European Comics in Official and Fan Translations

Michel Vaillant 1 — In the Name of the Son

Michel Vaillant is the star of all the biggest international motor car racing circuits, and he’s revving up for a whole lot more than just a spin around the block. The Vaillant team find themselves up against new sporting and technological complications, and also some disconcerting changes in the world of motor car racing. The fate of the Vaillant dynasty is in the hands of three generations of men and women. The first challenge is to fight their way to the top, starting with the WTCC, the competitive world championship for touring cars. The second is to try and keep the family together, despite the opposing views of its members.

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Michel Vaillant 2 — Charge

Following the events of the Portimão race, Michel Vaillant has been banned from the tracks until the end of the season. On top of that, he’s increasingly worried about his son’s involvement in a business that Michel feels is incompatible with the family values. To shake things up a bit, he decides to set himself a new challenge: break the speed record with an electric car at the Bonneville Salt Flats in the United States. With the prestige of the Vaillant factories is at stake, he’s got a lot of pressure on his shoulders. He’s not only got his sponsor’s to worry about, but also his father, who is notoriously skeptical about electric cars. It’s once again make or break for Michel Vaillant.

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Louca 2 — Face-off

Louca has gone from high school nerd to soccer superstar overnight, thanks to leading his team to victory during the last game. Except that he only did that thanks to… a ghost named Nathan! Louca’s the only one who can see and converse with Nathan, a former ace soccer player who has taken to coaching his clueless new friend. Can Louca, as the big game approaches, keep up the act of being a great athlete in front of his family, his classmates, and the love of his life Julie? Will Nathan uncover the tragic secret behind his premature passing? The pressure is on!

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Louca 3 — If Only…

The pressure is on and the clock is ticking in Book 3! As his team prepares for the big, fateful match against the mighty Condors, Louca is having his usual hard time concentrating. What can he do to impress Julie? How can he make sure not to let his little brother down? And… how could Nathan the friendly ghost have dumped him at this critical juncture, when he knows very well that Louca can’t actually play soccer? But Nathan has more pressing matters to attend to, and as memories of the day he died start coming back, he can feel his past rushing towards his present in a terrifying, ominous way…

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Karma City 6

Karma City is a town of virtue governed by the universal laws of karma and where public interest primes. Emma List, a paleontology researcher, presents herself at the gates of the “white zone” of the capital city. She is authorized entry despite her negative karma level. A few minutes later she has a stroke and dies in a car crash. What initially appears to be a routine case for agents Cooper, Napoli, and Asuka soon transforms into a wide-ranging investigation. For Emma List had moved into the grey zone to pursue proof that pre-karmic societies once existed.

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Maggy Garrisson 1 — Give Us a Smile Maggy

Even the infamous English rain can’t dampen Maggy Garrisson’s spirits as she walks through the London streets to her first job in two years. The shabby detective agency run by a hopeless, chain-smoking alcoholic might not exactly be her cup of tea, but Maggy’s willing to make concessions. The plot thickens when her boss gets beaten unconscious, and Maggy discovers a wallet full of seemingly trivial objects. But why’s she suddenly attracting all this unwanted attention? Perhaps there’s something in that wallet that’s more than it seems…

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Ken Games 1 — Rock

This first volume of the Ken Games series gives us a profile of Peter Fermat (aka Rock), a young man who, like each of the three main characters, is leading a double life. His story opens with a boxing match which has a nasty ending for the up-and-coming boxer, despite his victory. It’s not long before we discover that Rock is not only striving to make it in the boxing world, but is also something of a mathematical genius, which is how he met his best friend, TJ. For the first time in all their years of friendship, TJ introduces Rock to a girlfriend, the lovely Anne. Anne and Rock soon establish a bond of trust when Rock discovers that Anne too is living a double life, even though Anne’s secret is not exactly what she leads Rock to believe. This is just the beginning of the tangled web of lies and deception that gets ever more convoluted as the series goes on…

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Maggy Garrisson 2 — The Man in my Bed

Maggy’s got a new man, a new case to solve… and a nice little jackpot of 15,000 pounds. Problem is, the means by which she got said jackpot were perhaps not entirely above board. So, in spite of this sudden change in the wind, Maggy has to act just like nothing ever happened. Most of all, so as not to raise any suspicions in Sheena. Bent cop though she may be, she’s still a cop, all the same… 

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Ken Games 2 — Paper

This is the second round of this hard-hitting series centered on three friends, all with something to hide. This time, we’re zooming in on Mr. TJ Paper, who passes himself off as a banker, while he’s actually raking it in on the gambling scene. And now he’s got himself into a televised poker tournament, but will his lucky streak see him through a competition of this level? In the meantime, TJ’s girlfriend, Anne and his best friend, Rock, run into each other again in even more surprising circumstances, and the bond they established previously strengthens even further, perhaps too far… to the extent that Rock even starts making big sacrifices in his own life. And all the while, there’s Louviers, the love of Anne’s life, lurking in the background, a constant reminder of the danger and violence she wants to leave behind.

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