Zagor Original #41: Veliki izazov
At Fort Morgan, Zagor and Chico meet Baron Icaro La Plume, an inventor of flying machines. When Chico climbs into the baron’s balloon looking for food, he takes off by accident.
In The Great Challenge, Zagor rescues a young soldier sent to find him and invite him to Fort Morgan. There, Zagor and Chico meet Baron Icaro La Plume, an inventor determined to prove to a crowd of onlookers that his machine can fly. A string of failed attempts only prompts him to try again.
The baron tests an ornithopter with pedal-powered wings before returning to his more reliable balloon, the Excelsior. Chico is more interested in the provisions stowed aboard. He climbs into the basket, helps himself to the food and gets into an argument with a passerby. When the man cuts the tether in anger, the balloon lifts off, leaving Zagor and the baron to chase after its accidental passenger.
Icaro La Plume’s first appearance turns the inventor’s ambition into a comic reversal: the baron struggles to get off the ground, while Chico manages it without meaning to. The search for Chico leads into the adventure continued in the next issue, The Broken Totem.
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