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Aldebaran - Betelgeuse | |||
#1 The Catastrophe ISBN: 9781905460571 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #1 (1994) La catastrophe (48p) #2 (1995) La blonde (as The Blonde) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Group ISBN: 9781905460700 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #3 (1996) La photo (as The Photo) (46p) #4 (1997) Le groupe (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Creature ISBN: 9781905460939 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #5 (1998) La créature (46p) #1 (2000) La planète (as The Betelqeuse Planet) (46p) The second cycle takes the theme of the colonisation of space further than most sci-fi comics by looking at its ecological aspect. Leilah Nakad studies the Lums, cute animals living on the planet Betelgeuse. Seven years earlier, she led a 3000-strong group who were to settle on Betelgeuse. But the spaceship is still flying around, lost in space. Driss and Alexa investigate Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Betelgeuse - The Survivors ISBN: 9781849180047 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #2 (2001) Les survivants (as The Survivors) (46p) #3 (2002) L'expédition (as The Expidition) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Betelgeuse - The Caves ISBN: 9781849180283 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #4 (2003) Les cavernes (46p) A wounded Kim has been rescued by Hector, but they are stuck inside the planet's vast network of caves. Steve and Inge leave the expedition behind to look for them. All of them make their way through multiple, winding tunnels, trying to avoid particularly hostile and dangerous fauna in order to meet up. But the nightmare creatures aren't the only ones down there. A strange technology reveals itself, and the Iums come and go in large flocks. Soon, an alien yet hauntingly familiar sight will put Kim on the track of Betelgeuse's hidden secret... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Betelgeuse - The Other ISBN: 9781849180368 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #5 (2005) L'autre (46p) n this conclusion to the second cycle, Kim, Inge, Mai Lan and Hector have been camping for weeks in the wilds of Betelgeuse's canyons, waiting for Hector's ankle to heal. As they get ready to head back to the settlement, unaware that Alexa and Mark have finally reached the planet and made contact with the colonists, the mantris sends Kim an invitation! What follows is an extraordinary encounter that will decide the future of Betelgeuse and change the course of Kim's life forever. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Alone | |||
#1 The Vanishing ISBN: 9781849181969 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Bruno Gazzotti | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #1 (2006) La disparition (54p) Ivan, Leila, Camille, Terry, Dodzi. Five children who have never met each other, who live very different lives in a small city. Then, one day, they all wake up in their empty homes, walk out into empty streets and wander through the empty city. No adults, no other children; just the five of them eventually finding each other, and forced to band together to face the inevitable questions and the dangers of a modern city suddenly emptied of its inhabitants. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Master of Knives ISBN: 9781849182065 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Bruno Gazzotti | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #2 (2007) Le Maître des couteaux (46p) In the abandoned town, the children have established a new home and organised a life for themselves. As they prepare for a trip to other cities in an attempt to determine the extent of the phenomenon that saw everyone else vanish, they encounter and learn to deal with the problems of an existence without adults. Until one day a tall, knifewielding figure appears, and their dream of finding someone else suddenly turns into a nightmare... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Clan of the Shark ISBN: 9781849182508 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Bruno Gazzotti | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #3 (2008) Le clan du requin (46p) The five Campton children are travelling to neighbouring cities by bus, desperately looking for other living humans. All they find are deserted settlements, burned forests and packs of feral dogs, until one day they discover an amusement park filled with kids, all found and gathered by Saul, the owner's son. A strange, authoritarian child who worships the park's great white shark, and whose arbitrary rules are not at all to the taste of the newcomers. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Red Cairns ISBN: 9781849182560 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Bruno Gazzotti | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #4 (2009) Les cairns rouges (46p) The five children, now accompanied by several dissidents from the Clan of the Shark, have returned to Campton, where Ivan found some clues about the night of the Vanishing. One evening, as they are discussing the organisation of their new camp, the Master of Knives comes to ask for their help ...and collapses, gravely injured. Searching the city for what attacked him, the children are stunned to discover huge piles of objects covered in red paint Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Alpha | |||
#1 The Exchange ISBN: 9781905460595 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Youri Jigounov | Script: Pascal Renard #1 (1996) L'échange (46p) #2 (1997) Clan Bogdanov (as The Bogdanov Family) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Wolves' Wages ISBN: 9781905460861 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Youri Jigounov | Script: Mythic #3 (1998) Le salaire des loups (47p) The fall of the Berlin wall and the dismantling of the Soviet Empire changed the world, engendered new rivalries and started a new kind of Cold War. From Paris to Moscow, from Berlin to The Hague to New York, mafia hotshots, ex-members of the nomenklatura, powerful financial and industrial organisations, spies from all sides: all of these influential figures are involved in a political and economical warfare and the stakes are high. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The List ISBN: 9781849180429 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Youri Jigounov | Script: Mythic #4 (1999) La liste (46p) A document has surfaced, listing the names of American citizens who had shady dealings with the secret police of former East Germany. The CIA sends Alpha to escort its owner and his family, but some of the implicated people are influential and have a long reach, while other countries see in the list an opportunity to blackmail potential agents within the higher spheres of US power. It is a mission that will definitely not be a pleasure cruise... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Sanctions ISBN: 9781849181822 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Youri Jigounov | Script: Mythic #5 (2000) Sanctions (46p) The Cold War: the golden age of American and Soviet spies, a time when everything was clear-cut and simple. We're the good guys, they're the bad guys. Nowadays, CIA operatives like Alpha often feel more like commercial envoys than secret agents. When bodies start to drop in Washington, though, a boring mission that includes playing tourist guide to a Russian delegation suddenly becomes much more dangerous. An old bogeyman from the Cold War, long thought dead, has reappeared. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Antares | |||
#1 Antares 1 ISBN: 9781849180979 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #1 (2007) Antarès 1 (55p) After the failure of the Betelgeuse colonisation mission, Kim is back on Earth, where she is an increasingly popular figure. Meanwhile, advance scouts on planet Antares have witnessed some distressingly strange events. Worried about the future of this new mission, the sponsors of the Antares project call upon Kim to accompany the first colonists, offering legal amnesty for Alexa and Mark in exchange. It's the beginning of a new adventure for the young woman and her friends. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Antares 2 ISBN: 9781849181204 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #2 (2009) Antarès 2 (46p) The Antares mission is underway. Kim, her daughter and her companions are on board the interstellar ship that carries the would-be colonists. Conditions are far from ideal, though. The fanaticism and bigotry of a large number of the passengers, all members of the project leader's sect, are putting everyone on edge. As well, there are rumours of substandard equipment for the expedition. By the time they reach Antares, Kim and her friends are already disillusioned - and the worst is yet to come. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Antares 3 ISBN: 9781849181501 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #3 (2010) Antarès 3 (46p) Bad luck, shoddy equipment and hostile fauna have stranded Kim and her companions thousands of miles from the Antares expedition's base camp. Abandoned to their fate by the fanatical leaders who cannot abide Kim's independent streak, wracked by internal dissent, the little group must make its way back through an unknown, terrifying land - a long journey that will raise many questions and cost many lives. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Antares 4 ISBN: 9781849181662 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #4 (2011) Antarès 4 (46p) Kim's group, still stranded halfway across Antares, must get back to the base camp through a journey filled with deadly encounters. Meanwhile, at the base camp, a trip to the neighbouring planet - source of the strange ray that vaporised Kim's daughter - is being organised. The prospect of meeting an intelligent species, though, drives the religious fanatics in charge to clamp down on any person or activity deemed rebellious. As if a hostile world isn't enough, the colonists have brought their own worst enemy with them... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Antares 5 ISBN: 9781849182058 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #5 (2013) Antarès 5 (46p) Kim's mission to the other Antares planet - the one from which came the mysterious beam that took her daughter - is underway, and the young woman desperately wants to believe she will find her missing child. One amongst her team has no shortage of faith, though: the insufferable Jedediah Thornton is convinced they are going to meet an advanced alien civilisation. And he will stop at nothing to ensure humanity's representative is a man of proper morals... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Antares 6 ISBN: 9781849182584 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo #6 (2015) Antarès 6 (46p) As the main body of the Antares expedition faces a catastrophic situation and seems doomed to failure, Kim's little group is still trying to establish contact with whoever kidnapped her daughter Lynn. But the fanatic Jedediah is still there, causing dissension and creating obstacles. Only Kim's strength of character, her determination to find her daughter, and her special bond with the alien Sven - Lynn's father - can still save them all. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Barracuda | |||
#1 Slaves ISBN: 9781849181655 Pages: 64 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Jérémy | Script: Jean Dufaux #1 (2010) Esclaves (52p) Emilio, a young servant disguised as a woman to escape the pirates' blood thirst. Maria, daughter of a Spanish grandee, captured by the same pirates. Raffy, son of Captain Blackdog of the pirate ship Barracuda. All three of them taken to Puerto Blanco, all three of them left behind when the Barracuda leaves to seek a fabulous diamond. What twisted fates await them on the island, amidst the various groups that vie for dominance there? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Scars ISBN: 9781849181921 Pages: 56 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Jérémy | Script: Jean Dufaux #2 (2011) Cicatrices (54p) Emilio, a young servant disguised as a woman to escape the pirates' blood thirst. Maria, daughter of a Spanish grandee, captured by the same pirates. Raffy, son of Captain Blackdog of the pirate ship Barracuda. All three of them taken to Puerto Blanco, all three of them left behind when the Barracuda leaves to seek a fabulous diamond. What twisted fates await them on the island, amidst the various groups that vie for dominance there? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Duel ISBN: 9781849182041 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Jérémy | Script: Jean Dufaux #3 (2012) Duel (56p) On Puerto Blanco, life goes on. Captain Flynn is dead, murdered by his old nemesis. Emilio mourns his mentor and lover, yet finds unexpected companionship in Maria and Raffy. The three children left behind by the Barracuda have grown and found each other, but the dangers are many: De La Loya and his Spanish expedition; Ferrango, Maria's cuckolded husband; Flynn's killer; a scorned woman with a talent for poisons - And above all, a cursed diamond that carries madness and death. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Revolts ISBN: 9781849182577 Pages: 64 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Jérémy | Script: Jean Dufaux #4 (2013) Révoltes (56p) It's chaos in Puerto Blanco. Raffy, caught red-handed with Ferrango's wife Maria, is about to be thrown into a shark tank; the governor is toppled by a coup and the Spanish occupy the city after bombarding it. Amidst the blood and fire, alliances are formed and broken, betrayal follows betrayal, and the flame of resistance is kindled. Will love and friendship prove stronger than fanaticism and the thirst for power? The fourth volume in this popular comic book series. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Bellybuttons, The | |||
#1 Who Do You Think You Are? ISBN: 9781905460885 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Delaf | Script: Maryse Dubuc Nombrils (Les) #1 (2006) Pour qui tu te prends ? (44p) Jenny and Vicky are super-cute, super-catty girls who would do almost anything to be the centre of attention. The third wheel of the group is the too-tall, plain Karine. When a guy named Dan shows interest in Karine, Jenny and Vicky are appalled and will go to any len Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 It's Ugly Out There! ISBN: 9781849180177 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Delaf | Script: Maryse Dubuc Nombrils (Les) #2 (2007) Sale temps pour les moches (48p) Jenny and Vicky are super-cute girls, obsessed with Brad Pitt and shopping, willing to do almost anything to be the centre of attention. The third wheel of the group is the too-tall, plain Karine, who is always helping them do their homework. Karine is in love with Dan, but Jenny and Vicky do their utmost to nip any romance in the bud. They even give Karine the wrong mobile number for Dan. Yet she remains oblivious to how devious her so-called friends are. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Bonds of Friendship ISBN: 9781849180702 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Delaf | Script: Maryse Dubuc Nombrils (Les) #3 (2008) Les liens de l'amitié (44p) he bonds of friendship are unbreakable. No matter what life throws at you, friends will never desert or betray you. At least, that's how it usually goes - But with Jenny and Vicky as her friends, poor Karine is finding a different meaning to the phrase. The two selfish beauties don't like that she's got Dan now. And when they turn on each other over John John, everything seems to break down in the life of the Bellybuttons Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Berlin | |||
#1 The Seven Dwarves ISBN: 9781849181358 Pages: 56 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Marvano #1 (2007) Les sept nains (52p) An abandoned airfield in 1993: Two women exchange a 50-year-old letter. The year 1943: The crew of the Lancaster S-Snowwhite is dropping bombs on Germany. Seven men, so young and yet so old before their time. Seven dwarves for old Snow White, and their story of the war. The terror of night missions, the flak, the enemy fighters, the mid-air collisions... Death that strikes anywhere, any time, and the love you seek and latch on to desperately to feel alive while you can... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Biggles (Cinebook) | |||
#1 Spitfire Parade ISBN: 9781905460540 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Francis Bergèse #3 (1992) Le bal des Spitfire (52p) End of summer 1940. Biggles has been given command of the 666th Fighter Squadron, which consists of officers who do not take too kindly to discipline. We meet Lord Bertie Lissie, George 'Ferocity' Ferris and Tex O'Hara. Another pilot, Tug Carrington, arrives and immediately shows his abilities by shooting down a German Junkers bomber. Angus Mackail is flying down to join the 666th Squadron, but, due to bad weather, he is forced to land in a field. Later, in a farmhouse, he meets a jealous Canadian pilot called 'Nutty' Armand who takes him on a ride to remember. When both arrive at the 666th Squadron, 'Nutty' finds that he is going to be joining the Squadron as well. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Billy And Buddy | |||
#1 Remember This, Buddy? ISBN: 9781905460915 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Jean Roba #17 (1980) Tu te rappelles, Bill? (44p) Billy is a normal 7-year-old growing up in a normal family in a normal town. His best friend is a cocker spaniel named Buddy, who is not so normal: He can make himself understood by humans without words and can talk to other animals. Buddy's best friend is the family's tortoise, Caroline.Together, Billy and Buddy get up to all sorts of mischief, gently tormenting those around them. The family setting is overflowing with love and tenderness, and the duo's pranks are guaranteed to make readers of all ages roar with laughter. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Bored Silly With Billy ISBN: 9781849180498 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Roba | Script: Raoul Cauvin, Jean Roba #14 (1977) Ras le Bill ! (44p) Billy has a very normal life, growing up in a typical family in a nondescript town. His dog, however, is a bit unusual: a cocker spaniel with human-or, as he often reflects himself, superior-intelligence. Buddy's got his posse of dog pals, his nemesis the neighbour's cat, and his almost-sister Caroline, the family tortoise. But it is with his best friend Billy that he gets up to the highest mischief, targeting everyone equally with love and abandon. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Friends First ISBN: 9781849181242 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Jean Roba #2 (1964) 60 gags de Boule et Bill 2 (60p) Billy's got a good life with Mum and Dad. Plenty of play, a little homework, and a smart, loving dog. Of course there's the occasional hitch: that nosy, bossy old maid of a neighbour-and her Siamese cat-or the cheeky beat cop Agent 22. But it's never too serious, and even Dad's occasional embarrassing blunders can't spoil things for long. After all, as long as you have friends, everything will be all right in the end! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 It's A Dog's Life ISBN: 9781849181716 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Jean Roba #9 (1973) Une vie de chien (52p) Billy's got a good life with Mum and Dad. Plenty of play, a little homework, and a smart, loving dog. Seasons come and go and it is winter now for Billy and Buddy. Between the snow to play with, the ice to slide on and lots food, the opportunities for fun and mischief are endless! Whether the adults feel the same way about it... that's not really important! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Clowning Around ISBN: 9781849182003 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Laurent Verron #29 (2003) Quel cirque ! (44p) Billy's family is a perfectly normal one. Dad, Mom, some cousins, a tortoise... and of course the best dog in the world, Buddy! Oh, true, the cocker spaniel is too smart for everyone's good sometimes, and occasionally triggers disasters or raids the fridge. But that's a small price to pay for a loyal companion who'll always be there to cheer you up and give you a good laugh! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Blake and Mortimer (CB) | |||
#1 The Yellow 'M' ISBN: 9781905460212 Pages: 72 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #6 (1987) La marque jaune (62p) London's walls resound with the incredible exploits of the "Yellow Mark." The spectacular actions of this mysterious criminal are on the increase: holding up the Bank of England, robbing the imperial crown... No one seems able to stop him. He is so audacious that he lets the police know in advance where he will commit his crimes, each time ridiculing Scotland Yard a little more. The apparent ease with which he evades police schemes begins to worry the highest authorities of the country. The Home Office asks Captain Francis Blake to solve the mystery and discover the identity of the man who hides behind the Yellow Mark. The captain immediately takes as partner his old friend, Professor Philip Mortimer, whose scientific knowledge will be invaluable in solving this extremely complex enigma. Who hides behind the Yellow Mark? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Mystery of the Great Pyramid 1 ISBN: 9781905460373 Pages: 56 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #4 Le mystère de la grande pyramide 1 (54p) Professor Philip Mortimer has decided to spend his holidays in Cairo with his trusty servant, Nasir. There he plans to meet his old friend, Professor Ahmed Rassim Bey, who offers him the fantastic opportunity of satisfying his passion for Egyptology. Professor Bey has invited him to take part in deciphering his latest discoveries-in this case, some papyrus coming from mummies of the Ptolemaic age. Mortimer and Bey soon realize that one of the fragments deals with the "Chamber of Horus," a fabled crypt that could contain priceless treasures.. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Mystery of the Great Pyramid 2 ISBN: 9781905460380 Pages: 56 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #5 Le mystère de la grande pyramide 2 (54p) Captain Blake having been assassinated at Athens Airport, Olrik seems to have won the first round. A furious Mortimer swears that he'll never stop trying to avenge his friend. He goes on the hunt for Olrik, but information is scarce. Sheik Abdel Razek, an old man with mysterious powers, protects him against Doctor Grossgrabenstein's crew. The doctor is a devoted Egyptologist who has undertaken excavations not far from the Great Pyramid. Strange happenings occur and Mortimer may sometimes feel like he's losing his way in this investigation that will lead him into the darkest depths of the Great Pyramid. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Francis Blake Affair ISBN: 9781905460632 Pages: 68 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Ted Benoît | Script: Jean Van Hamme #13 (1996) L'affaire Francis Blake (66p) Scandal breaks in the London press: There is a mole in the Intelligence Service! And it appears without a doubt, on a photograph taken by agents of MI 5, that the mole wears the face of Francis Blake! Mortimer is determined to believe that his friend has been forced to act against his will. But the initial investigations sweep away this hypothesis: Blake has opened, under an assumed name, an account fed by payments coming from the Bahamas. In a few months, he has withdrawn 30,000 - more than 10 times his annual pay! With MI 5 agents planning to try Blake for high treason, or to kill him if needed, Mortimer decides to find his friend before they do. A long hunt begins. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 The Strange Encounter ISBN: 9781905460755 Pages: 68 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Ted Benoît | Script: Jean Van Hamme #15 (2001) L'étrange rendez-vous (64p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 SOS Meteors ISBN: 9781905460977 Pages: 72 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #8 (1989) S.O.S. Météores (62p) Extreme weather threatens the whole of continental Europe, turning the lives of its citizens inside out. The French government calls Professor Mortimer to help solve this enigma. Mortimer travels near Paris to visit his friend Professor Labrousse, the chief French meteorologist. But when the taxi driver Labrousse sent to meet Mortimer at the station disappears, our friend becomes the prime suspect. Mortimer gets in touch with his old friend Blake, also in France, to help him out of this tricky situation. However, Blake disappears as well, so Mortimer and Labrousse have two missing-person cases to investigate. They soon discover that the two disappearances are not only linked to each other, but also to the climatic catastrophes. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Affair of the Necklace ISBN: 9781849180375 Pages: 72 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #10 (1990) L'affaire du collier (62p) A necklace that used to belong to Marie Antoinette, the last French queen before the French Revolution, turns up in the hands of a British collector who decides to present it to Queen Elizabeth. Blake and Mortimer's sworn enemy Olrik, about to be tried in Paris, manages to escape and steals the precious piece of jewellery in front of their very noses during a glittering reception in the French capital. The affair threatens to turn into a full-blown diplomatic incident, especially since Olrik is doing his best to embarrass Blake and Mortimer by tipping off the press about his every move. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 The Voronov Plot ISBN: 9781849180481 Pages: 72 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #14 (2000) La machination Voronov (62p) An experimental Soviet satellite crash lands in Siberia carrying with it an incredibly lethal virus. KGB scientist Dr. Voronov, a Stalin admirer, along with Olrik (posing as Soviet Colonel Ilkor) plans to use the virus as a biological weapon to overthrow the Soviet government and conquer the West. After the plot is discovered by an English spy, Blake and Mortimer travel to the Soviet Union to stop Voronov. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent 1 ISBN: 9781849180672 Pages: 64 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #16 (2003) Les sarcophages du 6e continent 1 (54p) In 1958, Blake and Mortimer visit the Universal Exposition (World Fair) in Brussels when it is suddenly attacked by Indian terrorists using a mysterious force. Worse still, the terrorists are apparently led by none other than the long thought deceased Ashoka, who long ago swore revenge on Mortimer... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent 2 ISBN: 9781849180771 Pages: 64 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #17 (2004) Les sarcophages du 6e continent 2 (54p) When the opening of the Brussels World Fair is threatened by the supernatural devastations of various buildings, Blake, Mortimer and Nasir travel to the Antarctic to discover the mysterious origins of the terrible electrical destructions. But they are unaware of the terrible secret hidden beneath the ice of the 6th Continent. