Comandante Mark

Comandante Mark is an Italian comics book originally published in Italy by Daimi Press (future Sergio Bonelli Editore). Original series was published in Italy monthly between September 1966 and January 1990, reached 281 numbers (mostly episodes on 64 black and white pages). Between 1990 and 2000 it was published 11 numbers of Mark Special on 128 or 160 pages. Comandante Mark was created, written and illustrated by the trio EsseGesse.

EsseGesse was an Italian team of cartoonists, most famous for their Western comics, which were popular in the 1950s. The comics were translated to French, Serbo-Croatian, Turkish, Greek, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian.

Their name was taken from the Italian pronunciation of the first letters of their three surnames, Pietro Sartoris of Greek descent(Torino, Italy 15 August 1926 - 27 July 1989), Dario Guzzon (Torino, Italy 4 January 1926 - 3 May 2000), and Giovanni Sinchetto (Torino, Italy 5 April 1922 - 19 January 1991). Some of their more famous series are Captain Miki, Il Grande Blek, Comandante Mark, Kinowa and Alan Mistero.