Nathan Never

Nathan Never. Michele Medda, Antonio Serra, and Bepi Vigna, writers. Artists include: Claudio Castellini, Roberto De Angelis, Dante Bastianoni, Nicola Mari, Pino Rinaldi, Giancarlo Olivares and Onofrio Catacchio. "Nathan Never is a black-and-white, science fiction Italian comic book, published monthly in Italy since 1991 by Sergio Bonelli Editore."[1]

Wikipedia article linked above states that "Primary sources of inspiration are Blade Runner and Isaac Asimov's Foundation series."

Terence Sawyers reviews Simone Brioni and Daniele Comberiati's Italian Science Fiction: The Other in Literature and Film (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) in SFRA Review 51.3 (Summer 2021),[2] and notes notes the discussion of Nathan Never as a "dystopian science fiction fumetti that

“focuses on the fear of contamination, and the borders that separate ‘pure’ humans and aliens, mutants, or cyborgs” (169). Never exists in a complex vertical society where the privileged live high above and away from the downtrodden. His adventures have him mix it up with the spectrum of social groups, and he sometimes serves as the “white messianic figure” that protects the helpless in a cyberpunk world (170).[3]

A Google search for "Never Nathan" images on 24 November 2021 yielded a series of covers and other generally color images that included a robotic hand of the Terminator variety, cyborg images, and a hint of a rather robotic Alien figure.

RDE, 24Nov21