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 The Gondwana Shrine ISBN: 9781849180948 Pages: 64 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #18 (2008) Le sanctuaire du Gondwana (54p) Several months after their adventures in Antarctica, Blake and Mortimer are back in England. Still somewhat shaken after his ordeal, the professor is ordered by his doctor to get some rest. In typical Mortimer fashion, he decides to spend his holidays in Africa - looking for a lost civilisation! Accompanied by Nastasia Wardynska and an old flame of his, he begins tracking down a culture that is older than any ever recorded-but someone is dogging their every step Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 Atlantis Mystery ISBN: 9781849181075 Pages: 64 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #7 (1988) L'énigme de l'Atlantide (62p) Deep under Sao Miguel island, rumoured to be the last emerging part of Atlantis, Professor Mortimer has discovered samples of a mysterious radioactive metal. Could it be the Atlanteans' legendary orichalcum? When he and his friend Blake set out on an expedition into the depths to find out, sabotage occurs in the form of their old opponent Olrik. And soon, all three will be embroiled in a power struggle far bigger in scope than they could have imagined. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 The Curse of the 30 Pieces of Silver 1 ISBN: 9781849181259 Pages: 64 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Chantal De Spiegeleer, René Sterne | Script: Jean Van Hamme #19 (2009) La malédiction des trente deniers 1 (as The Curse of the 30 Pieces of Silver) (54p) In Pennsylvania, Olrik escapes a federal prison by helicopter after a bloody attack. With Blake forced to cut short his holidays at the news, a disappointed Mortimer turns his attention to Greece, where an earthquake has uncovered an ancient chapel. Before long, people are trying to kill Mortimer over a mysterious Roman silver coin. Could the long-lost relic be one of the 30 denarii paid to Judas for his betrayal of Jesus? And who exactly covets it so much? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#14 The Curse of the 30 Pieces of Silver 2 ISBN: 9781849181303 Pages: 64 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Antoine Aubin | Script: Jean Van Hamme #20 (2010) La malédiction des trente deniers 2 (54p) Captured and then abandoned by Olrik, Mortimer is now lost as sea with no provisions. Fortunately, he can always count on Blake. Once reunited, and with the help of some old friends, the two British gentlemen continue their dangerous mission to stop Von Stahl from resurrecting the Third Reich using the evil power of the 30 pieces of silver... a mission that will take them throughout Greece and into the very Kingdom of Hades! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#15 The Secret of the Swordfish 1 ISBN: 9781849181488 Pages: 64 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #1 (1984) Le secret de l'espadon 1 (54p) In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it destroys all opposition, and capital cities across the planet are left burning. But, in Great Britain, Professor Mortimer, inventor of a mysterious weapon named the Swordfish, and his friend and protector Captain Blake, have escaped the destruction, and must make their way to a secret base... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#16 The Secret of the Swordfish 2 ISBN: 9781849181617 Pages: 64 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #2 (1985) Le secret de l'espadon 2 (54p) leeing the devastation of World War III, Blake, Mortimer and Nasir have been trying to reach a secret base with the blueprints for a new weapon, the Swordfish. But the forces of the Yellow Empire are hot on their trail, and soon Mortimer is captured. While Blake works tirelessly at coordinating the various resistance movements on the planet, the professor is forced to endure captivity, threats and torture from their eternal enemy, Olrik. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#17 The Secret of the Swordfish 3 ISBN: 9781849181747 Pages: 64 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #3 (1986) Le secret de l'espadon 3 (48p) The captain and the professor have finally made it to the secret base with the Swordfish blueprints, and construction has begun on the extraordinary machines. Olrik hasn't had his last word, though, and he is ready to take tremendous risks to locate the world's last bastion of resistance and freedom. A race against time is on between Imperial forces on one side and Mortimer's teams of engineers on the other... The fate of civilisation is at stake. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#18 The Oath of the Five Lords ISBN: 9781849181914 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #21 (2012) Le serment des cinq lords (62p) 1919. Colonel Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - has an unpleasant meeting with an MI5 agent who confiscates his manuscript of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 35 years later, Oxford is shaken by a series of burglaries at the Ashmolean Museum, at the same time as Blake learns of the death of an old friend. The captain begins an investigation, while Mortimer looks into the thefts - But what dark connection does all of this have with Lawrence or Blake's own past? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#19 The Time Trap ISBN: 9781849182140 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Edgar Pierre Jacobs #9 (1990) Le piège diabolique (62p) Professor Mortimer is bequeathed an old house in France by a former adversary: Miloch, the evil genius of SOS Meteors fame. Along with the house is a letter inviting the Briton, as the only man of worthy intellect, to discover a fabulous invention left behind by the departed. Following recorded instructions, Mortimer activates the device and wakes up a hundred million years in the past! Thus begins an incredible odyssey through time. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#20 The Septimus Wave ISBN: 9781849182423 Pages: 64 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Étienne Schréder, Antoine Aubin | Script: Jean Dufaux #22 (2013) L'onde Septimus (66p) t's been several months since the events of The Yellow M, but the evil of Professor Septimus still echoes around London. Important figures of the capital's jet set come together around the questionable values the mad scientist defended. Olrik is forced to resort to opium in order to forget he was guinea pig. As for Mortimer, he too is trying, albeit for more humanist reasons, to revive certain aspects of Septimus's work - to Blake's extreme concern... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#21 Plutarch's Staff ISBN: 9781849182645 Pages: 72 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: André Juillard | Script: Yves Sente #23 (2014) Le Bâton de Plutarque (62p) 1944. England is still locked in a struggle to the death with Nazi Germany. But already a new threat looms among the peaks of the Himalayas. For now, though, Squadron Leader Blake, having saved London from a German prototype, is assigned to a top secret mission, during which he meets with an old friend he hasn't seen since India: Philip Mortimer. Soon, the pair are introduced to an officer working for Allied Intelligence: Colonel Olrik... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Bluecoats, The | |||
#1 Robertsonville Prison ISBN: 9781905460717 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #6 (1975) La prison de Robertsonville (44p) The Bluecoats is a humorous comic-book series starring Sergeant Chesterfield and Corporal Blutch, soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War. Our two heroes are captured by the Confederates and taken to Robertsonville prison camp, from which Blutch and the Sergeant try to escape five times. The camp commandant despairs, and Chesterfield and Blutch make a final attempt... Robertsonville Prison was inspired by the Andersonville prison camp situated in Georgia, which operated from mid-1863 to mid-1864. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Navy Blues ISBN: 9781905460823 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #7 (1975) Les bleus de la marine (44p) This humorous series on the American Civil War centres around two cavalrymen in the Unionist Army: Cornelius Chesterfield, a zealous and devoted sergeant and Corporal Blutch, a reluctant soldier, highly critical of authority and who always tries to eschew yet another senseless battle. This highly comical duo does what it can to escape the often obtuse military mindset, absurd orders and the madness of war. In this volume, the Sergeant obeys the Captain for the first time and ends up in the Marines... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Skyriders ISBN: 9781849180146 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #8 (1976) Les cavaliers du ciel (44p) Blutch and Chesterfield go up in an observation balloon in order to spy on the Confederate troops. But the plot thickens when our heroes crash land on their superiors. The generals send them behind enemy lines to try and free Stark who has been captured on a previous sortie. A tricky mission, not only for our heroes, but also for the other side. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Greenhorn ISBN: 9781849180665 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #14 (1979) Le blanc-bec (44p) Blutch and Chesterfield get away from the 22nd Cavalry and go spend some R&R at - Fort Bow, their old posting on the frontier. That's where Chesterfield's flame Amelia lives-the daughter of Colonel Appleton. But when the cavalrymen arrive, they find the young lady dancing with a dashing young lieutenant. When a young Native American boy gets mixed up in it by mistake, it doesn't take long for the situation to spiral out of control. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Rumberley ISBN: 9781849181082 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #15 (1979) Rumberley (44p) After an even bloodier battle than usual, the Union army is out of men. But so are the Rebels, and General Alexander decides to retreat and come back with reinforcements quickly before the enemy can do the same. To move faster, he leaves his wounded-including Stark and Chesterfield-behind in the nearby town of Rumberley, in the care of its inhabitants and Corporal Blutch. But Rumberley's a Rebel village... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Bronco Benny ISBN: 9781849181464 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #16 (1980) Bronco Benny (44p) General Alexander's Union army is out of horses, and it is now facing none other than Robert E. Lee himself. To rebuild the Northern Cavalry before the coming battle, Blutch and Chesterfield are sent to buy new mounts, with the help of legendary horse trainer Ben 'Bronco Benny' Wilcox. But, first, they'll have to cross Rebel lines, face angry Indians, and deal with Benny's fascination with a very special horse named Traveller. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Blues in the Mud ISBN: 9781849181839 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #13 (1978) Les bleus dans la gadoue (44p) While out on patrol, Blutch and Chesterfield encounter an unusual soldier: a woman wearing a Union uniform, who has come to join the army to look for her brother and uphold the family's honour. Blutch is unconvinced, but the sergeant, won over by the combination of bravery and a pretty face, agrees to help her. That, however, means taking her along for Captain Stark's demented charges - a prospect that could drive anyone to shirk their duty of desert Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Auld Lang Blue ISBN: 9781849182454 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Willy Lambil | Script: Raoul Cauvin Tuniques Bleues (Les) #18 (1981) Blue Retro (44p) Contrary to what you may believe, even the very martial Sergeant Chesterfield didn't always wear the Union's blue uniform. Both he and Blutch were civilians at the beginning of the war - butcher's boy and barman, respectively. So, how did they find themselves in the 22nd Cavalry? Well, there was a rather unscrupulous recruiting officer, a lot of alcohol, an overly eager young lady ... and a definite aversion for the infantry. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Buck Danny | |||
#1 Night of the Serpent ISBN: 9781905460854 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Francis Bergèse #49 (2000) La nuit du serpent (46p) An American pilot is shot down at the border between North and South Korea. While his colleagues cover up the whole incident so as to avoid a diplomatic disaster, Buck Danny is in charge of bringing the pilot back to the US. In the heart of the hostile jungle, a lethal game of hide-and-seek begins. Can Buck Danny find the American pilot before the North Koreans? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Secrets Of The Black Sea ISBN: 9781849180184 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Francis Bergèse | Script: Jacques De Douhet #45 (1994) Les secrets de la mer noire (54p) It is the end of the Cold War-supposedly the era of glasnost and perestroika. The Soviet Union is about to come apart at the seams. Buck Danny is sent as an observer and adviser to help the Russian army deal with its arsenal of nuclear weapons and some of its rogue units. But old Communist habits die hard, and some of the Red Army hardliners have other plans. The pilot finds himself over the Black Sea, where he locates some unusual prototypes. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Ghost Squadron ISBN: 9781849181372 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Francis Bergèse #46 (1996) L'escadrille fantôme (54p) Bosnia, 1995. Serb forces are encircling Sarajevo and defying UN peacekeeping troops, even shooting at patrolling US Navy fighters. International politics keep American hands tied. After Tuckson disobeys orders and attacks a Serb position, he is disciplined by being sent to a secret base, where other pilots from the US military-including Buck-are training for a mysterious mission in unmarked planes. But this Ghost Squadron is not the only unofficial fighting force in the area... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 No Fly Zone ISBN: 9781849182072 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Francis Bergèse #47 (1998) Zone interdite (46p) About to be sent to a small country in Central America, Buck, Sonny and Tumb are given a special briefing by two high-ranking US government agents. Under the cover of their official mission, to train Managuan Air Force pilots in the use of their brand new F-18s, the three men are to try and overfly a strangely modern airfield suspected of belonging to a drug cartel. Problem: the airfield is in the middle of a no-fly zone. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Thunder Over the Cordillera ISBN: 9781849182379 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Francis Bergèse #48 (1999) Tonnerre sur la cordillère (46p) Managua is on the verge of civil war. Arrested by order of President Sanchez, Buck and his friends have managed to convince the pilots of the Managuean Air Force that their nation's leader is in the pockets of drug cartels. With the assistance of the unit they'd come to train, Buck escaped to request assistance from US authorities. Meanwhile, Sonny and Tumb will have to help their rebel allies fight back loyalist forces and Lady X's mercenaries. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Cedric | |||
#1 High-Risk Class ISBN: 9781905460687 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Laudec | Script: Raoul Cauvin #3 (1990) Classe tous risques (46p) Cedric is a little 8-year-old boy, a grumbler with a big heart, who shares his life with his parents, his grandpa, his school, his mates, and Chen, the love of his life, to whom he doesn't dare declare his feelings. It's not easy being a little boy! But Cedric works hard to preserve the peace. Luckily, Grandpa is always there for the hard knocks and the blue moods... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Dad's Got Class ISBN: 9781849180030 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Laudec | Script: Raoul Cauvin #4 (1991) Papa a de la classe (46p) Cedric is an eight-year-old boy who is desperately in love with Chen but too shy to let her know. Between school, rowdy friends, nosy parents and an insufferable cousin, little Cedric has a lot to deal with. Thankfully, his grandpa is always there to help, no matter how much mischief Cedric makes... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 What Got Into Him? ISBN: 9781849180818 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Laudec | Script: Raoul Cauvin #5 (1992) Quelle mouche le pique ? (46p) There's home, and Dad's work, and the parents fighting sometimes. There's school, annoying friends, and the beautiful, unattainable Chen. There's life and its milestones: your first communion, your first dance, your first pet - It's difficult sometimes, for a child. Fortunately, Cedric can always count on his Granddad's wisdom-and occasional partnership in crime-to help him see the brighter side of things and discover what's truly important. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Hot and Cold ISBN: 9781849181587 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Laudec | Script: Raoul Cauvin #6 (1993) Chaud et froid (44p) Being a kid can be confusing. The grown-ups - parents and especially grandparents - get up to the craziest antics. School can be counted on to complicate one's life. And then there are the mysteries of love... Trying to court Chen is a constant struggle for Cedric, who has to contend with shyness, misunderstandings, his own jealousy, poachers... Still. Confusing or not, it's so much simpler when you're nine! At least, that's something his grandad would say. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Grandpa Dives In ISBN: 9781849182539 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Laudec | Script: Raoul Cauvin #7 (1994) Pépé se mouille (44p) Cedric's school is electing class representatives for the first time. A prospect that appeals to Cedric, but also to several other children - including Chen, the little girl he's got a crush on. For this reason poor Cedric finds it difficult to reconcile his feelings with his desire to win, especially since Chen is a strong-willed young lady who, story after story, shows a definite lack of interest in him! Fortunately there's Cedric's Grandpa, with his wise advice and his own blunders to learn from! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Chimpanzee Complex | |||
#1 Paradox ISBN: 9781849180023 Pages: 56 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Michel Ponzio | Script: Richard Marazano Complexe du chimpanzé (Le) #1 (2007) Paradoxe (54p) In 2035, the US Navy discovers a strange space capsule that has crashed in the Indian Ocean. Helen Friedman is in charge of interrogating the two survivors, who are none other than Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin! Who, then, are the men who came back from the 1969 Apollo XI mission? A lunar expedition is set up to elucidate this mystery. Friedman is involved in a case that will lead her much further than she ever expected as history is rewritten. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Sons Of Ares ISBN: 9781849180153 Pages: 56 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Michel Ponzio | Script: Richard Marazano Complexe du chimpanzé (Le) #2 (2008) Les fils d'Arès (54p) Helen Friedman sets off for the Moon to look for answers. Due to a Russian message, the mission ends up on Mars. Meanwhile, on planet Earth, Sofia, her daughter is disappointed by her mother's choices. She decides to run away from home. The Chimpanzee complex... when you are a test subject in an experiment over which you have no control. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Civilisation ISBN: 9781849180436 Pages: 56 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Michel Ponzio | Script: Richard Marazano Complexe du chimpanzé (Le) #3 (2008) Civilisation (55p) After the disaster of the Mars mission, Helen wakes up from cryosleep in a derelict shuttle. Some of her crew are dead, some missing. They have drifted for decades and are utterly lost. All she has left are messages from Earth - the last link with her daughter Sofia - and the certainty that they will die alone out there. But are they truly alone? The conclusion of a mind-twisting trilogy on space, time and the strength of our dreams. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Cinebook recounts | |||
#1 Battle of Britain ISBN: 9781905460397 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Francis Bergèse | Script: Bernard Asso #1 (1993) La bataille d'Angleterre (48p) On the 15th of May 1940, the forces of the Third Reich surge into northwestern France after the breakthrough in Sedan. While preparing for complete peace, the unwary French are surprised and defeated. The Germans block off the British Expeditionary force in the Dunkirk Pocket. But an incomprehensible hesitation on the part of the German Army allows Her Majesty's forces to escape back to England. In the face of a victorious Reich, the fate of the world will rest for a few months on the shoulders of a handful of men: the RAF pilots. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Falklands War ISBN: 9781849180566 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Daniel Chauvin | Script: Bernard Asso #3 (1997) La bataille des Malouines (46p) In 1982, conflict erupts between Great Britain and Argentina, putting important forces into play. Argentina decides to seize the Falkland Islands, which had been occupied by the United Kingdom since the beginning of the 19th century. On April 2, an island landing of Argentine forces succeeds, taking the government of Margaret Thatcher by surprise. Argentina asserts its sovereignty over the islands. While hoping for a diplomatic solution, No. 10 Downing Street prepares a large-scale operation to regain control of the Falkland Islands. Along with the use of traditional combat techniques, these operations also provide an extraordinary test of modern electronic war weaponry. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Wright Brothers ISBN: 9781849181006 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Marcel Uderzo | Script: Jean-Pierre Lefèvre-Garros #6 (2005) Les frères Wright (44p) In this third volume, RFC fighter pilot Biggles recounts the Wright brothers, who invented the modern aeroplane. The brothers made the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903; in the following two years, they developed their flying machine into the first practical fixed-wing aircraft. Although not the first to build and fly experimental aircraft, the Wright brothers were the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing flight possible. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Clifton | |||
#1 My Dear Wilkinson ISBN: 9781905460069 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Turk | Script: Bob De Groot #1 (1978) Ce cher Wilkinson (46p) One evening, Colonel Clifton is engrossed in a horror story he is reading, being passionate about ghost tales. Soon after the book is finished, Clifton and Miss Partridge's night is troubled by strange goings-on...Could the house be haunted? Our friend cannot believe it. As he heads an investigation in order to discover the naughty joker, his research quickly leads him to Mr. Wilkinson, an artist. A few days later, an unexplainable theft occurs; Is Wilkinson involved? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Laughing Thief ISBN: 9781905460076 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Turk | Script: Greg #2 (1978) Le voleur qui rit (45p) Is it insolence or a joke? An intrepid thief plays with the police by warning them of thefts that he is preparing to commit. Not content with that trick, he strives to accomplish these evil feats with as little discretion as possible! A strange method, which intrigues our dear Colonel Clifton, who will try to put together the pieces of the puzzle. He who laughs last laughs loudest! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 7 Days to die ISBN: 9781905460083 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Turk | Script: Bob De Groot #3 (1979) 7 jours pour mourir (46p) A supercomputer, recently acquired by the Intelligence Service, is able to choose people to eliminate, supply all the information about the target and it even sends out the killers! But it is only a machine and, through the clumsiness of a tech expert, Colonel Clifton is targeted as the next victim for the killers! Death is at his door and he has to come up with an ingenious plan to save his skin... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Black Moon ISBN: 9781905460304 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Michel Rodrigue | Script: Bob De Groot #19 (2004) Lune Noire (46p) The British Secret Service has just learnt that the North Korean authorities are investigating the apparently unmotivated murder of a British citizen who was passing through their capital. The news is all the more shocking as the victim is none other than Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, one pf Her Majesty's most famous agents! Clifton had been sent to North Korea to bring back the nephew of a high-ranking official to the UK after he was indoctrinated by the Black Moon cult. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Jade ISBN: 9781905460526 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Hardcover | Art: Michel Rodrigue | Script: Bob De Groot #18 (2003) Jade (46p) Although he wants to take his Cub Scouts to Wales, Heron Melomane (aka Colonel Clifton) is forced to take them to Devonshire. The reason for this change of plan: a note in his letterbox stating that WWII isn't finished yet - signed AKC 666! Decrypted by his faithful housekeeper, Miss Partridge, the message reveals plans for a mysterious meeting. The Bristish Secret Service, intrigued by this note, chose Clifton to sort out this mystery. But Clifton is unaware that MI5 sent a new agent to protect him, just in case... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Kidnapping ISBN: 9781905460878 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Turk | Script: Bob De Groot #9 (1984) Kidnapping (46p) Will Clifton be able to keep his very British cool when art-loving gangsters kidnap one of his boy scouts? Scoutmaster Musical Heron and his troop must investigate when one of them is abducted while collecting kindling in the woods. The abductors are demanding a ransom, with which their leader plans to complete his collection of Ming vases. After a huge commotion, the boy scouts go on an unconventional treasure hunt. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 Elementary, My Dear Clifton ISBN: 9781849181983 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Michel Rodrigue | Script: Bob De Groot #20 (2006) Elémentaire, mon cher Clifton! (46p) A simple errand that turns into a car accident, and Clifton bangs his head and blacks out. An unfortunate if not uncommon occurrence, even for the dashing colonel - until he wakes up to realise that his passenger, Jade, has vanished! When, the next morning, a mysterious 'doctor' calls at his house to tell him a fantastical story, the sceptical Clifton is soon dragged into a very unusual investigation. Oh, and the doctor's name? Watson. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Crusade | |||
