no , ▁a ▁publishing ▁house ▁focused ▁on ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁com ics ▁called ▁Editor iale ▁Cor no . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁B unker ▁wrote ▁a ▁Western - style ▁com ic ▁book , ▁Mas ch era ▁N era ▁( Black ▁M ask ). ▁He ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁create ▁more ▁com ics ▁series ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Magn us ▁( R ober to ▁R avi ola ) ▁such ▁as ▁K riminal ▁and ▁Sat an ik ▁and ▁Max m agn us . ▁B unker ▁and ▁Magn us ' ▁arg u ably ▁most ▁successful ▁cre ative ▁endeav our ▁is ▁Alan ▁Ford . ▁Origin ally ▁published ▁in ▁May ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁the ▁series ▁ran ▁for ▁ 7 5 ▁issues . ▁When ▁Editor iale ▁Cor no ▁closed ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 , ▁B unker ▁founded ▁Max ▁B unker ▁Press ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁publish ▁Alan ▁Ford ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁other ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Paolo ▁P iff ar er io . ▁ ▁Selected ▁works ▁ ▁K riminal ▁( 1 9 6 4 ) ▁ ▁Sat an ik ▁( 1 9 6 4 ) ▁ ▁Ges eb el ▁( 1 9 6 6 ) ▁ ▁Max m agn us ▁( 1 9 6 8 ) ▁ ▁Alan ▁Ford ▁( 1 9 6 9 ) ▁ ▁Fou che ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁ ▁Daniel ▁( 1 9 7 3 ) ▁ ▁Ker ry ▁Cross ▁( 1 9 9 4 ) ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁S ources ▁▁ ▁Max ▁B unker ▁d oss ier ▁F FF