European Comics in Official and Fan Translations

The Mighty Return of Ric Hochet 1 — R.I.P — Ric!

Ric Hochet, the famous Parisian newshound, is not himself. He’s wearing a mysterious bandage, he isn’t driving his usual car, and a strange smell is emanating from his apartment… When he’s invited to his old friend Police Commissioner Bourdon’s wedding in the South of France, his infallible memory starts failing and his legendary luck begins to desert him. Then an attempt is made on Bourdon’s life. What’s eating Ric and why would anyone want to murder Bourdon? Clearly, things are not all what they seem—least of all Ric himself.

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The Mighty Return of Ric Hochet 2 — Murder in the Gardens

As ever, Rick is in a pickle. Instead of getting his hands on some new information, he bumps into his old foe Nyctalope – literally. And, of course, he’s alone and unarmed. Unimpressed, his boss sends him out to investigate a mysterious murder in Paris’s Luxembourg Gardens – which turns out to be a series of mysterious murders. The trail leads to a left-wing magazine called “Mad” – whose reporters are mad enough to target Rick himself. Meanwhile, there’s Nyctalope to deal with (again)… Is the nearest Rick will get to a front-page story seeing his own picture splashed across it?

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The Bleiberg Project 1 — Ghosts of the Past

The life of Jeremy Corbin, an unhappy, alcoholic Wall Street trader, takes a drastic turn when he learns shocking news about his long-lost father. He soon finds himself headed to Switzerland to pick up a mysterious safe deposit box whose contents hold the key to a terrible secret: horrific experiments carried out by the Nazis during WWII in their quest to create the Superman. With modern-day Nazis on his tail, a pretty, wise-cracking CIA agent assigned to protect him, and a deadly spy from Israeli intelligence blasting onto the scene at the most critical moments, his early-morning cocktail is suddenly the last thing on Jeremy’s mind.

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The Bleiberg Project 2 — Deep Zone

Jeremy Corbin and his two new BFFs, i.e. the Mossad and CIA intelligence agents assigned to protect him, travel to Belgium to pursue their quest for answers regarding the identity and plans of the secret and highly influential organization known as The Consortium. In between dodging brutal attempts on their lives and getting to know each other better, the trio uncovers more terrifying information about the Bleiberg Project carried out in Nazi concentration camps during WWII, which was not as unsuccessful as previously thought and which could very well present a new and much greater threat.

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Sisco 07 — Murphy’s Law

Rikers Prison in New York is not a place anyone would choose to spend time—least of all Sisco. Fortunately for him, he’s thought to be safer out than in, but back in Paris he finds himself grounded. That doesn’t last long either, as Sisco walks right into yet another terrorist plot and finds himself being used by both sides. According to Murphy’s Law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong—and that certainly applies in Sisco’s case. But, of course, the man from Corsica is not one to be put off by a few setbacks …

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Sisco 08 — In the National Interest

As ever with Sisco, it’s a case of “out of the frying pan, into the fire.” Having escaped (literally) from charges of conspiring with the Indian Secret Service, he finds himself being used as a scapegoat by another country’s agents. But who is it this time? The trail leads to his opposite number in the Internal Security Service—and there’s no love lost between them. There’s little doubt Sisco will save the day once more, but will his unorthodox methods meet with official approval this time? It’s about as likely as rain in the desert…

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Sisco 09 — Black Gold

Sisco has been away from the action for a while, and his new civilian job—babysitting a playboy tycoon who’s living it up in the South of France—is working out just fine for him, thank you very much. But all good things must come to an end. When he finds out that his ex-girlfriend Manon is in trouble, he reluctantly accepts a job for his former boss at the Palace in exchange for help rescuing her. It seems straightforward enough, except that there is one important detail Dupré has neglected to tell him…

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Sisco 10 — Maori Blues

Once again, Sisco has made his way out of one hole only to find himself deep in another one—a particularly black one. To extricate himself this time—and, of course, spare his country international scandal and embarrassment—he has to resort to an unusual amount of double-dealing. As usual, too, there’s a distractingly attractive woman involved, and she’s prepared to go to any lengths to get what she wants. All Sisco wants is a quiet little business at the other end of the earth… but he isn’t likely to get it anytime soon.

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