#1 Simoun Dja ISBN: 9781849180610 Pages: 56 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Xavier | Script: Jean Dufaux #1 (2007) Simoun Dja (52p) The tale of a forgotten crusade, erased from history because it fell into the shadow of the devil. Jerusalem is in the hands of Sultan Ab'dul Razim, and the Christians have raised an army to take it back, led by Grégoire of Arcos and the Duke of Taranto. Only Gauthier of Flanders and his sister-in-law Syria of Arcos are opposed to an attack they deem premature. But the stench of brimstone covers everything, and in a war fought in the name of God, it is the Qua'dj, a demon, who could decide the fate of the Holy Land... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 QA'DJ ISBN: 9781849180689 Pages: 56 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Xavier | Script: Jean Dufaux #2 (2008) Le qua'dj (52p) The Crusader army has been destroyed by the terrible Simoun Dja, the desert wind. Gauthier of Flanders has gone to look for the Jews of Samaria, possible allies to retake Jerusalem. But the Holy Land is rife with plots and counterplots. Christians and Muslims alike are torn by internal conflicts. And behind it all, pulling strings and offering temptations, one creature: the qa'dj-the demon that crept at the foot of the Cross. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Master of Machines ISBN: 9781849180900 Pages: 56 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Xavier | Script: Jean Dufaux #3 (2009) Le maître des machines (52p) In God's name, but far from His eyes, men continue to struggle and seek power in the Holy Land. Gauthier of Flanders hunts the Aa, a mnonster whose existence stains his family's honour and who is key to an alliance with the Jews of Samaria. Deep underground, the crusader and Osarias fight for their lives, while on the surface the Master of Machines plots to secure his own pacts and get rid of Robert of Taranto. In this terrible struggle for Hierus Halem, more lives, more souls will be lost to the terrible Qa'dj. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Fire Beaks ISBN: 9781849181136 Pages: 56 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Xavier | Script: Jean Dufaux #4 (2009) Les becs de feu (47p) With the Master of Machines as their new leader, the Crusaders are ready to assault Jerusalem once more. The Sultan must now choose between his love for a Christian princess and his faith. And Gauthier of Flanders, to free his ally Osarias's Jewish people, will have to confront the last part of his mysterious past, a Jinni. As the final battle is joined, truths will be revealed on the nature of gods and demons and the ambitions of men. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Damocles | |||
#1 Bodyguards ISBN: 9781849182324 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Alain Henriet | Script: Joël Callède #1 (2008) Protection rapprochée (46p) Ellie Braxton is tasked with protecting the son of an important British industry magnate, she and her team find themselves faced with terribly efficient and remarkably motivated opponents. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 An Impossible Ransom ISBN: 9781849182331 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Alain Henriet | Script: Joël Callède #2 (2009) La rançon impossible (46p) Ellie's mission of protecting a rich young man is getting increasingly difficult: her young client is too visible, too unruly. She manages to thwart another kidnapping attempt, albeit by taking enormous personal risks, and requests her charge now be kept in seclusion. But even the most secret hideouts aren't safe when the enemy is so determined. And the political and economic stakes are high, not to mention personal grudges. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Darwin's Diaries | |||
#1 The Eye of the Celts ISBN: 9781849180955 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Eduardo Ocaña | Script: Sylvain Runberg Carnets de Darwin (Les) #1 (2010) L'OEil des Celtes (54p) Victorian England. In Yorkshire, several men and horses working on a railway line have been killed. The police suspect some kind of wild beast. The government calls on controversial naturalist Charles Darwin to help with the investigation. A reasonable move, but one that is dicatated rather by the least known part of his work: research on what other people would qualify as legendary creatures. It won't be long before the scientist discovers that he may be right about them after all... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Death of a Beast ISBN: 9781849181105 Pages: 56 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Eduardo Ocaña | Script: Sylvain Runberg Carnets de Darwin (Les) #2 (2011) La mort d'une bête (54p) With the beast killed by the soldiers, the strike ends and things seem to return to normal. But there are still some unanswered questions and lingering tensions, especially towards the neo-druids who live in the forest. The death of a young girl triggers a wave of aggression and more deaths. Is anyone controlling the ancient evil in the forests? And why, exactly, is the principled, family-minded Charles Darwin drowning his nights in gin and loose women? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Dual Nature ISBN: 9781849181440 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Eduardo Ocaña | Script: Sylvain Runberg Carnets de Darwin (Les) #3 (2012) Double nature (54p) The beast was believed to be dead, and yet the body has been stolen, its escort massacred. A woman has been killed inside the town. And the neo-Druids have been slaughtered by what they believed to be their god. Even more disturbing, Charles Darwin is revealed to be one of the creatures! The naturalist can no longer deny his dual nature as he struggles with the terrifying question: Could he be the murderous beast that committed the latest murders? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Ducoboo | |||
#1 King of the Dunces ISBN: 9781905460151 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Godi | Script: Zidrou Eleve Ducobu (L') #5 (2000) Le roi des cancres (46p) It's not by counting the flies on the ceiling that one becomes a star in maths... And one must be really resourceful to avoid the beckoning finger of the teacher and the humiliation of the dunce cap! And Leonie, who still detests copiers... So, Ducoboo invents the answers that he can't steal from his neighbour. He has cause to regret doing so because, although very fertile, his imagination plays tricks on him and he often ends up "In the Corner"! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 In the Corner ISBN: 9781905460267 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Godi | Script: Zidrou Eleve Ducobu (L') #2 (1998) Au coin ! (46p) The pupil Ducoboo is nice and a joker, but also a notorious dunce-a "quality" that is no bed of roses...One must be awfully resourceful to avoid the humiliating dunce's cap! But Ducoboo is brimming with imagination.... Through gags, some stranger than others, this series champions values such as friendship and the right to be different, and tackles subjects such as boy-girl and parent-child relationships Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Your Answers or Your Life! ISBN: 9781905460281 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Godi | Script: Zidrou Eleve Ducobu (L') #3 (1999) Les réponses ou la vie ? (44p) What would a class be without a dunce? A bit like a curry without spice. And Ducoboo sure spices up his fellow pupils' days. Not one lesson goes by without flavour--with him, school is an endless string of break-times. Of course, there's always Leonie, the terribly gifted girl who doesn't put up with Ducoboo's messing and doesn't believe in sharing knowledge. Of course, there's also the teacher, whose index finger turns out to be more threatening than ever... No, school life isn't one long, smooth ride: For some, the school year is perhaps the most dangerous time of all! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Class Struggle ISBN: 9781849180313 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Godi | Script: Zidrou Eleve Ducobu (L') #4 (1999) La lutte des classes Ducoboo's life isn't easy. Being the king of dunces-while still managing to avoid wearing the "crown" too often-takes work, dedication, and an awful lot of imagination. It also takes a proper target: Leonie, the gifted girl who doesn't like to share her answers with His Majesty. It's a constant war of wits between these two, under the disbelieving eye of the long-suffering teacher, fought with wigs, cameras and magical pencil-sharpeners. And when school's over, the beach is the new battlefield! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Green Manor | |||
#1 Assassins and Gentleman ISBN: 9781905460533 Pages: 56 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Denis Bodart | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #1 (2001) Assassins et gentlemen (56p) Contains: Delicious Shivers (7p) Post-Scriptum (7p) Modus Operandi (7p) 21 Halberds (7p) Sutter 1801 (7p) The Ballad of Dr. Thompson (7p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Inconvenience of Being Dead ISBN: 9781905460649 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Denis Bodart | Script: Fabien Vehlmann #2 (2002) De l'inconvénient d'être mort (46p) Contains: Child's Play (7p) The Mark of the Beast (7p) Last Wishes (7p) The Centurions Shadow (7p) Voodoo Night (7p) #3 (2005) Fantaisies meurtrières (as Murderous Fancies) (46p) Endgame (7p) A Small Crime Serenade (7p) In the HEad of William Blake (7p) Fight to the Finish (7p) The Testament (7p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
IR$ | |||
#1 Taxing Trails ISBN: 9781905460519 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #1 (1999) La voie fiscale (46p) #2 (2000) La stratégie Hagen (as The Hagen Strategy) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Blue Ice ISBN: 9781905460748 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #3 (2001) Blue ice (46p) #4 (2002) Narcocratie (as Narcocrazy) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Silicia, Inc. ISBN: 9781849180139 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #5 (2003) Silicia Inc. (46p) Larry B. Max is an unusual specialist from a little-known branch of the I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service), the all-powerful tax-collecting agency of the United States, which has every technological method at its disposal to investigate possible links between high finance and high crime. Max investigates two seemingly-unconnected murders. The former president of an Asian country, who was accused of embezzlement, is bumped off in France. Meanwhile, the right-hand man of a corrupt US mayor meets a grizzly end in the Californian desert. Max finds a strange message stating "Silicia, 10 am, Ocean Drive" and tries to figure out what it all means. Meanwhile, a mysterious young lady seems to be one step ahead of him and erasing one clue after the other. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Corrupter ISBN: 9781849180306 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #6 (2004) Le corrupteur (46p) Larry B. Max is an unusual specialist from a little-known branch of the I.R.S. (Internal Revenue Service), the all-powerful tax-collecting agency of the United States, with every technological method at his disposal to link high finance and high crime. Max investigates Silicia, Inc., a mysterious company fronting the activities of a beautiful and deadly assassin. For $2.5 million per contract, the killer leaves a trail of bodies and corruption behind her. As the I.R.$. agent closes in on his target, the scale of her web becomes frighteningly clear-and things take an unpleasantly personal turn for Max. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Corporate America ISBN: 9781849182164 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #7 (2005) Corporate America (46p) There are bad memories in Larry Max's past. Dark figures specialised in shady dealings that once bullied and defeated the young, novice IRS agent. He never forgot, though. And now those names are coming up again in relation to some relatively minor trading fraud. But when Larry begins unravelling the threads, from Texas to Azerbaijan, what he discovers is anything but minor: secrets that could make a select few immensely rich - and set the world ablaze. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 The Black Gold War ISBN: 9781849182362 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Bernard Vrancken | Script: Stephen Desberg #8 (2006) La guerre noire (46p) Is the world barrelling towards the apocalypse? Russian commandoes are positioned around Georgia and its vital pipelines, fanatical terrorists are bent on eliminating Saudi Arabia's reigning family... With oil barons indifferent to the potential damage their stock market manipulations could cause, only one man stands against a scheme of utter cynicism: Larry B. Max. This time, the IRS agent intends to stop his sworn enemy Madsen for good and rescue the woman he's loved for so long, Kate. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Insiders | |||
#1 Chechen Guerrilla ISBN: 9781905460960 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Renaud Garreta | Script: Jean-Claude Bartoll #1 (2002) Guérilla tchétchène (as Chechen Guerilla) (46p) #2 (2003) Opération Offshore (as Operation Offshore) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Missiles for Islamabad ISBN: 9781849180337 Pages: 46 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Renaud Garreta | Script: Jean-Claude Bartoll #3 (2004) Missiles pour Islamabad (46p) Najah Cruz has infiltrated the entourage of Sam Nachez, head of the international organised-crime ring known as the High Council. She's an insider, working directly for the White House. And she's been cut off from her bosses. While corrupt forces in Washington are trying to identify her and kill Project Insiders, Najah goes to Pakistan with Nachez to arrange the sale of French cruise missiles to the Pakistani Air Force. But not everyone in Nachez's inner circle is convinced of her loyalty, and Pakistan is a troubled country in its town right... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Afghan Trap ISBN: 9781849180535 Pages: 46 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Renaud Garreta | Script: Jean-Claude Bartoll #4 (2005) Le piège afghan (46p) Captured by neo-Taliban tribesmen along with French businessman Cordez, Najah is taken to Pashtun territory. Sam Nachez is looking for her, and French Intelligence are looking for Cordez, but none of them know precisely who took her or why. Nor do they know that Najah isn't one to miss an opportunity to escape. Chance encounters, tribal politics, international finance... The justifications for Project Insider keep piling up-as do the threats to its only agent. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Takeover Bid on the Kremlin ISBN: 9781849182713 Pages: 46 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Renaud Garreta | Script: Jean-Claude Bartoll #5 (2006) sur le Kremlin (46p) Najah, after infiltrating the Mafia as part of Project Insiders, is continuing her perilous mission: to identify the leaders of the High Council of organised crime syndicates. She finds herself in Moscow with her boss, Sam Nachez. Danger is everywhere, though. The Council's chief of security still suspects her, Russia is plagued with ultra-violent power struggles and her guerrilla past could catch up with her at any time. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Iznogoud (CB) | |||
#1 The Wicked Wiles of Iznogoud ISBN: 9781905460465 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #2 (1967) Les complots du grand Vizir Iznogoud (48p) Legend has it that in Baghdad the magnificent, a great and particularly dark-minded vizier, who answers to the name of Iznogoud, works on his ambition to lay claim to the throne of caliph Haroun al Plassid. Thus his favourite saying: "I want to be caliph instead of the caliph!" Seconded by Wa'at Alahf, Iznogoud tries ever more diverse and even crazier means to reach his ends - in vain, of course Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Caliph's Vacation ISBN: 9781905460618 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #3 (1968) Les vacances du calife (40p) Contains: Summer Vacation, or, Never Say Die (10p) Good Sports in the Caliphate (10p) The Caliph's Cruise (10p) Lihkwid's Bottle, or, The Bottle of Lihkwid (10p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 And the Day of Misrule ISBN: 9781905460793 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #8 (1972) Le jour des fous (as Iznogoud and the Day of Misrule) (44p) The Day of Misrule dawns in the magnificent city of Baghdad. Once a year, on this day, slaves take the place of their masters, masters become slaves, and grand viziers become caliphs instead of the caliph! But at midnight, everything goes back to normal. Despite all his scheming and plotting to get rid of the Caliph, Iznogoud still hasn't replaced him - will he ever give up? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 And The Magic Computer ISBN: 9781849180009 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #6 (1970) Iznogoud et l'ordinateur magique (as Iznogoud And The Magic Computer) (40p) In Baghdad, the Caliph's Grand Vizier Iznogoud has one aim in life: to become Caliph instead of the Caliph. The benign ruler, Haroun al Plassid is blind to his vizier's scheming to get rid of him and generally had rather take a nap. Iznogoud is faithfully seconded by Wa'at Alahf in trying to put his fiendish designs into action. Never one to give up, Iznogoud buys himself a supercomputer to help him become Caliph instead of the Caliph.. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 A Carrot For Iznogoud ISBN: 9781849180214 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #7 (1971) Une carotte pour Iznogoud (44p) Iznogoud is Grand Vizier to Haroun al Plassid, ruler of Baghdad. And he has only one dream: becoming Caliph instead of the Caliph. With the lazy assistance of his faithful servant Wa'at Alahf, he tries his worst again and again-to no avail. But the usually oblivious Caliph has finally caught a hint of Iznogoud's evil reputation among the people. To help the one he believes to be his friend, he sets off on a quest to find the legendary vegetable that brings out a man's kinder nature: the carrot! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 And The Magic Carpet ISBN: 9781849180443 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #9 (1973) Le tapis magique (42p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 Iznogoud the Infamous ISBN: 9781849180740 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #4 (1969) Iznogoud l'infâme (42p) In Baghdad the Magnificent reigns Haroun al Plassid, who is the Caliph. There also dwells Iznogoud, who wants to be the Caliph. The irascible Grand Vizier hatches plot after plot to remove his ruler and take his place-melting Djinn, invisibility spell, cursed diamond, voodoo doll - But no amount of cunning or obstinacy can make up for sheer, hilariously bad luck. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Rockets to Stardom ISBN: 9781849180924 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #5 (1969) Des astres pour Iznogoud (40p) Wishing upon a star never really works - unless maybe you actually go there. Or even better: you send the person you hate the most on a one-way trip. Like, for example, a caliph you'd like to replace. Will outer space be the answer to Iznogoud's eternal problem? Or should he try through education, or the arts? Maybe his dreams hold the key to his success? Many questions, but only one certainty: when it inevitably goes wrong for the evil grand vizier, it's the reader who will be the one laughing! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Grand Vizier Isngoud ISBN: 9781849181310 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #1 (1966) Le Grand Vizir Iznogoud (48p) Iznogoud is still trying to get rid of Caliph Haroun al Placid so he can take his place. He's even kept a journal of his previous failed attempts. But, never discouraged, he will once again come up with new ways to entertain us through his failures: genies, kidnappings, lookalikes, diplomatic incidents... and even the Mongol horde! When it comes to becoming Caliph instead of the Caliph, all's fair to Grand Vizier Iznogoud! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 The Relentless ISBN: 9781849181815 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #10 (1974) Iznogoud l'acharné (as The Relelntless) (44p) In Baghdad the Magnificent, everything is for sale. You can buy goods from all around the world, as well as charms, spells and enchanted items. If you have the gold, you can find anything-even what you need to become the Caliph. Of course, buying it doesn't mean you know how to use it properly, as the despicable grand vizier Iznogoud finds out again and again Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 Iznogoud and the Jigsaw Turk ISBN: 9781849182096 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #11 (1975) La tête de Turc d'Iznogoud (44p) Imagine a puzzle. A magic puzzle. It features the head of a Turk, it's big and complicated, and when you finish assembling it, the person you think about at that moment is smashed into a thousand pieces! Now, imagine how many ways things can go wrong if Iznogoud of all people tries to use that puzzle, hmm? Sirens, shrinking potions, magic calendars. All fantastic opportunities for disasters to occur - and hilarity to ensue. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 Iznougoud's Fairy Tale ISBN: 9781849182607 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean Tabary | Script: René Goscinny #12 (1976) Le conte de fées d'Iznogoud (44p) When a particularly inept fairy in training accidentally arrives in Baghdad and mistakes Iznogoud for Prince Charming, it's easy to expect a merry string of disasters. And the unlikely pair don't disappoint; fairy tales will never be the same again! Whether pulled through the looking glass or forced to demonstrate his many virtues, poor Iznogoud is, once again, going to suffer for our entertainment! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Kenya | |||
#1 Apparitions ISBN: 9781849182201 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Leo | Script: Rodolphe, Leo #1 (2001) Apparitions (46p) Kenya, 1947. A hunting expedition led by American writer John Remington makes a startling encounter, and then vanishes without a trace. Shortly afterwards, Katherine Austin, agent of the British Secret Intelligence Service, arrives in Mombasa. Her mission: investigate a series of mysterious sightings and incidents, of which the disappearance of the Remington party could be the latest. Undercover as a teacher, courted by colleagues who may be working for competing secret services, she's about to enter a whole new reality. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Encounters ISBN: 9781849182270 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Leo | Script: Rodolphe, Leo #2 (2003) Rencontres (46p) Kathy, Fuchs and Merlin are now exploring the savannah, looking for the Remington expedition. With them is Tom, the young native guide - and sole apparent survivor - of the American writer's party, who recounts the terrifying events that led him to run away. When Kathy and her companions finally discover Remington's base camp, though, they find no trace of unusual animals - or bodies. But they're quickly confronted to a series of increasingly weird events. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Aberrations ISBN: 9781849182287 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Leo | Script: Rodolphe, Leo #3 (2004) Aberrations (46p) After reporting to London, Kathy Austin returns to Kenya to continue her investigation. In the palace of Count Di Broglie, the young English woman finally meets the last survivors of the Remington expedition, but they lack material proof to support their stories. Kathy is ordered to obtain information on Irmanius, a rather inquisitive individual who's been snooping around the country. Who is he working for? The Americans, the Russians... Or a considerably more foreign power? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Interventions ISBN: 9781849182294 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Leo | Script: Rodolphe #4 (2006) Interventions (46p) From the shores of Lake Victoria, Kathy and Remington witnessed an extraordinary event: the coming of a massive UFO. Stunned by the sight, they're taken prisoners by Irmanius, who's working for the Soviets. Faced with the oddness of their situation and its potential dangers, though, Westerners and Communists decide to team up. A temporary alliance that may not survive the fantastic discoveries ahead of them. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Illusions ISBN: 9781849182669 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Leo | Script: Leo, Rodolphe #5 (2008) Illusions (46p) After the extraordinary events of Lake Victoria, the Soviet agents let Kathy Austin and her companions leave. On their way back to Mombasa, the group stops to speak to Lord Balmer, who was taken in by the Maasai. The Lord has lost his mind, and tells them a wild story of extraterrestrials and apocalypse. but is the story so fantastic after all? Will Kathy manage to find an explanation to the mysteries of Kenya - and maybe even tangible proof? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Lady S. | |||
#1 Here's to Suzie! ISBN: 9781905460724 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Aymond | Script: Jean Van Hamme #1 (2004) Na zdorovié, Shaniouchka ! (44p) #2 (2005) A ta santé, Suzie! (44p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Latitude 59 Degrees North ISBN: 9781849180245 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Aymond | Script: Jean Van Hamme #3 (2006) 59° Latitude Nord (44p) Suzan Fitzroy is in Sweden, where her adopted father is filling in for the American Ambassador. The most exciting prospect on her agenda is the Nobel Prize ceremony. But her quiet life in Stockholm is disrupted when the mysterious Orion, the secretive anti-terror agent, contacts her: He has another job for her. The "simple task" turns into something much more complex, and before long Suzan is deeply involved in a conspiracy that has links to her past-and to her heart. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Game of Fools ISBN: 9781849180962 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Aymond | Script: Jean Van Hamme #4 (2007) Jeu de dupes (44p) Suzan and her father are taking a well-deserved break in the south of France. But their holidays are cut short when several men burst into the house and kidnap James Fitzroy. What Suzie doesn't know is that the attackers are actually CIA operatives: The Agency is offended by the existence of an unofficial European counterterrorist outfit. But in their attempt to use Lady S. to draw her employers out, it's the American spooks who may be made the fools Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 A Mole in D.C. ISBN: 9781849181631 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Aymond | Script: Jean Van Hamme #5 (2008) Une taupe à Washington (44p) What better place to forget the murky world of international spies than Washington, amid the murky world of politics? Suzan, still her adopted father's assistant, is now working at the White House, where she becomes the unwilling central figure in a nefarious plot to discredit the president of the United States. After bodies start turning up, Suzan's life is turned upside down once again, leaving her no choice but to run. Will she ever be able to stop? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Portuguese Medley ISBN: 9781849182225 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Aymond | Script: Jean Van Hamme #6 (2009) Salade portugaise (44p) Shania, back in Europe after being expelled from the United States, has resumed her work with Orion and his shadowy organisation. Undercover as an interpreter at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, she is tasked with getting close to an extremist suspected of preparing a terrorist attack. The whole mission spirals out of control when she rushes to Portugal, after the CIA contacts her to tell her they've found a man who calls himself Abel Rivkas... her father! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Lament of the Lost Moors | |||
