Le temps de l’affrontement

Stuck in 1917, Lucie and Dunk make plans to return to 2023. Dunk has signed up as a pilot with the Lafayette squadron to gain access to the planes, while Lucie, posing as Armance, her great-grand-aunt, is staying with her ancestors’ family. There, she worked on modifications to a reconnaissance plane that would enable them to activate the device that had sent them back in time. But in the midst of war, the authorities are suspicious… And Lucie’s family begins to wonder if Lucie really is Armance. The situation is made all the more delicate by the fact that one of her great-cousins works for military intelligence and is starting to ask a lot of questions…

Transferred for a year to a remote outpost in the middle of the pack ice, Lieutenant Bertillon pays a heavy price for the maverick methods he used during his previous investigation… The deceptively shy and incompetent inspector is not satisfied until the wreck of a fishing boat, the Sedna, suddenly bursts through the ice before his very eyes. The vessel, which disappeared with its crew thirty years ago in obscure circumstances, is about to stir up terrible resentments in the peaceful polar community…

In the middle of an intermarine exercise off the coast of Australia, Buck, Sonny and Tumbler are summoned by the U.S. General Staff. A satellite has disappeared over the Pacific. Our trio of pilots, known for their experience in “extreme” missions, are given carte blanche to find out what happened. Whether by plane or chopper, Buck and his friends will have to criss-cross the Australian coast. But if there’s no satellite, they’ll find enemies even more formidable than they feared!

Marcinelle, 1943. While the Nazis have banned the publication of Spirou, young Flup and his gang of “ADS” – Les Amis De Spirou – fight the occupiers in increasingly dangerous ways, such as transporting explosives for the Resistance… They think they’re following the precepts laid down in their favorite newspaper by Jean Doisy, its first editor-in-chief, who perhaps didn’t ask for so much… For Doisy, himself a member of the Resistance with his comrades from the Théâtre du Farfadet, is well aware of the dangers of armed struggle… What’s more, in their fight against Nazism, the ADS may have lost Spirouette, stabbed to death by a young Rexist militant. Will the ADSs find their friend? Will they escape the Nazis? Perhaps they can count on the unexpected help of a mysterious Palombian creature kidnapped by the Nazis, who has just arrived in Marcinelle…

With just a few days to go before her birthday party, Claire’s excitement is as explosive as ever. To tide her over until the big day, Claire decides to film her daily life and that of Malou, her little dog. The videos of their adventures entertain her family and friends. And finally, the big day: Claire’s birthday party. All the guests are dressed up and having a great time. But when Claire and Malou appear, all eyes are on the little dog. Annoyed at not being the center of attention, Claire isolates herself. Growing up also means understanding jealousy and learning to share.

A local fisherman is said to have caught a mermaid before she escaped, entangled in a net… Elina, the Little People’s Sentinel, sets off in a canoe to rescue the poor creature! But the young heroine, always accompanied by the fairy Nelvyna and the elf Llyam, unfortunately crosses paths with the Cornandonets, terrible shipwrecking elves! A bad encounter that may not have happened by chance… Élina sets out to investigate, at the risk of being unmasked by her mother, who knows nothing of her activities!

Odin, god of gods and ruler of Asgard, patron saint of war and magic and protector of humankind, is also a single father to unruly children. Thor and his brothers Vidar and Hodr are always getting into reckless scrapes and mischief, often led astray by their wily uncle, Loki. Provoking the young Valkyries led by Val’, hounding the divine ravens Huginn and Muninn, riding their serpent cousin Jörmungandr—the three boys could well set off an Asgardian apocalypse! If Ragnarök comes, it’ll be… all in the family!

Benvenuto’s exile is coming to an end. He knows it’s time to return to Ciudalia. What he doesn’t know, however, is how he’ll be received. He has good reason to be wary, given the number of corpses he has sown. With his ghosts haunting him and the mercenaries hired by their survivors eager for revenge, he has a long and difficult road ahead of him…

Friends and roommates Aline and Brigitte reach the store where they work only to find all their colleagues already there: Mrs. Ledoyen; Augustin the designer, who has a secret crush on Aline; Eve, the cantankerous cleaning lady; and, of course, the boss, Mr. Séraphin, with whom Aline is secretly in love. All the characters are present and accounted for; what better place to kick off the first scene than in the bathroom, where Aline accidentally walks in on the boss and finds out his secret: a micropenis! That night, she shares her discovery with her best friend, who can’t resist the temptation to pass it on, in less than flattering terms, to her boyfriend… who also used to work at the store until Mr. Séraphin fire him. Now, he sees a perfect opportunity for revenge… Finding the storefront covered in explicit graffiti the next morning, Aline is eager to tell Mr. Séraphin that she doesn’t care because she loves him. And, surely, the best way to convince him of that is to admit that Nature has also dealt her a less-than-ideal hand…

It’s a classic story for Dragon Dragon: you become a hero by running away from a battle! But when the general leading the battle is Bonaparte, and his wife Josephine, the role of hero isn’t always easy to live up to, either in the salon or on the campaign trail. Will Dragon Dragon be able to keep his distance from the future emperor and enjoy the company of his charming wife? It’s doubtful that the Republic will recover, but who wants the end?