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Progeny (1989)
Caliber Press
black and white
Writer/penciller: Jim Calafiore

SUMMARY: This 1989 release is about a detective conflicted with suicidal thoughts investigating bizarre murders where the corpse is stolen from the morgue the following morning. He decides to 'babysit' the newest body to make sure it doesn't disappear like the others. Just as he's about to enter the morgue the double doors burst open, he is thrown against the wall and a monstrous creature rushes past him. Inside the morgue are three dead guards and the door of the cooler where the body was stored was ripped open from the inside. What follows is a possible connection to the occult, a mysterious woman and, of course, more bodies.

[Not to be confused with 2013's color and lushy illustrated "Progeny" by Image Comics / Top Cow Productions]

FYI - despite the German description the files ARE in English.
Also, there are a total of 5 volumes:

Operation Overlord Vol. 1: Battle of Saint-Mere-Eglise
On 6 June 1944 land 14,000 Allied paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division in the hinterland of the beach section Utah Beach and conquer the town of Sainte-Mère-Église. They are to secure the area until reinforcement comes. This action became known as the beginning of Operation Overlord. Among the fighters are five American soldiers - each with his own story, dreams, and motivations. Everyone experiences the horrors of war in their own way and none of them will return home... Exciting preparation of one of the most spectacular military operations of World War II

Operation Overlord Vol. 2: Landing at Omaha Beach
On 6 June 1944 land 14,000 Allied paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division in the hinterland of the beach section Utah Beach and conquer the town of Sainte-Mère-Église. They are to secure the area until reinforcement comes. This action became known as the beginning of Operation Overlord. Among the fighters are five American soldiers - each with his own story, dreams, and motivations. Everyone experiences the horrors of war in their own way and none of them will return home...

Operation Overlord Vol. 3: The guns of Merville
1944, the Bulford Camp in Angleterre. The Canadian Adrien Bellfontaine has arrived as a volunteer. The artist draws his comrades an important strategic position as part of the Atlantic Wall during the preparations for Operation Overlord, as the gun of Merville is built. On the beach section Sword Beach Merville should inflict considerable damage to the troops landing there. At the heart of the largest military operation of World War II.
Operation Overlord Vol. 4: Command Kieffer
England, 1944: The last preparations for Operation Overlord are to be banished by Sergeant Clague on celluloid. Among the troops involved in the largest military operation of World War II is a French commando named Kieffer. The Mission: Take Ouistreham and then visit the sixth Airborne Division at a bridge on the Orne.

Operation Overlord Vol. 5: The Pointe Du Hoc
On June 6, 1944 land 14,000 Allied paratroopers of the US 82nd Airborne Division in the hinterland of the beach section Utah Beach. Among the fighters are five American soldiers - each with his own story, dreams, and motivations. Everyone experiences the horrors of war in their own way, and none of them will return home... Terrifically implemented by Davide Fabbri!

Up until today I had never heard of this publisher "Atrabile". Apparently one of the more obscure and certainly one of the more unusual imprints. Lupus is part of their "White bile" collection... whatever the heck that means. They also have Black bile, Flegme, Lymph and Blood collections as well, if that gives you a clue. Anyway, these are all published in French which might explain why these issues have not seen widespread distribution. But hey, if you have a thing for all things French and want to dip your literary toe in one of the bodily fluid collections of this publishers, now's your chance...

LUPUS Vol 1 (of 4)
96 pages in black & white
Published January 2003
Frederik Peeters starts with Lupus in a series of science fiction, just not to be where we could expect, and especially to have fun. The story revolves around Lupus and Tony, wandering the four corners of the galaxy, in search of a big piece to fish and filled beyond the excess of narcotics of all kinds. A good time easy in perspective, and until this chance meeting with Sanaa, a girl a little dropped, and whose presence will act as a revelator on a friendship in disarray

[ http://atrabile.org/livres/lupus-volume-1 ]

Depending on how you want to count, there are 21 issues. Some of the translated versions are two issues combined into one called a 'diptych.'

The Cinebook website (in English) has 17 issues and that is reflected in the issues you see posted here on Bookgn. 17 issues [ https://www.cinebook.co.uk/?cPath=170 ]

The Dupuis website (in French) has a total of 21 issues numbered below
21 issues [ https://www.dupuis.com/seriebd/largo-winch/67 ]

01 - HEIR
02 - THE W GROUP
03 - OPA
04 - BUSINESS BLUES
05 - H
06 - DUTCH CONNECTION
07 - THE MAKILING FORTRESS
08 - TIGER'S HOUR
09 - SEE VENICE ...
10 - ... AND DIE
11 - GOLDEN GATE
12 - SHADOW
13 - THE MONEY PRIZE
14 - THE DOLLAR LAW
15 - THE THREE EYES OF THE GUARDIANS OF THE TAO
16 - THE WAY AND THE VIRTUE
17 - BLACK SEA
18 - RED ANGER
19 - CHASSÉ-CROISÉ
20 - 20 SECONDS
21 - THE MORNING STAR

NATIVE DRUMS
Writer: Chuck Paschall
Artist: Vince Riley

Native Drums 01 - Dec 2013 - 31 pages
After breaking with her mission to save a young girl, Agent finds herself pursued by the local factions.