#1 Siobhan ISBN: 9781849181693 Pages: 64 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Dufaux Complainte des, Landes Perdues #1 (1993) Sioban (56p) The land of Eruin Dulea is ruled by a powerful and merciless sorcerer. A generation ago, he defeated his last challenger to the throne, Wulf, in a titanic battle. Wulf's widow, Lady O'Mara, and his daughter Siobhan can finally stop hiding, though. By marrying Lord Blackmore, Lady O'Mara places herself under his protection. But Siobhan is a strong-willed young woman, more at ease with a sword than a spinning wheel, and Blackmore might not be all that he seems to be. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Blackmore ISBN: 9781849181877 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Dufaux Complainte des, Landes Perdues #2 (1994) Blackmore (as Lament of the Lost Moors) (62p) After her mother's marriage to the mysterious Lord Blackmore, Siobhan, last descendant of the Kings of Sudenne, is now supposed to be safe from the hostility of the sorcerer who rules the country. Too many mysteries remain, though, and the land itself calls for justice and the Lament of the Lost Moors to be heard. Will the young woman be able to avenge her father and defeat evil - and at what price? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Lady Gerfaut ISBN: 9781849182706 Pages: 56 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Dufaux Complainte des, Landes Perdues #3 (1996) Dame Gerfaut (52p) Time has passed in Eruin Dulea. Siobhn reigns with wisdom and compassion. One day, during a trip with her protector Samus, she meets Kyle of Klanach, a minor nobleman haunted by his family's dishonour, whose charm doesn't leave her indifferent. Unfortunately, the evil Lady Gerfaut is plotting to place her own son in power. And what better way to do this than a marriage, even if it requires black magic to arrange? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Largo Winch | |||
#1 The Heir ISBN: 9781905460489 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #1 (1990) L'héritier (46p) #2 (1991) Le groupe W (as The W Group) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Takeover Bid ISBN: 9781905460588 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #3 (1992) O.P.A. (46p) #4 (1993) Business Blues (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Dutch Connection ISBN: 9781905460786 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #5 (1994) H (46p) #6 (1995) Dutch connection (46p) Two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo Winch and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he is accused of being part of the international heroin trade. Largo flees to Paris and ends up in the homeless community, with little hope of escaping the dire fate that awaits him : a lifelong jail sentence... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Hour of the Tiger ISBN: 9781905460991 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #7 (1996) La forteresse de Makiling (as Fort Makiling) (46p) #8 (1997) L'heure du tigre (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 See Venice... ISBN: 9781849180207 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #9 (1998) Voir Venise ... (46p) In the middle of the night, a man runs through the narrow back alleys of Venice. Three men are after him. He breaks into a travel agency, where he faxes Winch a hastily scribbled message before being gunned down by his pursuers. The person who hands Largo Winch the fax in New York is also killed. The message says only: "Beware of the doge*..." Our millionaire businessman hero thinks his friend, the gorgeous Charity, could be in trouble and heads for Italy. They are invited to a masked ball, where they indeed meet a doge . . . Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 ... And Die ISBN: 9781849180320 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #10 (1999) ... Et mourir (46p) Two of Largo's employees have been killed in his headquarters in New York. His friend Charity has been kidnapped in the middle of the Piazza San Marco. His only lead is a mysterious message: "Beware of the Doge..." As the bodies start piling up, Largo-aided by the beautiful Domenica-turns the Serenissima upside down to find the young woman and unravel the truth before it is too late. Balls, duels, boat chases, revenge... Ah, Venice! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 Golden Gate ISBN: 9781849180696 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #11 (2000) Golden Gate (46p) imon-Largo's friend-has been cast as the lead in a new TV series, Golden Gate.A" It's produced in part by one of Group W's subsidiaries. When the investigator sent by Dwight Cochrane to examine irregularities in the funding of the series disappears, Largo takes matters into his own hands and heads to the city by the Bay. But what will he find? An innocuous example of bad television? A case of tax evasion? Or - worse? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Shadow ISBN: 9781849180757 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #12 (2002) Shadow (46p) Largo Winch has been hoodwinked, framed and sent to jail. His enemies are celebrating their victory after taking control of his TV station. His friends are either in prison or in mortal danger - But Largo wasn't born a billionaire. He knows how to fight dirty, and now he's going to have to strike back at the circle of crooks, pimps and murderers who came after him-before they kill all potential witnesses, including his own employee, Sarah Washington. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Price of Money ISBN: 9781849181129 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #13 (2004) Le Prix de l'Argent (46p) A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his company because of a Group W decision. Shocked by the knowledge that he is indirectly responsible, Winch becomes an object of hatred for the nation, and his two best friends abandon him. When suspicions arise that shady dealings led to unnecessary restructurings, he launches an investigation to identify the real culprits. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 The Law of the Dollar ISBN: 9781849181174 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #14 (2005) La loi du dollar (46p) Accused of murder and hated by an entire nation, Largo is hiding in Canada and feeling very much alone. But his friendships are stronger than his circumstances, and soon he's able to counterattack against the various factions that are trying to bring him down. Greedy lawyers, crooked CEOs, murderous accountants, all pitted against the orphan turned billionaire... In the end, only the smartest and strongest will prevail-for such is the Law of the Dollar. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 The Three Eyes of the Guardian of Tao ISBN: 9781849181471 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #15 (2007) Les trois yeux des gardiens du Tao (46p) A proposed deal between one of Winch's companies and a Chinese group would require that the young billionaire come sign the contract himself in Hong Kong. But there is a problem: In his youth, Largo tangled with Chinese justice in occupied Tibet. He escaped from prison with the help of a Chinese arms smuggler, whose triad later helped rescue Simon from a Burma prison. But that help came with a price, and the triad will one day call in their favour. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 The Way and the Virtue ISBN: 9781849181549 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #16 (2008) La voie et la vertu (as The Way of the Virtue) (46p) Largo has disappeared. His friends and employees are trying to find him while they keep the W Group ticking, but no one seems to know what has happened to him - not even the Chinese authorities. It will be up to the billionaire, locked in a cell with a corpse as his only companion, to escape on his own before he can begin reassessing who are his allies and who are his enemies Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 Cold Black Sea ISBN: 9781849181891 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #17 (2010) Mer noire (46p) Largo has disappeared. His friends and employees are trying to find him while they keep the W Group ticking, but no one seems to know what has happened to him - not even the Chinese authorities. It will be up to the billionaire, locked in a cell with a corpse as his only companion, to escape on his own before he can begin reassessing who are his allies and who are his enemies. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#14 Red-Hot Wrath ISBN: 9781849181952 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #18 (2012) Colère rouge (46p) Largo is stuck on a boat with Silky. But this isn't the end of a James Bond story: the vessel's a container ship that belongs to Winch's enemy, a Georgian arms dealer who seems to be behind all the billionaire's current problems. And the crew are armed and trigger-happy. Not entirely surprising, since this time the plot is not just about money - it's also very personal! Poor Largo; things were so much simpler before he stopped being an orphan. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#15 Crossing Paths ISBN: 9781849182393 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Philippe Francq | Script: Jean Van Hamme #19 (2014) Chassé-Croisé (46p) Largo is in London for a board meeting with his group's various CEOs. At the same time, he's negotiating with a French aeronautics firm for a deal based upon a groundbreaking new technology. But the British capital seems to be the centre of a curious convergence: people with no apparent links to each other gravitate towards Largo and his inner circle. Old lovers, new flames, intelligence agencies, terrorists... Will the billionaire recognise his true allies amidst such a tangled web? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Long John Silver | |||
#1 Lady Vivian Hastings ISBN: 9781849180627 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Mathieu Lauffray | Script: Xavier Dorison #1 (2007) Lady Vivian Hastings (55p) Twenty years after the events of Treasure Island, Lady Vivian Hastings knocks on Dr Livesey's door. Her hated husband has sent word from the Amazon: He has found the fabled city of Guiana-Capac, and his brother is to sell the entire domain to pay for an expedition, dispossessing Vivian in the process. So the lady has come to seek the one man who can help her: Long John Silver... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Neptune ISBN: 9781849180726 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Mathieu Lauffray | Script: Mathieu Lauffray, Xavier Dorison #2 (2008) Neptune (46p) The long journey of the Neptune is well underway. Lady Vivian is counting on her associate Long John Silver to take control of the expedition. But Silver doesn't have enough men to take over the ship, and Captain Hastings doesn't trust him. In the close quarters of a tall ship, tensions rise; betrayal looms - Blood will be spilled before the vessel reaches the Amazon, and a single act of routine brutality will throw the Neptune into a maelstrom of death. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Emerald Maze ISBN: 9781849181051 Pages: 56 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Mathieu Lauffray | Script: Mathieu Lauffray, Xavier Dorison #3 (2010) Le Labyrinthe d'Émeraude (51p) The bloody mutiny was a success, and Long John is now in command of the Neptune. Following their native guide, the survivors find the mouth of the Amazon and sail on towards Guiana-Capac. But after the dangers of the open ocean, it's the unknown terrors of the jungle they must now face - with a damaged ship and a reduced crew. To what doom will the lush labyrinth of the Amazon lead Long John, Lady Vivian and Dr Livesey? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Guiana-Capac ISBN: 9781849181754 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Mathieu Lauffray #4 (2013) Guyanacapac (56p) The Neptune is gone, stolen by the Indian guide Moc, or maybe by Guiana-Capac's malevolent gods. The last members of the ill-fated expedition: Silver, Dantzig, Livesey and Bonnet, are stranded in the ancient city. Far from being broken however, they will face head-on what lies inside the gargantuan ruin, each for his own reasons: revenge, duty, gold... or to rescue the beautiful Lady Hastings. For Moc isn't done with them, and he has plans for Vivian. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Lucky Luke (CB) | |||
#1 Billy the Kid ISBN: 9781905460113 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #20 (1962) Billy the Kid (44p) Lucky Luke is a one-hundred-percent real hero of the Old West. He is squarely on the side of the law and dedicates his life to seeing that justice is done. He travels around delivering it wherever he goes, accompanied by his faithful companion, Jolly Jumper.Arriving at Fort Weakling, he changes into a formidable bandit. Why?Does his meeting with Billy the Kid, a living legend of the Old West, influence him? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Ghost Town ISBN: 9781905460120 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #25 (1965) La ville fantôme (44p) As he roams with his horse Jolly Jumper, always seeking new adventures, Lucky Luke meets two suspicious characters, Denver Miles and Colorado Bill. Together they arrive on the outskirts of a deserted city, Gold Hill, which counts only one inhabitant. The old man, Powell, is the sole survivor of a gold rush that he has not given up on, despite years without success. He continues to work his mine, which Denver and Colorado soon try to take over any way they can. But Lucky Luke, who has taken a liking to the old man, is looking out for him and will save him from many troubles... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Dalton City ISBN: 9781905460137 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #34 (1969) Dalton city (44p) In this new volume, Lucky Luke has to clean out a whole city: Fenton Town, so named because, after being abandoned by the pioneers who founded it, it has been taken over by Dean Fenton, a desperado of the worst sort... Fenton Town has become the most depraved city in all of Texas. Lucky Luke makes a short visit to town-just the time needed to put Fenton in prison and chase out the remaining rabble. But soon the Dalton Brothers take up the torch, and, following Fenton's ideas, create... Dalton City, exclusively reserved for gangsters!!! They even capture Lucky Luke and force him to help them... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Jesse James ISBN: 9781905460144 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #35 (1969) Jesse James (44p) The story of Robin Hood has made a strong impression on Jesse James, and he would like to become a bandit with a big heart, like his hero. With the help of his brother Frank and his cousin Cole Younger, he decides to steal from the rich and redistribute the loot to the poor... But soon the trio is keeping the stolen money and spreading terror wherever they go. At Nothing Gulch, Lucky Luke is more than ready for them. But will he be able to rid the town of these desperados, when the population, terrorized, does nothing to help him? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 In the Shadow of the Derricks ISBN: 9781905460175 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #18 (1962) A l'ombre des derricks (44p) Titusville, August 27, 1859: Colonel Drake discovers a deposit of oil-black gold! Immediately, the Oil Rush is on. The mayor of Titusville calls on Lucky Luke to help maintain order. When Lucky Luke arrives, everyone-from the sheriff to the undertaker-is drilling. As soon as a well is opened, the fight begins. In comes Barry Blunt, a rich prospector who buys up, one by one, all the oil shafts from their owners. But his more-than-suspicious methods draw the Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Ma Dalton ISBN: 9781905460182 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #38 (1971) Ma Dalton (44p) Lucky Luke makes the acquaintance of Ma Dalton at Cactus Junction, and he quickly realizes that the saying, "like mother, like son" has never been so true! Ma is regarded as an eccentric and amusing old lady; for example, she holds up the shopkeepers as she does her shopping. But everything changes when her sons escape from prison and Joe Dalton passes himself off as his mother and starts holding up banks in the area. Lucky Luke, always on the watch, follows the trail of the Dalton family, thanks to Rin tin can.. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 Barbed Wire on the Prairie ISBN: 9781905460243 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #29 (1967) Des barbelés sur la prairie (44p) Felps decides to plant lettuce on his property. But rancher Cass Casey's herds regularly ransack Felps' land... Furious, he hires Lucky Luke for protection from Casey. Felps wants to surround his property with barbed wire, which in the Old West is regarded as a provocation. And so, war is declared between the ranchers and the farmers... Lucky Luke will need all his skills as a mediator to reconcile everybody! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Calamity Jane ISBN: 9781905460250 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #30 (1967) Calamity Jane (44p) Calamity Jane saves Lucky Luke from a delicate situation. A friendship is quickly formed, and they arrive together in El Plomo... where Calamity Jane proves by her manners and her strength that she's not a weak woman: She acquires the local saloon by winning an arm-wrestling match! Its ex-owner, August Oyster, is hopping mad and has only one obsession: to send her packing. During this time, Lucky Luke tries to clear up a dark affair involving arms traffic... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Wagon Train ISBN: 9781905460403 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #24 (1964) La caravane (44p) A wagon train of Pioneers drives through Nothing Gulch en route to California. Its ill-tempered driver is sent away by the passengers and Lucky Luke is asked to step in and replace him. He accepts, amused by this fun group. When the wagon train moves off again, the trouble begins: a mystery vandal keeps trying to sabotage the expedition. But Lucky Luke needs a lot more than that to make him turn back! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 Tortillas for the Daltons ISBN: 9781905460496 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #31 (1967) Tortillas pour les Dalton (44p) Just as the infamous Daltons are being transferred to a Mexican prison, robbers attack the van and "kidnap" the Daltons without realising it. Disappointed with their booty, they decide to hang the four brothers. In order to save their lives, brother Joe offers to share all his knowledge of organised crime with the leader of the bandits, Don Emilio. Meanwhile, the governor sends Lucky Luke to their rescue ... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 Western Circus ISBN: 9781905460557 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #36 (1970) Western Circus (44p) Mulligan's Western circus-his troop, lion and elephant-arrive in town under the escort of Lucky Luke. Zilch, a rich businessman and organizer of the annual grand rodeo, thinks the circus is going to compete with his business and does everything to prevent it from putting on a show. He even engages killer-for-hire Rattlesnake Joe, but in the end his attempts will provide unexpected publicity for the circus. On with the show! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 The Rivals of Painful Gulch ISBN: 9781905460601 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #19 (1962) Les rivaux de Painful Gulch (44p) Two rival families live in Painful Gulch: the O'Timmins clan, who have big noses, and the O'Haras, who have big ears. They've been fighting for decades and don't even know why anymore. Lucky Luke is appointed mayor in order to bring peace back to the town. But the men and their thick-headed sense of honour will wreck all of Lucky Luke's plans for reconciliation. Our hero must find a solution! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 The Tenderfoot ISBN: 9781905460656 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #33 (1968) Le Pied-Tendre (44p) At the funeral of old Baddy, everybody is moved except Ready, who has waited for the 100-year-old man's death a long time in order to buy his ranch. Unfortunately, the old fellow has an heir, Waldo, a "tenderfoot" who arrives straight from his native England accompanied by his butler Jasper. Two worlds clash: the ancient, so refined, and the new, equally "rustic. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#14 The Dashing White Cowboy ISBN: 9781905460663 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #43 (1975) Le cavalier blanc (44p) Some strange burglaries take place at each performance of the play "The Dashing White Cowboy" given by the company of W. Baltimore. Simply coincidence? Suspicious, Lucky Luke follows them. Unfortunately, it's he who is accused of theft in every city the actors pass through. After all, he's also a stranger. But despite this series of arrests, Lucky Luke won't let Baltimore and his troupe leave him behind, and he'll clear his name... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#15 The Daltons in the Blizzard ISBN: 9781905460762 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #22 (1963) Les Dalton dans le blizzard (44p) The Daltons escape from a Texas jail and head over to Canada. Lucky Luke is called in to get them back to jail. He and Rintincan, his second faithful companion after Jolly Jumper, follow them all the way to Canada, where Captain Winston Pendergast offers his help. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#16 The Black Hills ISBN: 9781905460830 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #21 (1963) Les collines noires (44p) The Senate decides to settle the fertile land of Wyoming. Before moving in the settlers, they send a committee of four scientists, led by Lucky Luke, to survey the territory. One senator is strongly opposed to this project and determined to sabotage the expedition. However, the Senate overlooked one important fact: the land territory is home to the Cheyenne Nation, who are determined to defend their land. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#17 Apache Canyon ISBN: 9781905460922 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #37 (1971) Canyon Apache (44p) Lucky Luke acts as a peacemaker between an apache tribe and white settlers. Can Lucky Luke mediate between the two parties and still be trusted by both sides? Patronimo's Apache tribe is still waging war against the white settlers. The damage on both sides is getting heavier and heavier. Lucky Luke is called in to restore the peace between Patronimo's tribe and Colonel O'Nollan. But, while negotiating with both sides, Lucky Luke is perceived as a traitor. Only a wild twist of fate will enable him to come out of this tricky situation unscathed. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#18 The Escort ISBN: 9781905460984 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #28 (1966) L'escorte (44p) Lucky Luke must get Billy the Kid to New Mexico so he can be tried and put in jail. They both set out on the road, Lucky Luke assisted by Rin Tin Can. But Bert Malloy has promised the Kid he would set him free...Two legends lock heads: Lucky Luke, the righter of wrongs, and Billy the Kid, the infamous outlaw. Who will prevail? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#19 On The Daltons' Trail ISBN: 9781849180078 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #17 (1962) Sur la piste des Dalton (44p) Lucky Luke's had enough and lets the prison guards and Rin Tin Can deal with the Daltons' escape. He's being a little optimistic... Rin Tin Can, possibly the stupidest dog ever, is left in charge of watching the jail. Obviously, the Daltons escape and steal some horses and guns. Lucky Luke refuses to get involved, but when he witnesses the prison guards' incompetence and Rin Tan Can's remarkable lack of brains, he has no choice but to set out on the Daltons' trail of holdups and burglaries. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#20 The Oklahoma Land Rush ISBN: 9781849180085 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #14 (1960) Ruée sur l'Oklahoma (44p) On 22 April 1889, the American government opened the new Oklahoma territories to settlement. In this volume, Lucky Luke acts as a government agent and ensures that every candidate for settlement is treated fairly. He has to deal with jealousy, corruption and greed. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#21 The 20th Cavalry ISBN: 9781849180160 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #27 (1965) Le 20ème de cavalerie (44p) The Cheyenne are convinced that newly-arrived settlers have been killing the buffalo they traditionally depend on. When the Native Americans surround the 20th Cavalry's fort, Lucky Luke realises that someone who bears a grudge against Colonel McStraggle has conveniently provided them with firearms. Worse, the traitor also knows the layout of the fort. Lucky Luke does his best to try and break the deadlock before the soldiers starve. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#22 Emperor Smith ISBN: 9781849180269 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #45 (1976) L'empereur Smith (44p) Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper arrive in Grass Town and make the acquaintance of Smith I, Emperor of the United States! A local rancher gone a bit looney after getting rich, he's given his cowboys fancy uniforms and replaced their Colts with sabres, and he believes he's the true ruler of the country. The citizens of Grass Town think he's great fun, write him letters in the names of European monarchs, and publish his harmless proclamations in the newspaper. But is he truly harmless? And what will Luke do if something upsets the relationship between the Emperor and his not-so-loyal subjects? