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Created in 1972, The Time Brigade is a sci-fi series written for Futura by French SF author Claude J. Legrand and drawn by Spanish artist Edmond Ripoll, the creator of Jan Europa and Doctor Impossible. The Time Brigade, which was initially influenced by Poul Anderson’s classic Time Patrol, quickly departed from its model and went…
This special issue introduces a character who is both new and yet has been part of the Hexagon Universe since 1963: Captain Ukraine! Nadiya Karine, the modern-day version of this hero, introduced alongside the French Guardian of the Republic in her very first appearance here (in a story by J.-M. Lofficier & Constanzo), is none…
December 1804. Napoleon Bonaparte is about to be crowned Emperor of France by the Pope at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. But the diabolical sorcerer Maleficus plans to assassinate him and take his place… Against this sinister plan stand the Marquis de La Fayette, his faithful manservant, Albert Saint-Clair, known as the Guardian of the Republican,…
In search of HOMICRON, RITA TOWER, JOANNI BOURASK and the ZORR-KO travel to Tibet where the mysterious COUNT SAINT-GERMAIN enlists their help to protect the hidden city of the Mohenjo Dar. Its sole defender is the formidable KIT KAPPA, but without the STRANGERS’ help, will he be able to repel the dreaded DOCTOR CYBERNAC, in…
One hundred million years before the world we know, the continent of Hyperborea existed. Kabur, the rebellious young prince of Ultima Thulé and his companion, the beautiful ex-slave girl Lagrid, thrived there. After defeating an evil doppelganger, Kabur must now return to the city of his birth from which he was banished by his father,…
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…
When inhuman monsters walk the Earth, threatening the good and the helpless, 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…
A panoramic history of French science fiction literature from the 16th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: “…Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature… The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail.” FOUNDATION: “A truly epic enterprise.” Brian Stableford. INTERZONE: “A…
Will the Towers prove true to their word and release Starlock? Will Homicron return in time to help her fellow Strangers? Will Atlantis fall as it was preordained? All our heroes are on stopping the evil Twilight Lord Kruge from using the all-powerful weapon Kera to rewrite the course of history. Starlock, Starcyb, Homicron, Tanka,…
Over a hundred million years ago… KABUR of Thule has reigned over the kingdoms of Hyperborea for decades… Then, like all must do, he died; however, his name became legend… Several centuries later, Earth was conquered by the monstrous HEMOCRATS, the Wan Lords of the RED STAR, cosmic vampires who came from a far away,…
A panoramic history of French fantasy, horror and supernatural fiction from the 12th century to the end of the 20th century. COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES NEWS: “…Fills in a long-neglected bibliographic gap in the study of French-language literature… The authors have covered all the bases in enormous detail.” FOUNDATION: “A truly epic enterprise.” Brian Stableford….
This book covers the entire history of French genre cinema from its early days to 2022. WHAT THE CRITICS SAID: JOHN CLUTE (Encyclopedia of Fantasy, Science Fiction Encyclopedia) “I just now (finally) gotten my copy of French Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror and Pulp Fiction and am immediately finding it enthralling.” LOCUS “The most enlightening reference…
BLOOD LIGHT Driven to seek refuge during a hailstorm, a hitchhiker ends up at a strange mansion bathed in an everlasting crimson light. A SHROUD OF MIST During stormy nights, terrifying specters haunt the coastline of a small fishermen’s village in Normandy…. “Kurt Steiner” is the pseudonym of André Ruellan (1922-2016), one of France’s best-known…
The only survivor of a plane crash over Tibet, young Kit Marson was raised by the Sages of Mohenjo Dar, descendants of Atlantis, living in the secret city of Kappa, hidden deep in a lost Tibetan valley. Upon reaching adulthood, after having mastered the martial arts taught by his teachers, and awakened the power of…
Demi-Monde… A group of people on the fringes of respectable society, considered to be of doubtful social standing and morality… Among these are Harry Dickson, the so-called American Sherlock Holmes, gentleman-thief Arsène Lupin, spymaster Richard Hannay, Robur, the future Master of the World, the eccentric Doctor Omega, Fantômas, the Lord of Terror, the indomitable Maciste…
The Improbables: For Dr. Manuel Esteban, discovering that he now has gills when coming in contact with water is already a fairly striking revelation.. But seeing himself invited to a cannibal feast by the woman of his dreams is a shock, especially especially after having been brutally torn away from his peaceful existence as a…
