Roland el corsario is a series of episodes written by HG Oesterheld and drawn by Jose Luis Garcia Lopez for the publisher Columba, published by episodes in his magazine Fantasy from 1972 to 1974 (the story continued after leaving Joseph Luis Garcia Lopez, with other artists) after the departure of Garcia Lopez, the graph was in charge of one of his classmates: David Mangiarotti, who had participated in the development of some of the pages of the series. Then follow several other artists.. The script, being adventurous, is the customary level of Oesterheld and drawing Garcia Lopez, despite having only 24 years old, is really good, possibly in his subsequent career in the United States does not improve. Prior to this story, Garcia Lopez, had drawn comic romance, both Argentina in magazines Columba, as for the United States, from 1970 to the publisher Charlton. The first episode of this series was published in the Yearbook No. 13 Fancy magazine in December 1972 was the only work they did together Oesterheld and Garcia Lopez, and also the last thing that drew large Spanish-Argentine illustrator before his departure to the United States who, throughout the 27 chapters completed, he knew fleshiness and give personality to this particular group of French privateers.
Roland, the young commander of the Black Cayman, Garrote, the second mate, Gaspar, first officer and narrator of the story, and a dozen seasoned seamen, always ready to fight the enemies of his country.