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#23 A Cure For The Daltons ISBN: 9781849180344 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #44 (1975) La guérison des Dalton (44p) Austrian Professor Otto von Himbeergeist arrives in the New World with some very strange ideas: Criminals are victims of their past and can be cured of their lawlessness. To prove his theories, the scientist intends to travel to the Wild West and attempt to reform the worst possible outlaws of the land. What better targets than the baddest, dumbest bandits ever, the Dalton brothers? And who will be tasked with keeping a close watch on the experiment, with some unexpected but always hilarious results? Why, Lucky Luke, of course! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#24 The Judge ISBN: 9781849180450 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #13 (1959) Le juge (44p) On a cattle drive to New Mexico, Lucky Luke travels through Langtry, home of self-appointed judge Roy Bean. A crook and a cheat who invents laws and concocts offences, Bean arrests Luke and confiscates his herd. But he doesn't count on the arrival of another crook and cheat intent on poaching the old man's game. It will be up to our favourite cowboy to sort it out and bring real law west of the Pecos River at last. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#25 The Stagecoach ISBN: 9781849180528 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #32 (1968) La diligence (44p) Plagued by constant bandit attacks, Wells Fargo is falling on hard times. To restore public trust in their services, the company sends one well-publicised stagecoach from Denver to San Francisco. It will have the best "whip" as driver, a motley crew of daring passengers, and-to escort them and a precious cargo of gold-none other than Lucky Luke. A wise precaution, because every desperado in the country will be waiting on the coach's planned route... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#26 The Bounty Hunter ISBN: 9781849180597 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #39 (1972) Chasseur de primes (44p) When a huge bounty is posted on a Cheyenne man for the apparent theft of a pedigree horse, the bounty hunter Elliot Belt will stop at nothing to pocket it-not even at triggering a new Indian war if he has to. Lucky Luke must juggle keeping him in check, appeasing the irate Cheyenne, and trying to save the suspected thief from Old West-style summary justice. A cheerful homage to the golden age of Hollywood westerns. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#27 Lucky Luke Versus Joss Jamon ISBN: 9781849180719 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #11 (1958) Lucky Luke contre Joss Jamon (48p) At the end of the Civil War, many former soldiers turn to a life of crime to survive. Joss Jamon and his gang are among the worst of such men. After sacking the town of Los Palitos, they arrange for Lucky Luke to be arrested for their crimes. The lonesome cowboy, a rope already around his neck, is forced to make a deal with the angry citizens: Bring the real bandits back within six months or hang. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#28 The Dalton Cousins ISBN: 9781849180764 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #12 (1958) Les cousins Dalton (44p) Bob, Grat, Bill and Emmett Dalton were fearsome bandits; terrors of the Old West; legends in their own time. Until Lucky Luke put a final end to their reign of evil. Joe, Jack, William and Averell Dalton, on the other hand, aren't even footnotes in the back pages of newspapers. Bumbling, blundering and hapless, they nonetheless vow to emulate-and avenge-their prestigious relatives. But if their cousins couldn't best the Lonesome Cowboy, do they really stand a chance? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#29 The Grand Duke ISBN: 9781849180832 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #40 (1973) Le grand duc (44p) Grand Duke Leonid of Russia is in Washington to sign a commercial treaty on behalf of the Tsar. But this larger-than-life aristocrat has read too much Fennimore Cooper and wants to visit the West. The US government is forced to agree to his whim-but wisely chooses Lucky Luke to escort him to the cattle capital of the West: Abilene. A good thing, too, because the Russian Grand Duke encounters real American desperadoes on his visit! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#30 The Dalton's Escape ISBN: 9781849180917 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #15 (1960) L'évasion des Dalton (44p) The Daltons have escaped! Words that all fans of Lucky Luke know well. But this is the story of the first time that the idiot brothers break out of jail. Driven by Joe's unshakeable need to get revenge on Lucky Luke, the outlaws terrorise several towns before hatching a genius plan: get the Lonesome Cowboy his very own wanted poster. As the local populace begins turning on him, Luke will display infinite patience in order to catch his quarry. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#31 Lucky Luke Versus the Pinkertons ISBN: 9781849180986 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Achdé | Script: Tonino Benacquista, Daniel Pennac Lucky Luke,,, Les aventures de #4 (2010) Lucky Luke contre Pinkerton (44p) It's the start of the 1860s, and the Old West is changing-a change that comes as a shock to the Daltons when they're arrested not by Lucky Luke, but by - Allan Pinkerton! The man is determined to turn bandit-hunting into a modern, rational business-even at the cost of the American people's personal freedom. It'll be up to Lucky Luke to ensure that the USA is protected against all evil-doers, rascals and lawmen alike Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#32 Rails on the Prairie ISBN: 9781849181044 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #9 (1957) Des rails sur la prairie The First Transcontinental Railroad is stopped dead near its starting point, both in the East and in the West. Repeated injunctions from the president of the Transcontinental RailroadA" are having no effect: His workers are constantly prevented from working by agents of a mysterious traitor. But Lucky Luke witnesses one of the acts of sabotage and stops it. Soon, he is in charge of security for the entire westward push-and he will have his work cut out for him! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#33 The One-Armed Bandit ISBN: 9781849181112 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Bob De Groot #48 (1981) Le bandit manchot (44p) Brothers Adolph and Arthur Caille are mechanical geniuses. They've just created one of the first slot machines and have presented it to their local senator, a notorious gambler. Much taken with the device, he agrees to send them on a tour of American cities to test the machine's popularity. And, to escort them on this dangerous journey, he calls on his old friend Lucky Luke... So begins the wacky tale of how the one-armed bandit conquered the West! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#34 The Daltons Always on the Run ISBN: 9781849181198 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #23 (1964) Les Dalton courent toujours (44p) A general amnesty puts the Daltons back on the streets, something Lucky Luke isn't happy about. And, to make it worse, they seem to have become model citizens. It's all an act, though, and it doesn't take long for the stupidest quartet in the West to be back behind bars. Luke is already riding off into the sunset... But he's not counting on a riled-up Apache tribe that attacks the penitentiary where the Daltons are locked up... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#35 The Singing Wire ISBN: 9781849181235 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #46 (1977) Le fil qui chante (44p) 1861. Abraham Lincoln orders that the First Transcontinental Telegraph line, currently interrupted between Nevada and Nebraska, be completed. Two teams, one heading east from Carson City and the other west from Omaha, will meet up in Salt Lake City. Lucky Luke joins the eastbound team. But when a $100,000 reward is offered to the first team to arrive, there's suddenly more to fear than the natural obstacles of the journey: A saboteur seems to be at work! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#36 The Daltons Redeem Themselves ISBN: 9781849181327 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #26 (1965) Les Dalton se rachètent (44p) When a senator comes up with a probation program to redeem criminals in the USA, the Supreme Court offers him a chance to prove the feasibility of his idea... by trying it out on the worst Old West villains ever: the Daltons. As usual, it's up to Lucky Luke to keep an eye on the terrible four during their month-long trial period. If they can refrain from any crime during that time, they will be set free as good citizens... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#37 Fingers ISBN: 9781849181389 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Lo Hartog Van Banda #52 (1983) Fingers (44p) Fingers is a magician-a really, really good one. When his unfortunate kleptomania sends him to jail, he meets the Daltons and soon escapes with them. After Lucky Luke puts everyone back behind bars, he takes pity on Fingers' unfortunate tendencies and agrees to try to rehabilitate him. A daunting, frustrating task, for confusing and complicating matters is second nature to a magician. Riding off into the sunset is going to be a difficult trick this time! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#38 Doc Doxey's Elixir ISBN: 9781849181419 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #7 (1955) L'elixir du docteur Doxey (48p) In this early adventure of the famous cowboy, Lucky Luke is dealing with one of the plagues of the Old West: quacks. "Doctor" Doxey is a con man, a charlatan who brews up useless elixirs and sells them as miracle cures for every ailment known to man. But he doesn't stop at that and occasionally causes illnesses himself, the better to cure them - a behaviour that does not sit well with Luke... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#39 The Man From Washington ISBN: 9781849181495 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Achdé | Script: Achdé, Laurent Gerra Lucky Luke,,, Les aventures de #3 (2008) L'homme de Washington (44p) Ulysses S. Grant's second term is ending, and the USA must elect a new president. After the many corruption scandals of the previous administration, the Republican Party has selected an upstanding candidate, Rutherford B. Hayes. However, a rich Texas oil tycoon with his eye on the White House has other ideas, and money can buy many votes...or bullets. Luke is called upon to protect Hayes as he tours the wild, wild West? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#40 Phil Wire ISBN: 9781849181556 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #8 (1956) Lucky Luke et Phil Defer (44p) In Bottleneck Gulch, there's a saloon where the owner is a crook of the worst order. When a second saloon opens, our crook isn't happy that someone's selling proper whisky cheaper than his own rotgut. To get rid of the competition, he calls upon an oversized gunman for hire, Phil Wire. But the killer runs afoul of Lucky Luke, who decides to take his place in order to clean up the town-only, not the way his employer expected! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#41 The Daily Star ISBN: 9781849181600 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Xavier Fauche, Jean Léturgie #53 (1984) Le Daily Star (44p) Horace Greeley is heading west with his printing press and his rock-solid belief in the power of the press, printing issues of his Daily Star as he goes. But his insistence on publishing the truth isn't making him universally loved. When Lucky Luke meets the quirky journalist, he agrees to help him settle in Dead End Gulch - and protect him against those who would rather not see their dirty deeds in print. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#42 Lone Riders ISBN: 9781849181686 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Achdé | Script: Tonino Benacquista, Daniel Pennac Lucky Luke,,, Les aventures de #5 (2012) Cavalier seul (44p) After their umpteenth defeat at Lucky Luke's hands, the Dalton brothers get into a big argument that ends with the four of them splitting up. They make a deal: Whoever is first to get a million dollars will be the leader of the gang. Going their separate ways, trying various schemes, each spreads his own kind of mayhem, forcing poor Lucky Luke to do four times the work to keep up with their antics! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#43 The Bluefeet are Coming! ISBN: 9781849181730 Pages: 49 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #10 (1958) Alerte aux Pieds-Bleus (48p) Passing through the quiet little town of Rattlesnake, Luke exposes a Mexican gambler as a cheat and runs him out of town. Unfortunately, the hustler ends up in the hands of the Bluefeet Indians and manages to convince them to attack Rattlesnake. A siege begins, during which Luke will have to use all his guile and courage to keep the Bluefeet at bay until the cavalry arrives. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#44 Lucky Luke Versus Pat Poker ISBN: 9781849181792 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #5 (1953) Lucky Luke contre Pat Poker (44p) Having accepted the sheriff's job in Red City, Lucky Luke arrives to find a town entirely under the control of Pat Poker, a ruthless gambler, cheat and saloon owner, and his henchmen. His horse, clothes and revolver stolen, Luke decides to pass himself off as a harmless, bumbling tenderfoot, all the better to study his opponents and catch them unaware. Still, Pat won't give up easily, and keeping him behind bars might require some additional work... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#44 Arizona ISBN: 9781849182683 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #3 (1951) Arizona (37p) A gang operating around Nugget City is attacking stage coaches to steal gold shipments. After rescuing the driver of one of them, Lucky Luke arrives in town just in time to stop the murderous intents of a cheat.Pursuing the scoundrel after an epic bar fight, Luke finds out he's a member of the gang, and will have to arrest him and the others before riding on to new adventures on the other side of the Rio Grande. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#45 Tying the Knot ISBN: 9781849181884 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Achdé | Script: Achdé, Laurent Gerra Lucky Luke,,, Les aventures de #2 (2006) La corde au cou (44p) Urgent message for the Dalton brothers: the president has approved a special measure to combat overpopulation in the country's prisons. They're going to be hanged! Their last hope lies in a little known law that would see them walk free if they were to marry. A frantic Ma Dalton tries to locate brides for her boys, but their reputation precedes them, and the only candidates she eventually locates could well turn out to be a worse choice than the rope? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#46 The Pony Express ISBN: 9781849181945 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Xavier Fauche #59 (1988) Le Pony Express (44p) In 1860, getting from Missouri to California on the West Coast took a long, long time - not to mention a certain degree of courage. Annoyed at the delay in communication, the federal government offers a grant to whoever can solve the problem and set-up a fast, reliable mail system linking East and West. In response, entrepreneur W.H. Russell founds the Pony Express company: fearless men riding day and night, changing horses at way stations. But not everyone likes that idea... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#47 Outlaws ISBN: 9781849182010 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #6 (1954) Hors-la-loi (44p) Everyone knows Joe, Jack, William and Averell Dalton, the four dumbest desperadoes in the Old West and the worst enemies of Lucky Luke's holidays. But before them, Luke had also encountered their cousins: real-life legends of the West Bob, Grat, Bill and Emmett. When these four began making too much trouble, Luke was called to get rid of them. Fortunately for him, they weren't much brighter than their successors... but they did provide plenty of entertainment! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#48 Dick Digger's Gold Mine ISBN: 9781849182089 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #1 (1949) La mine d'or de Dick Digger (46p) Dick Digger, an old pal of Lucky Luke's, has struck gold in the hills. Spending the night in a hotel on his way home to stake his claim, a careless display of his new-found wealth attracts the attention of two bandits who knock him out and rob him - unwittingly taking the map to his mine with them as well! With Digger injured, it's up to Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper to chase the thieves and recover the map. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#49 The Daltons' Amnesia ISBN: 9781849182195 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Xavier Fauche, Jean Léturgie #60 (1991) L'amnésie des Dalton (44p) After a fellow inmate, having received a blow to the head, forgets his own name and is freed as a brand new man, the Daltons start pretending to be amnesiac in order to escape the prison. So as to test their supposed amnesia - and hopefully allow them to retrieve their memories should it be real - they are put in familiar situations: bank hold-ups, train robberies... under Luck Luke's supervision, of course! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#50 Seven Stories ISBN: 9781849182263 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: René Goscinny #42 (1974) 7 histoires complètes 1 (42p) We all know that Lucky Luke has a busy life. When it's not Washington calling upon him for some national project, it's the local penitentiary asking him to recapture the Daltons. But not every moment is spent in such grand adventures. Here is a collection of smaller stories depicting the everyday life of our cowboy, from taking a child to the dentist to helping passing settlers - and even attending a classical concert in Houston! What a full life he leads! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#51 The Painter ISBN: 9781849182416 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Bob De Groot #69 (2001) L'artiste peintre (44p) Among the cultural figures of the Old West, Frederick Remington stands head and shoulders above the rest - literally. A good-natured ogre by size and appetite, the artist portrays the West with such skill that the American government entrusts his safety to Lucky Luke. Looking after such a national treasure is not usually an easy task, but Luke will soon discover that Remington hardly needs protecting - except maybe from his own excessive impulses. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#52 The Beautiful Province ISBN: 9781849182492 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Achdé | Script: Laurent Gerra Lucky Luke,,, Les aventures de #1 (2004) La belle Province (44p) While taking part in a rodeo in Wisconsin, Lucky Luke and Jolly Jumper meet Mario Bombardier, a Quebecois cowboy, and his mare the beautiful Province. It's love at first sight for the two horses, and after the inevitable separation, Jolly Jumper can't stop moping. Eventually Luke decides to head to Quebec in order to arrange a reunion - and discovers the merry atmosphere of the Nouvelle France: mounted police, bar fights, poutine and traditional French songs. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#53 Nitroglycerin ISBN: 9781849182546 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Morris | Script: Lo Hartog Van Banda #57 (1987) Nitroglycérine (44p) Two companies are competing to build the intercontinental railway. When one sends saboteurs to intercept the powder needed to pierce tunnels through the mountains, the other calls upon Lucky Luke to protect a last chance convoy. The problem is, it's not powder that gets loaded onto the train this time, it's nitroglycerin! And as if that wasn't enough, the saboteurs are still around, and the Daltons are convinced the train is full of gold! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#54 Rodeo ISBN: 9781849182591 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Morris #2 (1950) Rodéo (62p) Lucky Luke arrives at Navajo City just in time to sign up for the town's big rodeo. But the prize money promised to the winner is attracting some unsavoury types, and among the participating cowboys is one Cactus Kid, an unrepentant bully and outlaw. The clash is inevitable, both in and outside the arena, and Luke will have to fight with his customary aplomb and humour - before riding off to new adventures. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Melusine | |||
#1 Hocus Pocus ISBN: 9781905460205 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Clarke | Script: François Gilson #7 (2000) Hocus Pocus (44p) In this first volume, the charming little witch is working as a nanny in a castle in Transylvania. The lady of the house is a very bad-tempered phantom, her husband is quite a cool vampire, and the footman is a sort of Frankenstein with an exceptionally limited intellect. In short, nothing out of the ordinary... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Halloween ISBN: 9781905460342 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Clarke | Script: François Gilson #8 (2000) Halloween (46p) Melusine is a sorcerer's apprentice, funny and dynamic, who does everything possible to become a powerful witch. Unfortunately, she's not always successful, and very often her tricks turn against her and her friends... But tremble, poor mortals, for it's the return of Halloween, the day of witches and the walking dead! This festival of demons must be celebrated with dignity, with great smashing of pumpkins and rotten tricks. The opportunity rises for Melusine and her friends to show what they can do... And then to start a new storm of gags and catastrophes! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Vampire's Ball ISBN: 9781905460694 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Clarke | Script: François Gilson #2 (1995) Le bal des vampires (48p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Love Potions ISBN: 9781849180054 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Clarke | Script: François Gilson #5 (1998) Philtres d'amour (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Tales of the Full Moon ISBN: 9781849182126 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Clarke | Script: François Gilson #10 (2002) Contes de la pleine lune (46p) Melusine, the young witch-in-training, divides her time between studying at the sorcery school and working as an au pair at the local vampire's castle. That's a lot of pressure, and she needs some distractions and fun too. So, what better way to take your mind off things than a good old-fashioned session of story telling with your friends? Dragons, enchanters, princes and princesses all get the fairy tale treatment - except, well, Melusine's no fairy.. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Orbital | |||
#1 Scars ISBN: 9781905460892 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #1 (2006) Cicatrices (46p) In the 23rd century, humans and Sandjarrs are allowed to join an intergalactic multiracial organisation set up 8,000 years before. The humans are seen as a belligerent, underdeveloped race by the other members of the organisation and have been kept out of it until now. The Sandjarrs had stayed out of interplanetary politics until a war between themselves and the humans broke out. Now Caleb, a human, and Mezoke, a Sandjarr, are paired up and trained as special agents to keep the intergalactic peace. This is a controversial and historic alliance, and a lot of people are watching them. Their first mission is to keep war from breaking out between humans and Javlodes on the planet Senestam. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Ruptures ISBN: 9781905460953 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #2 (2007) Ruptures (54p) Caleb (a human) and Mezoke (a Sandjarr) are paired up and trained as special agents to keep the intergalactic peace. This is a controversial and historic alliance given their races' longstanding enmity, and a lot of people are watching them. Their first mission is to keep war from breaking out between humans and Javlodes on the planet Senestam.Caleb acts as a mediator between the warring factions while dealing with an attack by Stilvulls (highly destructive insects)-and he also has to contend with his feelings for charming doctor Kim Vandersel. Mezoke is on the planet Upssal, trying to appease the Javlodes Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Nomads ISBN: 9781849180801 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #3 (2009) Nomades (54p) Caleb and Mezoke are on Earth for celebrations marking the end of the Human-Sandjarr wars, running security for the ceremonies. When an incident occurs between Malaysian fishermen and a nomadic alien species called the Rapakhun, they are brought in to investigate and to lead negotiations. But tensions are high, and something is killing the fish in the mangrove swamp. The two agents will have to contend with the humans' lingering mistrust towards aliens in their efforts to solve the mystery. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Ravages ISBN: 9781849180887 Pages: 56 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #4 (2010) Ravages (54p) The unexplained deaths in the mangrove have not deterred authorities: The ceremonies will go on as planned in Kuala Lumpur, despite Mezoke's resistance and growing disagreement with Caleb. But the official optimism is soon dampened by news of further destruction, closer to the city. And when Nina and Angus return with the identity of the killer, an old enemy of the Confederation, the agents will be forced to act in desperation - and, maybe, to pay the ultimate price. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Justice ISBN: 9781849181723 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #5 (2012) Justice (54p) Following the Kuala Lumpur incidents, which almost prevented the Human-Sandjarr reconciliation ceremony from being held, the situation on Earth is increasingly tense. The mood has turned ugly, resulting in attacks against aliens and assassinations of isolationist personalities. Meanwhile, the circles of Confederate powers are afire with political manoeuvring, and Mezoke is on trial for high treason, a convenient scapegoat. But when the judges request that Caleb be brought out of his regenerative coma to testifty, the Sandjarr's agent's loyalty is put to the test. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Resistance ISBN: 9781849182621 Pages: 56 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Serge Pellé | Script: Sylvain Runberg #6 (2015) Résistance (54p) After fleeing Confederate space, Caleb and Mezoke are hiding among a community of exiles disgusted by the corruption and violence infecting the galactic government. Caleb is recovering slowly, just as Angus, the living ship, is doing on a different world. But a powerful, dangerous psychic link seems to exist between them, and all are actively hunted by both the authorities and a terrorist group. When running ceases to be the answer, the only option left is resistance. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Pandora's Box | |||
