Jesuit Joe is a mysterious character who appears in the eponymous story of Italian comics creator Hugo Pratt.

He rescues a kidnapped child and frees an imprisoned couple, but also shoots a bird for being too happy and stabs a priest in the hand.

The concerns of famed Italian cartoonist Hugo Pratt included responsibility, humanity, and social justice.

Skepticism of European ideals in colonial settings is a common theme in his stories and forms the main thrust of Jesuit Joe.

Jesuit Joe has been adapted into a film directed by Olivier Austen and starring French actress Laurence Treil.