Messalina

A peculiar artifact of Italian comics, Messalina ran for seven issues from 1966, published by Ediperiodici. The series is primarily remembered for its lurid, adult-oriented historical fantasy, blending the scandalous legacy of its Roman empress namesake with the publisher's signature brand of sensationalism. It stands as a notable example of the fumetti neri trend, prefiguring the more extreme adult comics that would define Ediperiodici's output in the following decades.