#1 Pride ISBN: 9781905460816 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Didier Pagot | Script: Alcante #1 (2005) L'orgueil (46p) Vanity, cloning and the myth of Narcissus: when the race for power overrules ethical probity. In the US, the Presidential campaign heats up. Narcissus Shimmer, who is campaigning for re-election as head of State, leads all the polls. Ron Grubb, a private investigator, is hired by the opposition to dig out the dirt on Narcissus Shimmer and bring him down. Grubb discovers a baby shrouded in secret, whose birth was monitored by one of the country's leading biotechnologists. Has Grubb discovered the first human clone? Will the most powerful man on earth, Narcissus Shimmer, be dethroned? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Sloth ISBN: 9781849180061 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Vujadin Radovanovic | Script: Alcante #2 (2005) La paresse (46p) Sloth, doping and the Trojan War: What is the price to pay for a gold medal at the Olympics? Paris Troy is a sprinter whose 100m record has remained undefeated for nine years. He has never cheated before, but now, as the Istanbul Olympic Games approach, a bad injury hinders his performance and a newcomer, Ace, is threatening his dominance. Paris finds it increasingly difficult to push himself to improve his time, so when his brother suggests doping, Paris is tempted. Will the runner let this highly destructive element into his life? What price is he ready to pay for victory? Is victory "real" when achieved with chemical help? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Gluttony ISBN: 9781849180191 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Steven Dupré | Script: Alcante #3 (2005) La gourmandise (50p) Teze has been appointed head of a food agency by his father, who trusts him to stand up to big business interests. He notices a sudden recent resurgence in the number of tests done to determine the presence of mad cow disease. So far, all the results have been negative, but the fact that this testing is happening on such a huge scale sends alarm bells ringing. Teze now has to deal with the interests of the intensive farming lobby. He becomes increasingly frustrated by the fact that several of the big companies are trying to influence his thinking and to convince him to let them off the hook. Teze stands firm and introduces an even more stringent form of testing. This time, the results seem to point to a new, more virulent strain of mad cow disease. Could man's gluttony be at the heart of the problem? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Greed ISBN: 9781849180474 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Erik Juszezak | Script: Alcante #5 (2005) L'avarice (46p) John Midas is a financial genius. For years he's made a killing on the stock market. He's one of the richest men on earth... and on Wall Street, he's a legend. The only thing he loves more than money is his daughter, who lives a simple life away from his gold-plated world. Now Midas has his eye set on Brazil and its currency-but fate may not let him pull off his scheme without extracting a steep price. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Envy ISBN: 9781849180795 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Alain Henriet | Script: Alcante #6 (2005) L'envie (52p) Tibor and Eva work at Synapse, a corporation specialised in advanced software engineering. One day, a simple industrial accident throws their lives into chaos. Who is the beautiful mathematician Alicia Pallas, founder of Synapse? The sinister Blacksmith, who relentlessly hunts Eva and Tibor? The rich and powerful Mr King, who seems to be pulling all the strings? And, more importantly, who are Tibor and Eva themselves, and what terrible purpose is hidden behind their existence? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Papyrus | |||
#1 The Rameses' Revenge ISBN: 9781905460359 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #7 (1984) La vengeance des Ramsès (44p) A young peasant in ancient Egypt, Papyrus is a mischievous boy, crafty and courageous. Protected by a magic sword, he saves the princess Theti-Cheri, whose protector and confidant he becomes. He will be extremely busy protecting his friend from the plots woven by the priests of Amon or by cheating princes trying to make her disappear... On the way to Abou-Simbel, Theti-Cheri and Papyrus will have to face two bands of plunderers who want to seize a treasure that is guarded by the four colossi of the temple of Ramses. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Imhotep's Transformation ISBN: 9781905460502 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #8 (1985) La métamorphose d'Imhotep (44p) Papyrus and his friend Imhotep head off for Sakkarah, where a statue must be erected to give praise to the Pharaoh. While navigating the Nile, they save an old man threatened by a crocodile. In Sakkarah, the Pharaoh's life is threatened too: He has been poisoned. If he dies, the future will be very bleak... So our young heroes have the idea of letting the old man they saved play the role of Pharaoh, seeing as the two men look very much alike... But the deception may not last for long, and Papyrus has to find an antidote for the Pharaoh as quickly as he can! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Tutankhamun ISBN: 9781905460847 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #17 (1994) Toutankhamon le pharaon assassiné (44p) Papyrus and Theti-Cheri go back in time to unravel the Tutankhamun mystery. Thanks to a magical decoction, Papyrus goes back a century to meet the future Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, and his wife Ankhsenamon. Papyrus witnesses Tutankhamun's murder and the sombre going-ons that follow his death. Papyrus is once again rescued by Theti-Cheri, his friend and the Pharaoh's daughter. But before he returns to his own era, Papyrus discovers who has been looting the tombs of the Valley of the Kings Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Evil Mummies ISBN: 9781849180276 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #19 (1996) Les momies maléfiques (44p) Theti-Cheri, daughter of Pharaoh, and her friend and protector Papyrus are on a mission to bring back to Thebes the mummies of 10 archers, long-dead warriors of Pharaoh Sekenenra-Taa, honoured for their sacrifice against the Hyksos invaders. But the mummies lie in the desert, domain of the god Seth, and the malevolent deity will use the dead themselves in his attempts to destroy the intruders. Separated from the expedition, Papyrus and Theti-Cheri will have to fend off wave after wave of evil mummies in order to survive and carry out their sacred mission. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 The Anger of the Great Sphinx ISBN: 9781849181150 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #20 (1997) La colère du grand Sphinx (44p) In the middle of the night, Princess Theti leaves the palace like a sleepwalker and rides to the Great Sphinx. Papyrus follows her to protect her, but when he finds her, she is the prisoner of the Sphinx, who is angry at the royal line for breaking their covenant and letting the sands cover the great statue. The Sphinx wants her life as sacrifice. Opposed by the evil Storm Man, Papyrus must journey to the Sacred Island to beg the gods for mercy. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 The Amulet of the Great Pyramid ISBN: 9781849182409 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Lucien De Gieter #21 (1998) Le talisman de la grande pyramide (44p) Drawn by strange cries coming from the necropolis at the foot of the pyramids, Papyrus comes face to face with Anubis, the god of the dead. The jackal-headed god, angered by a rash of grave robbing, orders the young Egyptian to enter the Great Pyramid and retrieve there the heart scarab of Kheops. But the pyramid is already 1000 years old to Papyrus, and robbers have long ago desecrated it. The young boy will have to search it from top to bottom. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Queen Margot | |||
#1 The Age of Innocence ISBN: 9781905460106 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Juliette Derenne | Script: Olivier Cadic Reine Margot (La) #1 (2006) Le Duc de Guise (46p) 1569 - Queen Elizabeth I of England and King Philippe II of Spain confront each other by proxy. The war between the Protestants and the Catholics is tearing France apart. Margot's hand is the object of a negotiation intended to strengthen the throne of her brother Charles IX, King of France. But Margot is 16 years old, and she has lost her heart to the Duke of Guise. Confronted with reasons of State and with every possible ambition, the princess is plunged into an intrigue that is beyond her. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Bloody Wedding ISBN: 9781905460199 Pages: 52 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Juliette Derenne | Script: Olivier Cadic Reine Margot (La) #2 (2007) Le roi de Navarre (46p) 1572 - In order to secure the peace between Catholics and Protestants, a marriage of convenience is arranged between Margot and the son of the Queen of Navarre. Incapable of overcoming her aversion to her fiancé, and still secretly in love with the Duke of Guise, Margot will try to escape the forced marriage. However, this union is the objective of forces beyond her will, and the princess will be drawn into events at St Barthélemy-into deeds of intolerable cruelty. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Endangered Love ISBN: 9781905460410 Pages: 52 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Juliette Derenne | Script: François Gheysens, Olivier Cadic Reine Margot (La) #3 (2008) Le comte de la mole (48p) 1573... Margot became the Queen of Navarre against her will. Neglected and cheated on by an unfaithful husband. Spied on by her mother. Manipulated by her two brothers, Alençon and Anjou (both of whom dream of succeeding the King of France,) Margot exists but is not truly living. Yet love finds the young Queen. Comte de la Mole is the French ambassador at the royal court of Elisabeth I. That love will lead her heart to conspire against her third brother, the King of France who is afflicted by an unshakeable illness. Will the wizard Ruggieri be able to protect her? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Red Baron | |||
#1 The Machine Gunners' Ball ISBN: 9781849182034 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Carlos Puerta | Script: Pierre Veys #1 (2012) Le Bal des Mitrailleuses (46p) In the skies of France during the Great War, a red-painted fighter is chasing a British SPAD. The relentless German pilot eventually mortally wounds his opponent, and lands near the crashed British flyer to watch him die, confessing his delight in war and victory. Ten years earlier, a young Manfred Von Richthofen is attending a military academy in Berlin when, during an incident with classmates, he comes to realise he has an unnatural gift. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Rain of Blood ISBN: 9781849182119 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Carlos Puerta | Script: Pierre Veys #2 (2013) Pluie de Sang (46p) Manfred Von Richthofen survived his first aerial combat with light injuries only. As a rear gunner, though, he felt particularly frustrated by his inability to control the plane. Convinced that he must be able to fly and shoot at the same time to make the most of his mysterious mind-reading ability, he works hard to obtain his pilot licence. It's in March 1916, in the sky over Verdun, that the Red Baron earns his first victory as a pilot. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Dungeons and Dragons ISBN: 9781849182522 Pages: 64 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Carlos Puerta | Script: Pierre Veys #3 (2015) Donjons et Dragons (62p) Manfred Von Richthofen is now flying over Russia, where his missions escorting heavy bombers or strafing ground troops are doing considerable damage. So much so that he's eventually offered the opportunity to transfer to the Western Front and pit himself against the best British fighters. But a nasty surprise is waiting for him: among his new colleagues is his old enemy Prince Friedrich. The foe in the air may not be the most dangerous one. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Rugger Boys, The | |||
#1 Why are we here again? ISBN: 9781905460335 Pages: 52 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Alexandre Mermin | Script: Béka Rugbymen (Les) #5 (2007) On va gagner avec le lard et la manière (44p) They are sturdy Frenchmen, big eaters and drinkers, more physical than intellectual, more losers than winners... They like to punch it up during matches and won't, for anything in the world, miss their third half-time at the bar... Who are they? The Rugger Boys of the Bawd-Room Club, of course! With the Rugger Boys, readers infiltrate the heart of the cloakroom, the scrum, the clubhouse and the legendary third half-time... In Why Are We Here Again?, we travel with them to England, where they discover another kind of rugby... and gastronomy! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 A Spoonful of Style and a Tonne of Class! ISBN: 9781905460441 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Alexandre Mermin | Script: Béka Rugbymen (Les) #3 (2006) On n'est pas venus pour être là ! (44p) In the south of France, leave the motorway and keep going over the fields. You'll end up seeing the Paillar bell-tower. In this village where rugby is king, even the roundabouts are oval! The Paillar team is only afraid of one thing - that some Englishmen with bad intentions will turn the local pub into a tea salon! Also when the All Blacks look for a sparring partner to prepare for the world cup, our players, Light bulb, Fat neck, the Anaesthetist, Trumpeter and Romeo can't resist the call of the southern hemisphere. Cauliflower ears, broken noses and black eyes aplenty! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Sam | |||
#1 After Man ISBN: 9781849182188 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Shang | Script: Richard Marazano #1 (2011) Après l'homme... (46p) One day, a scavenging party for one such group happens upon a massive humanoid robot bearing the letters SAM on its armour. Caught by surprise, young Ian is about to be vaporised - but the machine doesn't shoot! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Robot Hunters ISBN: 9781849182461 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Shang | Script: Richard Marazano #2 (2013) Chasseurs de robots (46p) A year has passed for the community of survivors. Ian and his team are still making dangerous forays to the ravaged surface in search of food and medicine, forced to go ever further each time. But one day, just as they're about to be killed by one of the exterminator robots that constantly patrol the city, they're saved by an old acquaintance not even Ian still hoped to see again: SAM, the strange robot that seems to want to protect the boy. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Scared to Death | |||
#1 The Vampire from the Marshes ISBN: 9781905460472 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Mauricet | Script: Virginie Vanholme #1 (2000) Le vampire des marais (46p) This series showcases the strange adventures of two adolescent friends, Robin and Max. All of the classic fantasy themes are touched on: sorcery, fairies, werewolves, ghosts... a must for fans of suspense and terror. In the first album, while secretly consulting the medical files of his father (a forensic scientist), Robin discovers the photo of a man whose body is pierced by hundreds of holes. Persuaded that this death is the work of a vampire, Robin and his friend Max go after the suspected murderer... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 .,3-*6+44758ks ISBN: 9781905460779 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Mauricet | Script: Virginie Vanholme #3 (2003) Maléfice et mandragore (as Malevolence and Mandrake) (46p) It's Halloween and Thomas, Robin's and Max's friend disappears. Then a new girl starts in their class and Max is more than happy to keep her company! But who is she? Where does she come from? Where is Thomas? Surrounded by pumpkins, bats and witches, Emma the newcomer has all the students entranced. Luckily, the ever-watchful Sophie feels something is wrong and investigates... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 In The Shadow Of The Beast ISBN: 9781849180221 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Mauricet | Script: Virginie Vanholme #4 (2004) Dans l'ombre de la bête (44p) Robin is spending the holidays at his grandmother's with Max, and the two boys are gearing up for a quiet time. But there is very little peace to be found in Saint-Tournon: A mysterious beast is killing sheep, leaving no clue as to its nature, and local imagination is running wild. What is truly happening? Who is the old crone who lives alone with her goats, and why is she so at odds with the fire-and-brimstone priest? Is the Devil really hiding in the woods? Max and Robin will have to investigate... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Scorpion, The | |||
#1 The Devil's Mark ISBN: 9781905460625 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #1 (2000) La marque du diable (46p) #2 (2001) Le secret du Pape (as The Pope's Secret) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Devil In The Vatican ISBN: 9781905460908 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #3 (2002) La croix de Pierre (as The Stone Cross) (46p) #4 (2004) Le Démon au Vatican (46p) Trebaldi claims that the sacred cross of St Peter miraculously appeared in his castle. The Scorpion must find the real cross if he is to prove Trebaldi's treachery. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Holy Valley ISBN: 9781849180290 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #5 (2004) La vallée sacrée (46p) Betrayed by the beautiful Ansea Latal, the Scorpion has been captured by the Turks. But he cannot afford to tarry: Rochnan and his monks are close on his tail, Ansea is on her way to Cappadocia to find the true cross of Saint Peter, and, back in Rome, Trebaldi is preparing his reign of terror. As a prisoner or a fugitive, alone or in the reluctant company of people who have sworn his death, the Scorpion will have to reach Karabas before the agents of the Nine Families and discover the truth hidden deep inside the Holy Valley. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Treasure Of The Templars ISBN: 9781849180467 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #6 (2005) Le trésor du Temple (46p) On the run from both agents of the Vatican and Ottoman authorities, the Scorpion is forced into uneasy alliances to continue his quest. Riding towards the Holy Land, the motley band begins to unravel the secrets of the Templars. But as loyalties shift, a confrontation looms, and in the shadow of an inverted cross, a forgotten truth will resurface that could destroy Trebaldi's power Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 In the Name of the Father ISBN: 9781849181228 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #7 (2006) Au Nom du Père (46p) The lights of Rome have dimmed. When the Scorpion and his friends get back to the Holy See, it is a place of fear and death they find, a city cowering under Trebaldi's boot. Their only chance to destroy the Pope's power is to heed Rochnan's last words and look into the past of the Scorpion's mother. Dodging warrior-monks and Inquisitors, they begin to unravel a story that could yield some answers too horrible to contemplate Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 The Angel's Shadow ISBN: 9781849181532 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #8 (2008) L'ombre de l'Ange (46p) The iron fist of Trebaldi's monks is still strangling Rome, but such an army is expensive. To pay his men before their loyalty begins to slip, the Pope must rely on the financial assistance of European monarchs - and a large sum in gold is coming to Rome. But such a convoy is tempting to many! Trebaldi, the Nine Families, thieves and conspirators And all figure the can use the Scorpion against each other to obtain what they want. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Mask of Truth ISBN: 9781849181761 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #9 (2010) Masque de la Vérité (46p) One by one, the Pope's warrior monks fall to the Scorpion's blade or desert their master. Feeling his enemy circling ever closer, Trebaldi grows desperate and hires Rome's best paid assassins to go after him - and whomever else stands in his way. As the women in his life choose their destinies, an old enemy reappears to plague the Scorpion... or perhaps to bring him the truth at last, hidden behind his mask. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 In The Name of the Son ISBN: 9781849181990 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Enrico Marini | Script: Stephen Desberg Scorpion (Le) #10 (2012) Au Nom du Fils (46p) The mysterious scarred man who was dogging the Scorpion's footsteps took him away from his confrontation with Trebaldi, promising to take him to his father. Forced to follow but eager to know at last, Armando doesn't resist. Meanwhile, the Pope resorts to desperate measures to make up his monks' losses. Old enemies, new ones. Conspiracies and lies. 15 centuries of conflicts and plots come to a head as the truth is revealed at last, shattering all certainties and leaving many dead. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Spirou and Fantasio (CB) | |||
#1 Adventure Down Under ISBN: 9781849180115 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #34 (1985) Aventure en Australie (44p) Spirou and Fantasio's friend, the Count of Champignac, asks them to join him in Australia, where he has heard that an ancient monolith is still standing. When they arrive, Champignac's colleague Walker Donahue informs them that Champignac has been abducted by local gangster Sam. The monolith they're after stands in the vicinity of an aboriginal mining village, which is constantly prey to white prospectors trying to steal indigenous resources. Spirou and Fantasio must save Champignac from Sam's clutches and help him find the legendary monolith while standing by the aboriginal people. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Spirou and Fantasio in New York ISBN: 9781849180542 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #39 (1987) Spirou à New-York (44p) Contains (): Spirou à New-York Gare au cliché! Le groom du président La jeunesse de Spirou Vilain faussaire Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Running Scared ISBN: 9781849181167 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #40 (1988) La frousse aux trousses (44p) Spirou and Fantasio are hired by a doctor to escort some of his patients. Their ailment? An apparently incurable case of the hiccups. His solution: Send them on the most insane adventure ever and scare the hiccups out of them! Since he offers to pay for their expedition, the two fearless reporters agree to take the patients with them as they attempt to locate two explorers lost in 1938 near the Nepalese border... in the middle of a war! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Valley of the Exiles ISBN: 9781849181570 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #41 (1989) La vallée des bannis (44p) Spirou and Fantasio, swallowed by the raging waters of the river, find themselves in an unknown valley filled with very peculiar, and very dangerous, life. As they brace themselves to face a hostile nature long enough to find their way out, Fantasio contracts a deadly disease that turns him into a homicidal maniac. Spirou must now find a way to save him - and himself - and escape the deserted valley. If it really is deserted, that is. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 The Marsupilami Thieves ISBN: 9781849181679 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: André Franquin | Script: Jean-Marc Salmon, André Franquin #5 (1954) Les voleurs du Marsupilami (64p) The Marsupilami, a mysterious animal that Spirou and Fantasio discovered in the jungle of Palombia, now resides in their local zoo. When he seems to drop dead suddenly, the reporters storm into the park demanding explanations. Much to everyone's surprise, though, the body has been stolen! The two adventurers lose the thief after a night-time chase, but they will not abandon their friend, no matter where their loyalty may take them! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Spirou & Fantasio in Moscow ISBN: 9781849181938 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #42 (1990) Spirou à Moscou (44p) Spirou and Fantasio, in transit through Paris airport, are kidnapped by French counter-intelligence: in exchange for the release of two French nationals from Soviet prisons, the KGB demanded the two reporters' assistance. Because Moscow has a problem: the mob is getting increasingly more powerful and bold, and it has infiltrated the authorities so thoroughly they can't fight back anymore. They do know, however, that the big boss is someone Spirou and Fantasio have met before and simply cannot ignore. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Rhinoceros' Horn ISBN: 9781849182249 Pages: 64 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: André Franquin | Script: Maurice Rosy, André Franquin #6 (1955) La corne de rhinocéros (60p) Spirou and Fantasio, during a daring night investigation, encounter a wounded man who is running from mysterious men. He claims they bombed an automobile factory to steal the plans of a highly advanced prototype, and that he took half of the plans and ran. Having sworn to take the documents back to their owner - who has the other half - the two adventurers are soon on their way to Africa. But of course, the bandits are in hot pursuit. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Tough luck Vito ISBN: 9781849182485 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Janry | Script: Tome #43 (1991) Vito la déveine (44p) An old seaplane skims the waves over the Pacific. Onboard are Vito Cortizone, former Don of the New York Mafia forced into early retirement by Spirou and Fantasio; Von Schnabbel, unscrupulous pilot; and a mysterious cargo supposed to turn Cortizone's fortunes around. But the mafioso is cursed with terrible luck, and the plane ends up at the bottom of an isolated island's lagoon. When two months later a sailing boat arrives, an unrecognisable Vito sees none other than our two adventurer-reporters come ashore! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Dictator and the Mushroom ISBN: 9781849182676 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: André Franquin | Script: Maurice Rosy, André Franquin #7 (1956) Le dictateur et le champignon (60p) After the Marsupilami causes a series of disasters, Spirou and Fantasio finally resolve to bring the strange animal back to its birth place, Palombia. Unfortunately, it's a nation in turmoil they find upon their arrival. The military is all-powerful, rumours of impending war are growing and a ruthless tyrant has seized power. To counter the dictator's plans, the two adventurers' only weapon is the Count of Champignac's latest outrageous invention: a mushroom extract that makes metals go soft. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Spooks | |||
