comic book, first published in Italy on October 3, 1954, by Editoriale Dardo.
