Valerian and Laureline 00 — Bad Dreams
- Script: Pierre Christin
- Art: Jean Claude Mézières
- Translation Publisher: Cinebook
- Original Publisher: Dargaud
- Genre: Sci-Fi
Valerian is sent by Galaxity to 11th-century France, chasing a dissident. While there, he encounters Laureline, who shows her pretty face for the first time... and saves the young spatio-temporal agent from an early end! The saga begins with this first Valerian story that's almost like a draft. The action is sketchy, the art is still simplistic and the length is non-standard (which prevented publication as a book for a long time); but the humour, the situations and the characters are getting into place. The adventure can begin...