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When inhuman monsters walk the Earth, Justice has no stronger defenders than Harry Dickson and his assistant Tom Wills, who fight the forces of evil and cast them back into the Darkness from whence they came. Harry Dickson began as an unauthorized Sherlock Holmes pulp series in Germany in 1907, before changing its name and…
Hexagon Comics isn’t merely Wampus, Zembla, Phenix, and the Strangers. For well over sixty years, they published a number of anthology comics in the tradition of DC’s Mystery in Space, Strange Adventures, etc., with colorful titles such as Yuma, Nevada, Mustang, Rodeo… In addition to the regular hero-driven series, these books also contained many one-shots:…
It is Christmas Eve in Paris and the dead emerge from the catacombs, dressed as ghastly Santa Clauses, plunging the French capital into total panic. Faced with this terrifying threat, the Guardian of the Republic and Marianne find two unexpected allies: the immortal Count Saint-Germain and the vampire Scarlet Lips. But will even they be…
Black Lys. Rakar. The Mysterious Archer. The Dark Flyer. Fred “Blackie” Sullivan. Ra. Together they form Hexagon, the world’s most powerful team of superheroes! Since Blackie’s recruitment, Hexagon is more powerful than ever! And now, with yet a new member in their roster, Ra, a mighty hero with psychic powers, the team must again face…
Eminences Grises! The secret and powerful decision-makers who operate behind the scenesm are featured here in seventeen stories in which some of the strangest and most mysterious heroes and villains of popular fiction spin their deadly webs of intrigue and play chess with the lives of men and monsters! Countess Cagliostro seeks to steal a…
Between 1894 and 1914, Paul d’Ivoi (1856-1915) wrote a series of 21 volumes, collectively entitled The Eccentric Voyages, clearly inspired by and updating Jules Verne’s classic Extraordinary Voyages. While not quite matching Verne for verve and invention, d’Ivoi succeeded in appealing to a new generation of readers by updating many of the great author’s ideas,…
The theme of alien encounters runs throughout the history of the French roman scientifique-a genre that some might call proto-sf-from the 18th century to today. We have gathered in this thematic collection nine remarkable short stories by Charles Cros, Paul Gsell, Guy de Maupassant, José Moselli, C. Paulon, Maurice Renard, J. H. Rosny Aîné, Edmé…
The term “cataclysm” is defined as a large-scale, violent event in the natural world, or a sudden and equally violent political or social upheaval. Such concepts run throughout the history of the French roman scientifique-a genre that some might call proto-sf-from the 18th century to today. In this thematic collection we have gathered ten remarkable…
THE SEA KING, a young naval officer who gained the power to breathe underwater thanks to his uncle’s experiments… MARINO and EGA, two “kidz” from the alien sunken city of Kosmos with their own strange aquatic powers… MISS METEOR, a scientist who traveled to the negative dimension of Zhud where she gained cosmic powers in…
One hundred million years before our time was the continent of Hyperborea. There thrived the rebellious young prince of Ultima Thulé and his companion, the beautiful ex-slave girl Lagrid. After defeating an evil doppelganger, Kabur must now return to the city of his birth from which he was banished by his father, the King. The…
Wampus was the herald of a second generation of comic heroes and magazines launched by Editions Lug in 1969, which eventually led to Jaleb, Homicron, the Time Brigade, Kabur, Jeff Sullivan and many more. Wampus is a shape-shifting monster sent to Earth by an evil cosmic power called The Great Mind to sow havoc and…
On the eve of World War II, Leo Saint-Clair, a.k.a. The Nyctalope, faces one of his deadliest enemies: a mysterious and unidentified foe who has the power to kill remotely by the simple exercise of his will. Who is this secret Master of Life? What are his goals? To find, unmask and neutralize the “Master…
In ancient days, before Atlantis fell beneath the waves, a prophecy addressed to Soroe the Priest-Queen and Argall, a warrior of the frigid north and a distant descendent of the first King of Atlantis, stated: “The stars and the fates weave the tapestries of your lives. One who live as two, uncrowned and ruling the…
A few minutes before Konvent steps onto the Copenhell stage, a section of the ground caves in behind the crowd of Metal enthusiasts. The young Danish women’s powerful Deathdoom attracts thousands of fans who rejoice and shout as they listen to Rikke’s cavernous voice, Julie’s and Heidi’s hypnotic beat, and Sara’s guitar riffs. Pushed by…
Between 1894 and 1914, Paul d’Ivoi (1856-1915) wrote a series of 21 volumes, collectively entitled The Eccentric Voyages, clearly inspired by and updating Jules Verne’s classic Extraordinary Voyages. While not quite matching Verne for verve and invention, d’Ivoi succeeded in appealing to a new generation of readers by updating many of the great author’s ideas,…
Jaleb began in the magazine Futura in 1972, which heralded the “Second Age” of French publisher Editions Lug, introducing an entire range of new characters such as Homicron, Aster, the Time Brigade, Jeff Sullivan, etc. These were the brainchildren of science fiction writer Claude Legrand, who was influenced by the novels of great masters such…
