Torpedo 1936

Torpedo follows Luca Torelli, an Italian immigrant and contract killer, through the criminal underworld of 1930s New York. Its episodes use gangland conventions to expose greed, brutality and self-deception.

Alex Toth drew the first stories; Jordi Bernet became the defining artist of the series. Their differing approaches are part of its publication history.

The series is distinctive for placing a thoroughly unsentimental antihero at its center and letting dark comedy sharpen the violence. Its period setting supports both hardboiled atmosphere and social caricature.

Gangster noir and crime satire meet in short, often vicious stories. The 1936 setting evokes organized crime and economic hardship without making Torelli a romantic outlaw.

Bernet's brushwork and cinematic pacing give physical weight to fights, streets and interiors. Toth's early contribution should be kept distinct from the later, longer visual identity.