The carrier Charles-de-Gaulle’s naval air group was operating in the Bay of Bengal when a SAR (Search And Rescue) alert was triggered to find the pilot of a prototype reconnaissance aircraft that had disappeared from radar screens without a distress signal. The pilot is the Dark Star, a top-secret American military aircraft… Tom Nolane and his friends from the Naval Air Group, close to the supposed crash site, launch the search. But a Chinese aircraft carrier also arrives in the area, with clearly hostile intentions…
Y a pas de « mais » !
The series has always alternated between “pure gags”, highly written or muted, and emotion through short stories that don’t hesitate to tackle much more delicate and often totally topical themes.
Volume 20 is no exception, moving seamlessly from laughter to emotion. A huge success!
Libérez les boules !
Falling into the cold, slippery world of the Snow Devil, Petit Poilu finds himself transformed into a decorative ball for a Christmas tree! But will being forcibly tied to the big tree for the Devil’s viewing pleasure please our spirited and vivacious little hero? In this marvelous world of ice, Petit Poilu will experience captivity and, driven by his spirit and determination, will fight to regain his freedom!
Le masque de Brighella
As they discover the other side of the masks, our heroes realize just how much power they have to change the world. It’s hardly surprising, then, that JS isn’t the only “collector”, and that expanding his collection is becoming increasingly dangerous! Especially as none of them knows where they really come from…
La Fabrique des rêves 2
Replaying the events, Andy realizes that someone has used his grandmother’s dreams to manipulate him and trap him in The Dream Factory. The culprit’s identity can only be found in his Nany’s dreams, but if getting into someone’s dream bubble is never easy, getting out is almost impossible…
Özurr le Varègue
Back in the village, Thorgal has found Aaricia, Louve and serenity, and is now helping Jolan to build his own home. One morning, an unknown ship anchors off the harbor: Özurr, a bellicose Varegue mercenary, has returned to the village after being banished for thirty years. He returns with his head held high, rich and ready to pay the weirgild, the price of blood. Thorgal will have to face the terrible Özurr in a merciless duel, against an adversary for whom all dirty tricks are allowed.
Nos âmes oubliées
After developing an autoimmune disorder, Stéphane soon realizes that conventional medicine can do nothing for him. So he turns to neuroscience and psychedelic therapy in an attempt to break down the barriers of his mind one by one. Now, strengthened by this experience, he is ready to meet a man he knew from his childhood, whose existence he had wiped from his memory, but who has nonetheless had a profound impact on his life.
Bons baisers de Prusse
In 18th-century France, Suzanne lives by her wits… and by thieving. But when she is arrested by the authorities, she is forced to join Louis XV’s “Secret Service,” a team of highly trained agents working clandestinely to protect France from her many enemies./Suzanne’s new colleagues include the taciturn Maximilien, an expert in explosives, the lively Georges, recently back from Asia, and old Donatien, who is fluent in a dozen languages. But there is little time to get to know them, as the Seven Years’ War is in full swing and the King’s agents must go to Prussia on an important mission..
Un cow-boy sous pression
The mood is gloomy in New-München, the small Dakota village founded by German settlers. The reason? A beer shortage caused by the general strike that’s paralyzing all the country’s breweries!
So when Lucky Luke is called to the rescue, he has to travel to Milwaukee, America’s beer capital, to ease tensions between Marxist unionists and industrial barons. And if our lone cowboy is already overwhelmed by the ups and downs of labor unrest, he’s not counting on the Daltons, who get in on the act…
Graines de voyous
It’s summer, and Montcoeur is as dry as a 49.3. The heatwave is so hot that you can even see the bottom of the Gibelette pond! Unheard of. However, the weather is not going to stop Sophie from organizing a party to celebrate the 60th anniversary of “Le Loup en slip”. It’s a chance to reminisce and dust off a few old photos. The “Loup en Slip” is a big deal around here.
Naturally, Pierrot made the trip, but was it the heat? It seems the old anarchist is having a crisis of faith when he arrives in the boondocks. Fresh off the bus, the radicalized members of La Chope bar found him in church, sanding his kneecaps under the cross. For the group, there’s no doubt about it: Pierrot is on the verge of going wild.
Meanwhile, in the apple orchard, an octogenarian takes up MMA. We start to fear the worst, and rightly so.
