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Adèle Blanc-Sec
Art: Jacques Tardi
Script: Jacques Tardi
Color: Anne Delobel
Status: Ongoing
Genre: Fantasy
Both a rip-roaring adventure series set in pre-World War I Paris and a parody of same, Adèle Blanc-Sec has been enchanting, thrilling, and puzzling readers worldwide through four decades.
1. 1976 46p. | Adèle et la bête | |
Adele Blanc-Sec (Fantagraphics) #1: Pterror Over Paris / The Eiffel Tower Demon By: Fantagraphics As: 'Pterror over Paris' ISBN: 9781606993828 (96p.) (2010) Format: Hardcover Cheval Noir #1: 1989 #1 [+4 magazines] As: 'Adele and the Beast' Adele Blanc-Sec (NBM) #1: Adele and the Beast By: NBM ISBN: 9780918348852 (46p.) (1990) Format: Softcover Adèle becomes involved in an interlocking series of mysteries that involve a revived pterodactyl, a frightful on-stage murder, a looming execution by guillotine, and a demon from the depths of hell - plus of course moronic gendarmes, loyal (or perhaps traitorous?) henchmen, and a climax atop the Eiffel Tower. | ||
2. 1976 46p. | Le démon de la tour Eiffel | |
Adele Blanc-Sec (Fantagraphics) #1: Pterror Over Paris / The Eiffel Tower Demon By: Fantagraphics As: 'The Eiffel Tower Demon' ISBN: 9781606993828 (96p.) (2010) Format: Hardcover Cheval Noir #5: 1990 #2 [+3 magazines] As: 'The Demon of the Eiffel Tower' Adele Blanc-Sec (NBM) #2: The Demon of the Eiffel Tower By: NBM ISBN: 9781561630011 (46p.) (1990) Format: Softcover | ||
3. 1977 46p. | Le savant fou | |
Adele Blanc-Sec (Fantagraphics) #2: The Mad Scientist / A Dusting of Mummies By: Fantagraphics As: 'The Mad Scientist' ISBN: 9781606994931 (96p.) (2011) Format: Hardcover Cheval Noir #15: 1991 #2 [+3 magazines] As: 'The Mad Scientist' The science that brought us revived dinosaurs now results in a pithecanthrope stalking the streets of the City of Light, climaxing in an amazing car chase involving a foe from the previous volume. Will the perpetually inept Inspector Caponi just make things worse? Probably. | ||
4. 1978 46p. | Momies en folie | |
Adele Blanc-Sec (Fantagraphics) #2: The Mad Scientist / A Dusting of Mummies By: Fantagraphics As: 'A Dusting of Mummies' ISBN: 9781606994931 (96p.) (2011) Format: Hardcover The mummy glimpsed in Adèle's apartment in previous episodes comes alive! The volume concludes with the sudden startling (and delightful) incursion of some characters familiar to Tardi fans, and a shocking climax that leaves the future of both Adèle and this series in doubt as World War I erupts. | ||
5. 1981 46p. | Le secret de la salamandre | |
Adele Blanc-Sec #1: The Secret of the Salamander Our plucky heroine, Adele Blanc-Sec, is in the deep-freeze: encased in ice by the now-defunct Felicien Mouginot since 1912. She's so relaxed that she's slept right through World War I! Lucien Brindavoine holds the key to her revival, but he's busy getting drunk! In the meantime, the villainous Dieuleveult has sworn to kill Adele--but must first discover the secret of immortality embodied by Adele in her deep sleep. | ||
6. 1985 46p. | Le noyé à deux têtes | |
7. 1994 46p. | Tous des monstres! | |
8. 1998 46p. | Le Mystère des Profondeurs | |
9. 2007 45p. | Le labyrinthe infernal | Color: Jean-Luc Ruault |