By Jigounov & Mythic Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849180429 Alpha’s latest task is to take a small team to Amsterdam to help extract an ex-Stasi colonel and his family. When the Berlin wall fell the colonel pre-empted the following fallout by transferring sensitive data on shady dealings between western companies and East Germany onto a disc […]
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Alpha Vol 2: Wolves’ Wages
By Jigounov & Mythic Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781905460861 Julien (aka Alpha) and Assia are looking for a safe haven in Moscow while all around them various factions move to settle scores and thin the opposition. There are a lot of despicable individuals involved, and it all, essentially, comes down to greed. What was unexpected is […]
Alpha Vol 1: The Exchange
By Jigounov & Renard Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781905460595 Comics can be trivial and frivolous (and that’s not always a bad thing), but they can also be thoughtful and intelligent and Alpha certainly falls into that second category. Assia is a young gallery owner from Moscow visiting Paris to secure new pieces, although she also has […]
Lucky Luke Vol 45: Tying The Knot
By Achdér & Gerra Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181884 Cinebook bring us another modern Lucky Luke tale, expertly crafted in the style of Morris. This time the Dalton brothers have learnt that their prison sentence is being transferred into one of the noose – they’re to be hung. Even Lucky Luke is shocked that it has […]
Lucky Luke Vol 44: Lucky Luke Verses Pat Poker
By Morris Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181792 Another early outing for Lucky Luke in this pre-Goscinny collection of two tales involving the despicable Pat Poker, a card sharp and all-round dirty cheater. Luke first stumbles upon him after taking a job as a town’s sheriff, but having been robbed of his clothes, guns and Jolly Jumper […]
Valerian & Laureline Vol 7: On The False Earths
By Mézières & Christin Publisher: Cinebook ISBN: 9781849181907 One of the most important and exciting aspects of science-fiction stories is that they can take a story in a direction that other narratives are unable to do simply by incorporating a potential future technology or situation that then opens up all manner of new possibilities. So […]