#1 The Fall of Babylon ISBN: 9781849180993 Pages: 56 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: Christian Rossi | Script: Fabien Nury, Xavier Dorison #1 (2003) La chute de Babylone (54p) 1895. Members of the East Coast elite have died under mysterious circumstances. To investigate this delicate problem, Richard Clayton-against the wishes of the President-calls upon a man named Morton Chapel for his unorthodox methods and peculiar associates. As they begin to uncover strange, vanishing marks on people's bodies, unexplained changes in behaviour and hints of widespread corruption, the team reforms around the name Ulysses S. Grant himself gave it years earlier: his SPecialists in the Odd and the OCcult-his SPOOKS. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Century Club ISBN: 9781849181297 Pages: 56 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Rossi | Script: Fabien Nury, Xavier Dorison #2 (2005) Century Club (54p) Important personalities have been dying or going crazy. Investigator Morton Chapel and his men discover that they are on the trail of an ancient evil, something dating back to ancient Babylon and brought back to life by a British occultist. As the dark magician leaves a trail of corruption throughout the country's ruling elite, the Spooks realise that the threat is directed at the highest level of government-and only they can stop it. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 El Santero ISBN: 9781849181709 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Rossi | Script: Fabien Nury, Xavier Dorison #3 (2006) El Santero (54p) Cuba, 1902. Freed from its Spanish masters by US forces four years ago, the island is still occupied by its erstwhile liberators, some of whom aren't all that eager to leave. American businessmen and politicians would like to see Cuba become a full state, while the Cuban people dream only of freedom. When people begin dying... And then come back to life, the Spooks are sent to investigate the possible involvement of a Cuban priest and rebel leader, known as a santero. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The 46th State ISBN: 9781849181853 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Rossi | Script: Fabien Nury, Xavier Dorison #4 (2008) Le 46e état (58p) As the election draws near, Cuba becomes a powder keg. The exactions of El Santero continue, terrifying the liberators-turned-occupiers and enflaming the spirit of the freedom-starved Cubans. In response, American authorities don't hesitate to use extreme violence to ensure that their candidate will win and become not the president of the Republic of Cuba, but the first governor of the 46th state. For the Spooks, torn between duty and convictions, the danger is real, and choices will have to be made. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Megan ISBN: 9781849182614 Pages: 56 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Rossi | Script: Fabien Nury, Xavier Dorison #5 (2009) Megan (54p) After the Spooks' difficult mission in Cuba, Morton Chapel has accepted Kathryn Lennox's help in attempting to treat his daughter, Megan. The girl has been catatonic since she witnessed her father shoot her demented mother Madeleine. But Chapel speaks of possession rather than insanity; an hypothesis the rational Kathryn finds it difficult to accept. And Madeleine's father, a mining industry mogul, intends to exact his revenge from the Spooks leader. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Survivors | |||
#1 The Survivors 1 ISBN: 9781849182171 Pages: 56 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo Survivants - Anomalies quantiques #1 (2011) Survivants - Anomalies quantiques 1 (48p) During the early days of the colonisation of Aldebaran, the second colony ship is lost in transit with all hands, prompting Earth to abandon the project and strand the first wave of colonists. And yet, not everyone perished with the ship. A small group of survivors find themselves on a shuttle, headed towards an unexplored planet. Faced with the dangers of their new home as well as dissensions within the group, they soon discover they may not be alone? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Survivors 2 ISBN: 9781849182430 Pages: 56 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Leo Survivants - Anomalies quantiques #2 (2012) Survivants - Anomalies quantiques 2 (46p) The small group of marooned humans, minus a few individuals who left after a difference of opinions, survived one group of aliens, received help from a second, and is now travelling towards what appears to be a town. But their adoptive planet is a truly peculiar place with many surprises in store: a wild and unknown nature, inhabitants with unpredictable attitudes and morals ... and other, even stranger phenomena well beyond their comprehension! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
The Marquis of Anaon | |||
#1 The Isle of Brac ISBN: 9781849182553 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Matthieu Bonhomme | Script: Fabien Vehlmann Marquis d'Anaon (Le) #1 (2002) L'île de Brac (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Black Virgin ISBN: 9781849182652 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Matthieu Bonhomme | Script: Fabien Vehlmann Marquis d'Anaon (Le) #2 (2003) La vierge noire (46p) Jean-Baptiste Poulain comes to Auvergne in central France to investigate the deaths of two young women. Both were killed one year apart in the same barbaric, ritual way, their bodies left near the Black Virgin Chapel. Unfortunately, Jean-Baptiste is going to have to struggle against the locals' superstitions, the hostility of the authorities, and the hatred all seem to direct at the neighbouring gypsies. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Thorgal | |||
#1 Child of the Stars ISBN: 9781905460236 Pages: 96 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #7 (1984) L'enfant des étoiles (46p) Contains: The Lost Drakkar (10p) The Metal That Did Not Exist (20p) The Talisman (16p) #14 (1989) Aaricia (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Three Elders of Aran ISBN: 9781905460311 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #3 (1981) Les trois vieillards du pays d'Aran (46p) #4 (1982) La galère noire (as The Black Galley) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Beyond the Shadows ISBN: 9781905460458 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #5 (1983) Au-delà des ombres (46p) #6 (1984) La chute de Brek Zarith (as The Fall of Brek Zarith) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 The Archers ISBN: 9781905460670 Pages: 96 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #8 (1985) Alinoë (as Alinoe) (46p) #9 (1985) Les archers (46p) Surprised by a storm, Thorgal has been taken in by an old couple. Without boat or money, he can't return to his village. Perhaps an archery competition will allow him to buy a new boat. Of all the competitors, the beautiful Kriss de Valnor is without any doubt the most formidable... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 The Land of Qa ISBN: 9781905460809 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #10 (1986) Le pays Qâ (46p) #11 (1986) Les yeux de Tanatloc (as The Eyes of Tanatloc) (46p) Thorgal's son Jolan, prisoner in the kingdom of Xinjin, meets the God Tanatloc. Tanatloc, at the end of his life, reacts strangely when Jolan speaks Thorgal's name... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 City of the Lost God ISBN: 9781849180016 Pages: 96 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #12 (1987) La cité du dieu perdu (46p) #13 (1988) Entre terre et lumière (as Between the Earth and the Sun) (46p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Master Of The Mountains ISBN: 9781849180238 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #15 (1989) Le maître des montagnes (46p) Thorgal and his family are back in Europe, where a pregnant Aaricia insists on giving birth in Northland. Unable to find a ship to sail north in the middle of winter, Thorgal sets off by land to reach his old village and bring back a drakkar. His trip takes him through the land of Saxegaard, Master of the Mountains, a ruthless warlord who terrorizes the surrounding country. One night, in a burntout cottage, he meets Torric, an escaped slave, and finds a strange ring in the ashes. An extraordinary adventure begins... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Wolf Cub ISBN: 9781849180351 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #16 (1990) Louve (46p) Thorgal, Aaricia and Jolan sail north, and are almost home when they encounter the drakkar of Wor the Magnificent, the new king of the Northland Vikings. When Thorgal refuses to follow Wor on a raid, he and his family are left to finish the short trip on foot. When Thorgal leaves a near-term Aaricia with Jolan and goes to find transportation, enemies appear and threaten them all. As they fight for their lives in the wild, it is from the wild that life will come. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Guardian Of The Keys ISBN: 9781849180504 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #17 (1991) La gardienne des clés (46p) Thorgal is back in his old village with his family, but once again his destiny catches up with him when Volsung of Nichor, sent by the snake Nidhogg, steals the belt of the Guardian of the Keys, which grants invulnerability. Nidhogg wants to destroy the Guardian and spread chaos throughout the universe, while Volsung just wants to become king of the world - but they both want Thorgal dead. And Volsung has taken on Thorgal's appearance. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 The Sun Sword ISBN: 9781849180573 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #18 (1992) L'épée-Soleil (46p) A wandering Thorgal is captured and enslaved by Orgoff, a cruel man who appointed himself the local lord after defeating the old one. Orgoff wields the dreadful power of the Sun Sword, which the peasants say makes him invulnerabl. Thorgal, of course, is not convinced. Escaping, he encounters the last of the rebels against the new order - and an old enemy. Together they will have to defeat Orgoff and his allies and recover the Sun Sword. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 The Invisible Fortress ISBN: 9781849181037 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #19 (1993) La forteresse invisible (46p) Still travelling with Kris of Valnor, Thorgal runs afoul of a local tribe. When a mysterious old woman offers him a chance to escape the hostile villagers, he accepts. But there's more to the bargain: She says that if he can make his way into the Invisible Fortress, he'll be able to erase his name from the Stone of the Gods, cancelling his destiny-and finally have a chance at a normal life. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 The Brand of the Exiles ISBN: 9781849181365 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #20 (1995) La marque des bannis (46p) Thorgal has been gone for three years. Now, the last raiding expedition organised by the men of his village is late in returning. When a single survivor stumbles in to announce that their drakkar was boarded by the dreaded Shaigan, he also reveals that Shaigan is actually... Thorgal! Outraged, the grieving, vengeful Viking women banish Aaricia and her children and brand her an exile. All that's left for them is to try to find Thorgal again. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 Ogotai's Crown ISBN: 9781849181426 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #21 (1995) La couronne d'Ogotaï (46p) Three years ago, Thorgal lost his memory. Kriss of Valnor convinced him that he was her husband Shaigan, a merciless pirate, and they have been terrorising everyone - even the Vikings - ever since. Aaricia and Wolf Cub, exiled when Thorgal was recognised by one of the men from the northern village, have been captured and brought to Shaigan's lair. In the end, it's up to young Jolan to rescue his family with the help of a very special traveller...from the future! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#14 Giants ISBN: 9781849181563 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #22 (1996) Géants (46p) In their island fortress, Kriss and Shaigan still reign over their band of pirates and raiders. But Shaigan is beginning to have doubts, and when a prisoner who knew him calls him Thorgal, the child of the stars begs the gods of Asgard to give him back his name and his destiny. In return, the gods require that Thorgal travel to the kingdom of giants and steal from their ruler... and then Thorgal will be Thorgal again. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#15 The Cage ISBN: 9781849181860 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #23 (1997) La cage (46p) It is time at last for Thorgal to return to his family. After her rescue by Jolan, however, Aaricia is not staying idle, and she tries to put together a fleet to attack Shaigan's stronghold - unaware that her husband is no longer the dreaded pirate lord. By the time the two find themselves on their own island again, Aaricia is disinclined to simply forgive everything, and locks Thorgal up in a cage while she makes up her mind about him. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#16 Arachnea ISBN: 9781849182478 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme #24 (1999) Arachnéa (46p) Thorgal, his family and their friends Darek and Lehla have left their island to sail south and look for a safer place to live. After a storm scatters them, Thorgal and WolfCub's boat flounders on reefs at the foot of a strange, mist-covered cliff. One perilous climb later, the little girl is trapped by a mysterious, invisible force, and her father, after going for help, discovers a very curious city cut off from the world... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Valerian (CB) | |||
#1 The City Of Shifting Waters ISBN: 9781849180382 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #1 (1970) La Cité des eaux mouvantes (47p) Galaxity, capital of the Terran Empire in the 28th century. Valerian and Laureline are agents who protect mankind from rogue time travellers. Now they are sent to New York in 1986 to intercept Galaxity's worst megalomaniac, Xombul-except that in 1986, the world is in ruins and New York is about to be swallowed by the ocean. The two agents must navigate the shifting waters of the past to make sure that the future will exist. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Empire of a Thousand Planets ISBN: 9781849180870 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #2 (1971) L'empire des mille planètes (45p) Valerian and Laureline are exploring Syrte, captial planet of a system of 1000 worlds. Their mission is to discover whether the Syrtians could present a danger to Earth. What they find is a decaying empire led by decadent aristocrats, a population ripe for revolution and a mysterious caste of masked wise men who discreetly pull the strings from hidden fortresses. Swept up by the winds of history, the agents of Earth will have to choose a side... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Land Without Stars ISBN: 9781849181181 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #3 (1972) Le pays sans étoile (46p) When a rogue planet threatens a new Human colony, Valerian and Laureline are sent to investigate and discover a barren, rocky surface... and a whole world beneath it! The people who live inside Zahir have never seen the stars. Divided along gender lines, torn by a senseless and bloody war, they are unaware that their planet is hurtling towards disaster. To stop it, the two agents of Galaxity will have to infiltrate both sides and force a reconciliation. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Welcome to Alflolol ISBN: 9781849181334 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #4 (1972) Bienvenue sur Alflolol (46p) Technorog is a planet essential to the economy of the Terran empire. For 200 years, it has been a centre of industry, research and agriculture. Suddenly, the indigenous population-believed long extinct-comes back to the planet they know as Alflolol. Earth's laws are strict: They must be allowed back on their ancestral grounds. But when Valerian and Laureline are assigned to facilitate their "reinsertion," they see the difference between the letter of the law and its spirit... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Birds of the Master ISBN: 9781849181525 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #5 (1973) Les Oiseaux du maître (46p) Valerian and Laureline's ship has crash-landed on an uncharted planetoid. The two castaways quickly discover a vast ship cemetery, leading them to believe that their arrival was not an accident. Before long, they make contact with a population whose sole purpose seems to be to gather and produce food for a mysterious Master. The Terran agents aren't going to be turned into slaves easily, but the Master enforces his will through his terrible agents; the Birds of Madness. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Ambassador of the Shadows ISBN: 9781849181785 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #6 (1975) L'Ambassadeur des Ombres (46p) Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It's up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them - and figure out who kidnapped them and why. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 On the False Earths ISBN: 9781849181907 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #7 (1977) Sur les Terres truquées (46p) Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It's up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them - and figure out who kidnapped them and why. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Heroes of the Equinox ISBN: 9781849182133 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #8 (1978) Les Héros de l'Equinoxe (46p) Every 100 years or so, the infertile people of Simlanne send their champions to the sacred island of Filene, where the best among them, chosen via a series of tests, will find and bring back the next generation. This cycle, though, the local heroes seem to fail repeatedly, and the aging Simlannians have sent for heroes from other worlds. Valerian, chosen to represent Earth, will have to overcome the tests and his competitors in a dangerous odyssey. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 Chatelet Station, Destination Cassiopeia ISBN: 9781849182447 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #9 (1980) Métro Châtelet direction Cassiopée (46p) Our two spatio-temporal agents are on a new mission, but this time the duo is split up. While Laureline flies solo from planet to planet, on the trail of arms dealers and forbidden technologies, Valerian is on 20th century Earth, teamed up with the eccentric Mr Albert. And he, too, is hunting down technologies incompatible with the era. What is the link between the two cases, separated as they are by centuries and light-years? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 Brooklyn Line, Terminus Cosmos ISBN: 9781849182638 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Jean-Claude Mézières | Script: Pierre Christin #10 (1981) Brooklyn Station - Terminus Cosmos (46p) The two Galaxity agents' investigation into the elemental forces appearing on Earth continues. While Laureline, dogged and efficient, follows a promising lead somewhere in outer space, Valerian is struggling to unravel the mysterious events plaguing our 20th century. Demonstrations of fantastic phenomena follow in quick succession, pushing poor Valerian to his limits. And matters will have to be settled simultaneously in New York and on an asteroid on the edge of the galaxy to save our world... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Wayne Shelton | |||
#1 The Mission ISBN: 9781849181594 Pages: 56 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Denayer | Script: Jean Van Hamme #1 (2001) La mission (54p) When a high-ranking official of a small nation in the Caucasus is killed in a car accident, the plans of a massive multinational corporation are derailed by one man: the unfortunate French trucker who caused the accident. Pressure from the unions in France and the military in Khalakjistan prevents a quick diplomatic solution. So, to secure its own interests, the corporation calls upon the one man who can break the trucker out of prison and disarm the confrontation: Wayne Shelton. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Betrayal ISBN: 9781849181846 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Denayer | Script: Jean Van Hamme #2 (2002) La trahison (62p) Wayne Shelton is ready to proceed with the mission and spring his quarry from a Khalak prison. There is a small concern over Madrier, the Frenchman who talked his way onto the team - only to abandon them after he was revealed to be the son of a Khalak dissident. A job's a job, though, and Shelton gave his word to his employer. But what if there are other separate, secret interests among the little band that could jeopardise everything? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Contract ISBN: 9781849182690 Pages: 56 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Christian Denayer | Script: Thierry Cailleteau #3 (2003) Le contrat (54p) Wayne Shelton has a sad duty to fulfil: give the heirs of his deceased team members their share of the pay for the disastrous Khalakjistan mission. But the solemnity of the task is quickly shattered: two hitmen attempt to shoot him in South America, then a bomb is placed under his car in the USA. Who exactly placed such an extravagant price on Shelton's head? And who's the mysterious biker trailing him? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Wind in the Willows, The (Cinebook) | |||
#1 The Wild Wood ISBN: 9781905460007 Pages: 32 Year: 2005 Format: Hardcover | Art & Script: Michel Plessix Vent dans les saules (Le) #1 (1996) Le bois sauvage (31p) The spring cleaning is done! As soon as the brooms & dusters are put away,Timid Mole decides to go out and enjoy this beautiful day on the banks of the river. And so begins a day of strange encounters: Mischievous Rat, who knows all of the surrounding little world like the back of his hand, and vain Toad, a specialist in disastrous hobbies. For Mole this season will be emotional. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Badger, Toad, And The Motorcar ISBN: 9781905460014 Pages: 32 Year: 2005 Format: Hardcover | Art & Script: Michel Plessix Vent dans les saules (Le) #2 (1998) Auto, crapaud, blaireau (32p) For Rat and Mole, the horrors of the Wild Wood have nearly been forgotten... Their emotions now fully restored, they enjoy the warm welcome of Badger who offers them lots of comfort and reassurance... and his food reserves, in his underground labyrinth where they find some pleasant surprises. Soon though, they have to go home where another surprise awaits them: Toad has gone mad. Mad for speed, engines & the smell of oil and petrol... In other words he was motorcar mad. To make the impetuous amphibian see sense, his friends take a tough stance. But will that be enough? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Great Escape ISBN: 9781905460021 Pages: 32 Year: 2005 Format: Hardcover | Art & Script: Michel Plessix Vent dans les saules (Le) #3 (1999) L'échappée belle (32p) While Rat and Mole take a well deserved rest,Toad dwells in a dank jail. For having madly loved the motorcar, the unfortunate Toad is condemned to 20 years in prison...And as Mole says, "20 years is a long time, especially for an amphibian!" But our animal friend has a trick up his sleeve. Thanks to his irresistible charm, thanks to his exceptional intelligence, and especially thanks to his immense generosity, Toad escapes and gets caught up in a high-speed chase. But to become truly free,he has to make a sacrifice - and what a sacrifice! What he holds most dearly: his dignity. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Panic at Toad Hall ISBN: 9781905460038 Pages: 32 Year: 2005 Format: Hardcover | Art & Script: Michel Plessix Vent dans les saules (Le) #4 (2001) Foutoir au manoir (31p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
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#1 Nigel ISBN: 9781849182157 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Giulio De Vita | Script: Sébastien Latour #1 (2006) Nigel (46p) Nigel Grant has a gift: he's very, very good at finding whatever people want for them. Thanks to that almost supernatural skill, he lives a comfortable, carefree life in London. But one day, a client and friend of his throws himself under an underground train. Shocked by the unexpected death, Nigel is soon swept into a web of intrigue, deception and death as he realises that suicide and the subsequent incidents all revolve around one person: him. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Faeriehood ISBN: 9781849182256 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Giulio De Vita | Script: Sébastien Latour #2 (2008) Féeriques (46p) Nigel's life has been turned upside down. People close to him have died, he's on the run from a shadowy government organisation that uses fairies to hunt magical creatures, and he is . the last of the genies! Waking up in the sanctuary created by none other than Merlin, he finds himself the last chance of a dying people, their last hope for survival and freedom. Is he ready to shoulder such a heavy burden, though? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Glee ISBN: 9781849182300 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Giulio De Vita | Script: Sébastien Latour #3 (2009) Glee (46p) Nigel is the last of the Genies, and the Faeriehood's final hope. To get his powers back, he'll have to reconcile his two halves - the Human who wants nothing but a carefree life, and the genie, all fire and violence. A balance must be reached, fragile and dangerous, before he can so much as recover the memories of his past lives. But Bound and the MI-10 haven't abandoned the hunt, and have managed to place an agent inside the sanctuary. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Bowler Hat and Fairycane ISBN: 9781849182317 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Giulio De Vita | Script: Sébastien Latour #4 (2010) Chapeau Melon et Canne à Fée (46p) Merlin is dying, cut down by Glee the Goblin's bullets. And Nigel's control over his powers is still insufficient to save him with a wish. One solution left: a vial of dragon blood, the only artefact that can revive the enchanter. The problem is that the vial is at MI-10 headquarters, part of its commander George Cross's private collection. It's time for the last of the Genies to go on the offensive. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
XIII | |||
