Once again the library of the Black Tower is opened and its files delved into. Robert Lovett -back from the dead for vengeance?
A mysterious case of two men falling into a strange dimension -the Black Abyss! The Living dead!
Black Tower's two sorcerers Kotar and Sabuta try to intervene in The Deadly Dilemma of Sigismund Benfrigisson!
Oh and there is more and you will sharpen your vampiric fangs, file your lycanthropic claws to razor sharpness to get this one!
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Ben R Dilworth
A4
B&W
14pp
£6.00
https://www.lulu.com/en/en/shop/terry-hooper/phantom-detective-the-hellfire-cab/paperback/product-166jne8e.html
There are times you REALLY want to see the sight of a cab coming along the road.
Then there are times that you REALLY do not want to see a cab...especially the Hellfire Cab and its passenger.
For the Phantom Detective it could all just be another supernatural scuffle before tea and scones. Or it could be DEATH
A4
28pp
B&W
£7.00
Its a world where if you stand up for what is right you'll be lucky if its just a beating you get. A world where people are starving (if poor) and the rich live in luxury. A world where you have to have birthing Rights. Where sacrificing someone to the Devil is acceptable -as long as they pay the wages. A world where if you DO NOT take that bribe you WILL be made an example of.
This was the dystopian world set up by Ben Dilworth in Small Press publications in the 1980 and some strips in Black Tower books and led on to The Dark Night Detectives: Everything Is Under Control.
Now Detective Inspector Black and Special Constable (Community Policing) Jones are back and it is still dark, bleak and depressingly familiar in a way.
The ending will make you ask more than a few questions.
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You asked, we listened! We have more reprints of Valerian – The Complete Collection coming your way this month – specifically, volumes 4 and 5. For those of you who may not yet know this absolutely fantastic series, Valerian & Laureline first appeared in magazine Pilote in 1967. Originally titled Valerian – Spatio-Temporal Agent, it quickly added the name of its heroine to its official title, a move that was just one of the groundbreaking aspects of the series. At the time, giving a female character who’d started as a sidekick equal billing was … unusual! As time went by, Laureline even became arguably the leader of the pair, though never at the expense of Valerian’s place in the stories. Her personality – more carefree, more rebellious – may have fitted better with the authors’ own opinions … Their scripts were notable for their strong humanism and left-leaning views, and like all good science-fiction always does, held a mirror to the problems and failures of our time. They were also known for their humour and inventiveness, and Christin’s complex stories were perfectly complemented by Mézières’ astonishing art. The artist’s talent for illustrating the wonders of space and the diversity of life encountered by Valerian and Laureline on their travels – not to mention various eras of Human history and the many action sequences that keep the adventures exciting and gripping – can never be overstated. The series received many awards, including the prestigious Grand Prix de la Ville d’Angoulême (think of it as an Oscar for comics …), but the greatest recognition came from its enduring appeal with readers even now, nearly 60 years later, and above all the influence it had on science-fiction as a whole, in comics and beyond – the mark it left on Star Wars is undeniable, for example. The authors had met in a cellar as children, sheltering from air raids during World War Two. They both went to live in the USA for a while, meeting again as they played cowboy and lived their American dreams. Their comic partnership started there and never stopped. Jean-Claude Mézières left us in January 2022. Pierre Christin last month. They were both gentlemen of deep culture and boundless curiosity, kind and friendly. Of the original creative team of Valerian & Laureline, only colourist Evelyne Tranlé, Mézières’ sister, is still with us. But their creation will long outlive them, and it has been our honour to make it available to English-language readers everywhere. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did – and if you haven’t given it a try yet, well, what are you waiting for …? |   | |||
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Valerian Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin The Complete Collection 4 This volume contains books 9 to 12 – two unmissable two-parters that represent a turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series … Read more |
Valerian Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin The Complete Collection 5 In this volume of the Collection you will find books 13 to 15, and our heroes’ life has been irretrievably changed with the disappearance of future Earth and Galaxity … Read more |
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Authors: Denis Lapière & Vincent Dutreuil
Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: May 2024
ISBN: 9781800441347
£11.99 inc. VAT
https://www.cinebook.co.uk/michel-vaillant-legendary-races-drivers-soul-p-4550.html
1971, Monaco Grand Prix. Jackie Stewart has a perfect racing weekend. Meanwhile, after a series of setbacks, Michel Vaillant is nursing doubts about his life and his career, and shares them, his feelings, and some of his racing secrets with a journalist.
As for Steve Warson, contacted by the FBI, he agrees to exfiltrate an injured special agent from a hotel in Marseille – could the French Connection interfere with the race?
The review of volume 1 can be found here:
https://hoopercomicart.blogspot.com/2023/09/cinebook-ltd-michel-vaillant-legendary.html
VROOOM VROP VROP VROOOAAAR -some of the visual sound effects you'll see in this book and although they may well seem daft here they actually do work in the book. Speed lines can only do so much and its strange how seeing them you immediately (if you have ever seen racing ) they immediately bring that sound to life.
Well, I thought I needed to get that off my chest. Isabelle Charly's colour work is excellent and brings out the art with its depiction of races, car chases involving criminals and a wounded man (well of course it does), some gun play and intrigue all followed by the glamorous author.
I once lent a German language reprint of a Michel Vaillant book and his reaction was: "What's with all the fist fights, guns and car chases -I thought this was about a racing driver?"
Sweet innocent thing!😂😂😂😂
64 pages of race cars taking turns in roads, the occasional crash would be quite boring. Before motor racing horse racing was the setting for chases, gun fights, double crosses and murders. We've moved on from Silver Blaze (if you get that reference take 10 points).
As far as I know this is the first time Michel Vaillant adventures have appeared in the English language so another one to thank Cinebook for!
Recommended.
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