European Comics in Official and Fan Translations

Ken Games 4 — Louviers

This prequel to the Ken Games series gives us a little more insight into the enigmatic Louviers, Anne’s childhood sweetheart and partner-in-crime. Louviers is at the end of his tether. He blows up the apartment he shares with Anne and takes flight. After this incident, he accepts a contract in a war zone. Once he’s there, he finds himself struggling as much with the suspiciously vague information on his target as he does understanding the language. Consumed by doubt, he falls victim to the ghosts of the past and his eternal, impossible love for Anne begins to devour him…

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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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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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Harmony 1 — Memento

One day, Harmony wakes up in an unfamiliar basement having completely lost her memory. All she now knows of the world is the name of her “host,” the mysterious voices in her head and a newly discovered talent for telekinesis. She’s going to have to get her memory back pretty quickly in order to face the dangers that await her. There are so many unanswered questions, and the fight has only just begun…

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Harmony 2 — Indigo

Six years ago, Harmony was a young orphan who was part of a research program conducted by Doctor Torres, due to the signs of special brain powers she had manifested. She has by now developed an incredible talent for telekinesis, which has unfortunately attracted the attention of a private military organization. They plan on setting up a training camp, as a means to their own ends, in order to develop the capacities of Harmony and others like her. Will this organization really be able to make war machines out of these children? And will Doctor Torres to be able to save Harmony from this horrible fate?

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Harmony 3 — Ago

Harmony now remembers the details of her previous life as the subject of scientific experiments aimed to control her telekinetic powers, and, though aware of the tremendous danger it poses, is determined to go back to the research center to get her friends out. All hell breaks loose as the children try to run from their heavily armed captors, and they must put their special abilities to the ultimate test to escape. But a couple of mysterious newcomers with equally strong special powers make an entrance, further complicating matters and raising more questions about the program and the people in it.

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Human Stock Exchange 1

This opening episode of H.$.E presents us a world in the midst of an unprecedented financial crisis. Still, although the economy of industrialized countries is in tatters, unemployment has rocketed and millions of small business have gone bankrupt, there does seem to be one thing maintaining its financial value: the human being. Members of the social elite can have themselves listed on the stock market. So the stock market is no longer exclusively the privilege of corporate bodies, but of individual human bodies too! They can collect capital by wearing a “rate watch” indicating their popularity ratings. Felix Fox needs money. He wants one thing and one thing only: to get listed. After much persuasion, he finally gets there. With the backing of the creator of the Human Stock Exchange, he sits back and watches as his ratings soar. But of course, there is always a price to pay…

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Human Stock Exchange 2

Car salesman Felix Fox’s life has changed. Drastically. Since he signed himself on to the stock market, his various shareholders are practically showering him in money. But there’s a high price to pay: his shareholders require daily updates on every aspect of his life, and have ultimate control over his person in both his professional and private activities, including matters of the heart. He might be getting richer by the minute, but Felix is in a downward spiral…

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Human Stock Exchange 3

After an initial period of euphoria at his wild success on the Human Stock Exchange, Felix discovers the exorbitant price of his new life and the Faustian pact he has made. Constantly monitored by the rate watch on his wrist, bound by the orders of his shareholders, Felix must do everything in his power to increase the price of his shares. Until the day his board of directors orders him to make his partner, Rachel, have an abortion. Felix negotiates an extension in an attempt to avoid committing this irrevocable act. However, upon discovering that Felix asked merely to delay the request rather than refusing it outright, Rachel leaves him. Felix finally sees the monster he has become. But it’s too late…

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Golden Dogs 1 — Fanny

Fanny, like so many other girls of her time, has been driven to selling her body to survive. She has since become the most sought-after prostitute of her brothel. She knows people, she knows things, and she is determined to one day move on to a better life. One day, the handsome and enigmatic James Orwood seeks her out, and makes her a proposition that might just be the making of her. He wants to use her reputed powers of seduction to get information from the rich and powerful. They form an alliance, along with Lario and Lucrecia, all four of them bringing a unique skill to the table. This could be the beginning of something great…

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