#1 The Day Of The Black Sun ISBN: 9781849180399 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #1 (1984) Le jour du soleil noir (46p) A man washes ashore near an old couple's house, barely alive. When he comes to, he has forgotten everything, including his name. The only clues to his identity: a key sewn into his clothes, a bullet wound to the head... and the number XIII tattooed on his shoulder. A meagre start to reconstruct one's self. The central character in "XIII" is an amnesiac on the run, caught in the crossfire as he tries to understand his true identity while attempting to make sense of various conspiracies swirling around him. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Where The Indian Walks ISBN: 9781849180405 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #2 (1985) Là où va l'indien (46p) Convicted of murder and sent to a high-security prison for the criminally insane, XIII finds himself not only unable to continue searching for his past, but also at the mercy of his enemies. Unbeknownst to him, though, General Carrington and the beautiful (and deadly) Lieutenant Jones are still trying to unravel the mystery of the presidential assassination. All they have to do is find a way to help him before he loses his life-or his mind. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 All The Tears Of Hell ISBN: 9781849180511 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #3 (1986) Toutes les larmes de l'enfer (46p) XIII is looking for a certain Kim Rowlands, a woman with whom he saw himself in a photograph. His search will yield a name-his, perhaps-and take him to a place that may be home. All families have secrets, though, and they can get a man killed. And what exactly do General Carrington and his beautiful aide Lieutenant Jones want with him? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 SPADS ISBN: 9781849180580 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #4 (1987) SPADS (46p) Now called Ross Tanner, XIII joins the elite SPADS (Special Assault and Destruction Squad) to try to learn more about Captain Rowlands, his last identity. As if the shadowy threats hanging over his head weren't enough, he also has to contend with gruelling training and a hostile instructor. Meanwhile, in Washington, enquiries continue into a presidential assassination, and a series of clues emerges, pointing towards people XIII thought his allies. Can he trust Colonel Amos, General Carrington, or. Lieutenant Jones? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Full Red ISBN: 9781849180658 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #5 (1988) Rouge total (46p) XIII, Jones and Betty Barnowsky escaped the deadly trap set by Colonel McCall. Lost in a hostile jungle, they must now make their way back to America. And they must be quick: In Washington, every ally the fugitives ever had has been arrested in preparation for the conspirators' master stroke, coinciding with a general exercise of all American armed forces: Operation Full Red. Suddenly, XIII's quest becomes a last-ditch fight for the freedom of an entire nation. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 The Jason Fly Case ISBN: 9781849180733 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #6 (1990) Le dossier Jason Fly (46p) With the conspiracy that nearly claimed his life dismantled, XIII can finally turn all his attention towards uncovering his own distant past. Armed with everything he could find on Jason Fly-the man he seems to be-he heads to Green Falls, where he grew up. The problem with amnesia is that you never know exactly what you'll dig up when you go home again. And...is everything really solved concerning the presidential assassination that cost him his memory? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Night of August Third ISBN: 9781849180788 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #7 (1990) La nuit du 3 août (46p) XIII and Jones are on the run. Hunted by local authorities, they're suspected of three murders, including that of The Mongoose's hired killer. The sheriff of Green Falls, henchman to the town's biggest landowner, is all too happy to accuse the fugitives: The two men don't want certain details from the past to surface. XIII is going to have to survive long enough to dig up the truth about what really happened on the night of August 3rd long ago Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Thirteen to One ISBN: 9781849180894 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #8 (1991) Treize contre un (46p) XIII survived the trip back to his childhood home. The Mongoose has finally been caught and is in a high-security jail. But there is still one piece of the puzzle missing, andwhen President Sheridan asks him to discover who the number I is, the man now known as Jason McLane doesn't hesistate for long. His best chance: finding Kim Rowland wherever she may be hiding. But the Mongoose has powerful allies and won't stay locked up forever. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 For Maria ISBN: 9781849180931 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #9 (1992) Pour Maria (46p) ason McLane is on holidays with Jones at some friends' in Central America, when a peculiar priest offers him startling news: He may very well be a married man! And because nothing is ever simple in XIII's life, his apparent wife is none other than the leader of the democratic guerrillas in neighbouring Costa Verde, Maria De Los Santos-currently awaiting execution in a maximum security fortress. Time for the amnesiac to put his skills to good use again- for Maria. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 El Cascador ISBN: 9781849181020 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #10 (1994) El cascador (46p) Captured and imprisoned in the Roca Negra fortress, XIII is being tortured by the sinister Colonel Peralta. But, for all his pain and suffering, he's also in the same building as Maria, the woman who may be his wife. And they have plenty of dedicated, resourceful friends outside - as well as at least one traitor. Still unsure of his past, Jason McLane will have no choice but to become the man known as El CascadorA" to clean up Costa Verde once and for all. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 Three Silver Watches ISBN: 9781849181099 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #11 (1995) Trois montres d'argent (52p) XIII has freed a country, exposed a traitor, reunited with his wife... and found his father. As he deals-somewhat against his will-with the aftermath of the revolution in Costa Verde, Sean Mullway recounts for him his family's history: Irish immigrants, remorseless Mafiosi, Mexican gold, and three silver watches. New answers will also bring new questions and a whole new set of potential enemies just as old ones come back to the fore. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 The Trial ISBN: 9781849181143 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #12 (1997) Le jugement (46p) Called back to the USA by the frantic government, McLane and Jones discover that General Carrington has kidnapped Wally Sheridan, President of the United States! Holed up in a secret base he's turned into a fortress, Carrington intends to put Sheridan on trial on live TV and expose him as the Number I of the conspiracy. To do that, he's going to need XIII's help in bringing in his main witness: the Mongoose! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 Top Secret ISBN: 9781849181211 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover, Undersized | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #14 (2000) Secret défense (46p) The Mongoose is dead. So is Number I. But, since he was the President of the United States, XIII's friends are all on the run again. McLane, though, has been arrested, and he's being judged in secret by the heads of the American intelligence community. Sentenced to life in a secret prison, he has no illusions that he'll ever reach it. The ruthlessness of the NSA Director proves him right-but he's not the only one who wants XIII dead Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#14 Release the Hounds ISBN: 9781849181280 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #15 (2002) Lachez les chiens ! (46p) Having escaped from the clutches of Irina's organization, XIII is on the loose in America but still hunted by both Giordino's NSA and Irina's top assassin, Jessica. As he tries to return to his friends in San Miguel, he's forced to dodge bullets and outsmart various traps and ambushes. With the odds stacked against him, he will have to rely on help from an enemy and his own mounting anger at the constant string of attacks. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#15 Operation Montecristo ISBN: 9781849181341 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #16 (2004) Opération Montecristo (46p) Arrested by the Costaverdean authorities because of pressure from the US, XIII and his friends are awaiting their extradition. Instead, they're freed by Costaverdean troops in disguise. But they can't afford to stick around, as they're still on the run from the most powerful nation on Earth. Desperate for money, McLane decides to go after Maximilian's gold, as Mullway believes he's found the location of the third silver watch. The problem is that the location is under 150 feet of water... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#16 Maximilian's Gold ISBN: 9781849181396 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #17 (2005) L'or de Maximilien (46p) XIII and his friends, still in hiding from the NSA, now have the riddle from all three silver watches - and Maximilian's gold is within their reach. But the treasure is well hidden. Not to mention that $15 million is enough to attract a lot of unwanted attention. Meanwhile, in Washington, an increasingly desperate Frank Giordino can feel the noose tightening around his neck - and men are at their most dangerous when desperate. All he needs is someone to bring him the right information... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#17 The Irish Version ISBN: 9781849181457 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Moebius | Script: Jean Van Hamme #18 (2007) La version Irlandaise (44p) Little by little, XIII has reconstructed most of his life and figured out who he is. With one exception: There is still a gap in his college years, when Jason McLane became Kelly Brian. A gap that may mean the amnesiac adventurer is in fact an Irish terrorist, Seamus O'Neil. This flashback brings us back to Boulder, Colorado and Northern Ireland, where the last piece of the XIII puzzle and his final identity are revealed. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#18 The Last Round ISBN: 9781849181518 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance | Script: Jean Van Hamme #19 (2007) Le dernier round (46p) XIII and his friends have failed to recover Maximilian's gold and are tired of hiding, running and struggling. When two books come out in the USA relating all the events of the amnesiac's life and the details of the Conspiracy of the XX, they see it as a possible chance to come out in the open and trust in their country's justice. But they still have enemies, at home and abroad, and everyone is set on a collision course Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#19 The Day of the Mayflower ISBN: 9781849182218 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: William Vance, Youri Jigounov | Script: Yves Sente #20 (2011) Le jour du Mayflower (46p) After all his adventures across the American continent, after defeating his many enemies, XIII is trying to live a simple life in the house he inherited, where it all started. It's not always easy - not everyone is happy to have such an infamous man in the area, and his skills are in high demand with some people of varying integrity. His memories are still locked away, too, and some people want to keep it that way. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#20 The Bait ISBN: 9781849182386 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Youri Jigounov | Script: Yves Sente #21 (2012) L'appât (46p) XIII is hiding in France at the Prseaus, after a past more nebulous he even believed possible caught up to him again. But the organisation that's after him hasn't said its last word, and has considerable means at its disposal. It lures Jones, on duty in Afghanistan, into a terrible ambush, for the sole purpose of serving as bait for the amnesiac - who immediately rushes to her rescue. Meanwhile, Betty Barnowsky-Prseau is off to Maine to dig into XIII's past. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
XIII Mystery | |||
#1 The Mongoose ISBN: 9781849182102 Pages: 64 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Ralph Meyer | Script: Xavier Dorison #1 (2008) La Mangouste (55p) He was XIII's most dogged enemy from the start, but who really was the Mongoose, that mysterious assassin-for-hire who nearly killed the amnesiac hero so many times? During an encounter between him and Kim Rowland - an event that took place just before the start of the XIII series - the merciless hitman tells the story of his childhood and how he became a contract killer. 'Anyone would have in my circumstances', he claims. But would they? You be the judge. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Yakari | |||
#1 Yakari and Great Eagle ISBN: 9781905460045 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #1 (1973) Yakari (44p) Yakari meets his friend Great Eagle in his dreams. His wish of seeing him for real will come true the day that he manages to be like him. So Yakari tries to fly, but in vain. Then he saves his friend Rainbow from an attack by a mother Puma. And finally he saves the life of the mustang Little Thunder, stuck on a mountain ledge. It is with Little Thunder that Yakari discovers his formidable talent: he can talk to the animals. As a reward for his numerous exploits, Great Eagle gives Yakari his most beautiful feather. But nobody in his tribe will believe the little Indian... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 Yakari and the White Buffalo ISBN: 9781905460052 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #2 (1976) Yakari et le bison blanc (44p) Spring is a long time coming on the Great Prairie. The Sioux tribe awaits the return of the buffalo. The tribe is hungry. Yakari, who lives his dreams, goes with Little Thunder to look for the herd led by White Buffalo. The two friends cross a scorching desert before finding themselves faced with a wall of rocks. Yakari scales the wall and discovers green pastures where the much-awaited herd is lingering. The bison take refuge there when they lack food during the migrations. Yakari is the first human to walk these fertile lands that are hidden in the desert. Knowing that the Red Men need them, the buffalo obey their destiny. Yakari will keep his discovery a secret. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 Yakari and the Beavers ISBN: 9781905460090 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #3 (1977) Chez les Castors (44p) Yakari discovers a colony of beavers busy building their dam. There we find Thousand-mouths, the short-tempered building site boss; Wooden-Dam, the smiling old wise man; Wooden-Bed, the sleepyhead; Double-Tooth, the eternally inspired sculptor... and last but not least Little Linden Tree, a lively kid. While they are bathing, this infernal little beaver disappears. Yakari will find him exploring the underground waterways of the river. Linden Tree will, of course, receive his first smacking (Rough-Bark, his father, is so worried!) and Double-Tooth will finally be able to present his masterpiece to the amazed colony. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Yakari and the Grizzly ISBN: 9781905460168 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #5 (1979) Yakari et le grizzly (46p) Something very serious is happening in the High Hills. Several animals have disappeared. A terrible grizzly has captured them and treats them as slaves, forcing them to find food for him. Arming himself with courage, Yakari bravely decides to face the vile tyrant. But how can a child stand before the wild animal? Great Eagle advises Yakari to wait for winter, when the bear, satiated, will sleep... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 Yakari and the Stranger ISBN: 9781905460274 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #7 (1982) L'étranger (46p) There's panic among the beavers. A pelican, fiendishly sick with a cold, makes an emergency landing among them. Not only does this undesirable guest keep all the neighbourhood awake with his monstrous sneezes, but he's dying of hunger. Yakari and Little Thunder bring him to the otters, who cram him with fish. The pelican puts on weight again quickly, but his thundering cold persists! Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 Yakari in the Land of Wolves ISBN: 9781905460298 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #8 (1983) Au pays des loups (46p) ormented Wolf, a warrior from Yakari's tribe, has an obsession: to take his revenge on the wolf who attacked and injured him three winters before. This wolf limps... Yakari has crossed the path of Three Legs. He is afraid, but a dream and the intervention of Great Eagle, his totem, encourage him to join the wolves. He will earn the trust of the pack's leader... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Island Prisoners ISBN: 9781849180108 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #9 (1983) Les Prisonniers de l'Ile (46p) When a storm takes them by surprise, Yakari, his best friend Rainbow and his pony Little Thunder take cover in a cave. They discover when they come out of their refuge that the hill they are on is surrounded by rising water. On this new island they befriend a wounded moose threatened by a merciless predator... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 Yakari and the White Fleece ISBN: 9781849180559 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #11 (1985) La toison blanche (46p) A strange eagle has wounded a brave from Yakari's tribe and stolen his talisman. To recover it and allow the man to wake from his unnatural slumber, young Yakari will have to climb a mountain to find the eagle's nest. Forced to go alone when Little Thunder can't follow anymore, he will have to make new friends-with sure feet and warm coats-and brave the majestic bird's proud anger. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 Yakari and the Coyote ISBN: 9781849181013 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #12 (1986) Yakari et le coyote (46p) When the beavers bring Yakari a battered old canoe, the young Sioux and his friends repair it and go for a little trip-and find more adventure than they bargained for, in the person of a father coyote. Fortunately, their new friend is up to his reputation for cunning: When Buffalo Seed is cornered by an angry puma, it will take all of the coyote's tricks, combined with Yakari's bravery, to get the young hunter out of his predicament. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 The River of Forgetfulness ISBN: 9781849181402 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #15 (1989) La rivière de l'oubli (46p) While trying to save a bear cub from drowning, Yakari falls into the river and hits his head on a rock. By the time he washes ashore and is found by a distraught bear mother, he has forgotten who he is. The she-bear is convinced that he is her son, turned into a human by the Bear Spirit, and begins to train him for his new life. Can Yakari's friends find him before he disappears into his new world for good? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#11 Yakari and Nanabozo ISBN: 9781849181778 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #4 (1978) Yakari et Nanabozo (46p) Nanabozo, the Great Rabbit, is... well, a giant rabbit. He's also a powerful sorcerer, and Rainbow's spirit guide, as Great Eagle is for Yakari. When he appears to the young Sioux to tell him his charge has disappeared, little Yakari is swept up in a quest that will make him turn into a giant, run on smoke, fly, and travel to the ice banks where the polar bears play. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#12 Little Thunder's Secret ISBN: 9781849182232 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #6 (1981) Le secret de petit tonnerre (46p) Little Thunder is quite an astounding pony, and he and Yakari truly are the best of friends. So when upon waking up one morning, he discovers that his mount has left the village, the young Sioux boy is devastated. He tries to find his friend, but is forced to give up as the trail grows cold: whatever it is that drives Little Thunder, he's heading due south as fast as he can. What is it that calls out to him? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#13 The Great Burrow ISBN: 9781849182720 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art: Derib | Script: Job #10 (1984) Le grand terrier (46p) Yakari wakes up one morning to find a series of arrows forming a trail. Following it, he soon finds himself the exasperated victim of pranks, mockeries and other vexing tomfoolery by an unknown bear cub. The young joker's hideout is a massive burrow, with multiple galleries and entrances. It's all very innocent and tame, but even the most harmless of pranks can turn dangerous when bad luck strikes. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Yoko Tsuno | |||
#1 On the Edge of Life ISBN: 9781905460328 Pages: 48 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #7 (1977) La frontière de la vie (44p) our heroine is called to the bedside of her friend Ingrid, who is struck down by a mysterious disease that leaves her powerless. Yoko Tsuno soon realizes that a strange vampire, dressed all in black, shadows her... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#2 The Time Spiral ISBN: 9781905460434 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #11 (1981) La spirale du temps (44p) Back in Borneo, where she grew up, Yoko Tsuno visits some favorite temple ruins and sees a strange machine materialise nearby. Out climbs a young girl with a startling message: She is from the 39th century and has come on a mission to save humanity from destruction ... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#3 The Prey and the Ghost ISBN: 9781905460564 Pages: 48 Year: 2008 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #12 (1982) La proie et l'ombre (44p) While driving on a road in Scotland, Yoko barely manages to miss a girl who is absolutely hysterical and being followed by a pack of dogs... The girl, Cecilia, is an orphan who lives in a genuine Scottish castle. Yoko and her friends soon realize that oddities surround the girl. A mysterious castle, ghosts... A whiff of the supernatural floats around the young Scotswoman... or will she be the victim of an odious conspiracy? Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#4 Daughter of the Wind ISBN: 9781905460946 Pages: 48 Year: 2009 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #9 (1979) La fille du vent (44p) a megalomaniac businessman has stolen an artificial typhoon created by Yoko's father and intends to use it as a military weapon. Hundreds of lives are in danger. Yoko and Aoki, her teacher, eventually manage to neutralise the typhoon, but Aoki has to sacrifice himself in the process. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#5 The Dragon Of Hong Kong ISBN: 9781849180412 Pages: 48 Year: 2010 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #16 (1986) Le dragon de Hong Kong (44p) Travelling to Hong Kong to visit the Chinese branch of her family, Yoko is attacked by a massive, lizard-like creature. She finds a string of scientific clues and evidence, but as the pragmatic electronics engineer's investigation progresses, the trail leads her to a mysterious little girl-and a sense of wonder that will change her life forever. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#6 The Morning of the World ISBN: 9781849180825 Pages: 48 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #17 (1988) Le matin du monde (44p) There is a volcano in Bali, the Agung, called The Morning of the WorldA" by the locals. And that's where Yoko meets up with her cousin Monya-who couldn't resist the temptation to use her time machine again. Her meddling with the past has caused a sacred dancer to be sentenced to death. To save the young woman and make things right, Yoko will have to travel back to 1350 AD and face the terrifying flying demons of the Agung... Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#7 The Curious Trio ISBN: 9781849181273 Pages: 48 Year: 2012 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #1 (1972) Le trio de l'étrange (45p) Vic and Pol are working for a television network when, one evening, they meet a young Japanese electronics engineer under very unusual circumstances. A friendship is soon struck up, a project drafted, and the newly formed trio is on its way to investigate an underground river. But they find a lot more than they bargained for and become part of a story that began millions of light years away, changing their lives forever. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#8 The Devil's Organ ISBN: 9781849181648 Pages: 48 Year: 2013 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #2 (1973) L'orgue du diable (44p) Travelling down the Rhine, Yoko and her friends save a young stranger from drowning. Sensing foul play, the young Japanese girl decides to stay with her new friend Ingrid and investigate the unusual circumstances. There, amidst the beautiful castles of the Rhine Valley, she will face a danger straight out of the Renaissance and battle the devil himself to the sound of his own monstrous pipe organ. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#9 The Forge of Vulcan ISBN: 9781849181976 Pages: 48 Year: 2014 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #3 (1973) La forge de vulcain (44p) A strange accident at an offshore platform in the Caribbean draws Yoko, Vic and Pol into a new encounter with the Vineans - aliens who have lived underground for thousands of years without the world's knowledge. But Vinean politics are changing; some factions now believe it would be best to return to the surface, share it with the humans... While others are bent on taking it over by force. The young Japanese will have to fight to protect peace. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
#10 Message for Eternity ISBN: 9781849182515 Pages: 48 Year: 2015 Format: Softcover | Art & Script: Roger Leloup #5 (1975) Message pour l'éternité (44p) During a glider flight training course, Yoko makes a landing near an important telecommunication centre, and there meets a mysterious English Lord. It's a fortuitous encounter that will propel the young woman and her friends into an incredible adventure. Her combined skills as a pilot and an electronic engineer make her the ideal candidate for an insane project: land a glider clandestinely inside a crater at the border of China, Russia and Afghanistan. Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
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Follet, René | |||
The Fascinating Madame Tussaud: Expresso Collection ISBN: 9781905460366 Pages: 104 Year: 2007 Format: Softcover | Art: René Follet | Script: André-Paul Duchâteau #1 (2002) Terreur 1 (50p) #2 (2004) Terreur 2 (50p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk | ||
Rosinski, Grzegorz | |||
Western ISBN: 9781849180849 Pages: 72 Year: 2011 Format: Softcover | Art: Grzegorz Rosinski | Script: Jean Van Hamme (2001) Western (62p) Buy this from: amazon.com | amazon.co.uk |