Native Drums 02 - Aug 2014 - Long Walk - 27 Pages
A lone Agent, her remote support known as Controller, and a young girl she has rescued, are moving through eastern Africa towards the town of Goma.

Native Drums 03 - Jul 2015 - Stampede - 27 Pages
Agent discovers that two groups are pursing her and the young girl she has just saved.

Native Drums 04 - Dec 2015 - Reap the Whirlwind - 26 Pages
With Agent down, Counter has the advantage

Native Drums 05 - Feb 2016 - The Fall - 31 Pages
Agent attempts to rally support and save Armani before it's to late.

Native Drums 06 - Jan 2018 - Shell Casing - 24 Pages
Several years have passed, and Amani, the young girl agent saved, now works in law enforcement. While working a case, she gets word that one of Agents old enemies, Roosa, is alive and up to something.

[ https://www.comixology.com/Native-Drums/comics-series/11915 ]
Seems to be the only series published under the '17machine Studios' imprint.

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Spynest 01 - Birdwatchers
Published: 25/05/2011
Writer: SALA Jean-Luc
Designer: ALLIEL Christophe
Colorist: CHAMPELOVIER Simon

Summary in English: Ian Fleming, famous author of James Bond was, as his fictional hero, secret agent at the service of the British crown during the Second World War.
And if, while on a mission, Ian Fleming had met an extraordinary spy? The most intrepid, the most cynical and the most ferocious of all ...
And if this spy was a woman? A Navajo Indian who speaks the famous "Navajo Code" developed by the US Army and was the only code never to have been pierced by the Japanese and Germans ... a code partially based on bird names America ...
Would Fleming have been desperately in love? Could she have influenced the very creation of James Bond's character?

[ https://www.comixology.com/Spynest/comics-series/10911 ]
[ https://www.soleilprod.com/serie/spynest-01-birdwatchers.html ]

Ummm... let's just say this one's a real eye opener.

Threshold - Allure
Cover: Christian Zanier
Artists: Christian Zanier, Rick Lyon
MR, Color, 48 pages, monthly

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: The legendary title Threshold returns featuring not only our classic characters, but brand new ones! This series, Allure, features an all-new character Praxi! She’s the Greek goddess of justice, Praxidike, now inhabiting a new body, and reunited with Pandora for adventures, as they have throughout time! This series features art from Rick Lyon, previously lost by the sands of time, but now finished and joined with new chapters from Christian Zanier! It’s all topped off by the full story also Beautified in the back, for that extra sexy zest!

[ https://www.comcav.net/products/threshold-allure-0 ]

Link doesn't work -- just goes to the index page?!?

Thank you RIO!

Link doesn't work -- just goes to the index page?!?

Thank you RIO!

Link doesn't work -- just goes to the index page?!?


Thank you sir!

GHOST MONEY - 1 THE LADY FROM DUBAI

Script by Thierry Smolderen - Art by Dominique Bertail

SUMMARY: It’s the year 2020. Lindsey finds herself in the midst of a panicking crowd following a bomb attack on a protest against the newly elected ‘neocon’ party. Just as she’s about to be crushed, an elegant hand stretches down and saves her from her fate. The hand belongs to Chamza, an elusive and beautiful young billionaire who soon whisks Lindsey into her world of jet-setting from country to country, frequenting the trendiest parties and the most talked-about exhibitions. But there’s a lot that remains unsaid about this mysterious young woman, starting with where her money comes from. Kendricks, a veteran of the war on terror of the 2000s, thinks he’s found out. This is a secret that could take international politics into a whole new playing field. It also makes Chamza a key component in the American government’s surveillance and intelligence schemes. But what they don’t know yet is that ‘the lady from Dubai’ has the means to defend herself. Or if not, to fight back.

SUMMARY GHOST MONEY VOLUME 2 - Chamza's Eyes - 60pg - 22/01/2010
Two weeks after her accident, Chamza is held incommunicado in a hospital. Blindfolded, she desperately searches for contact outside. Meanwhile, the Emir of Enlightenment meets in the Afghan mountains an old warlord, to know the circumstances of the death of his father. All this takes place under the careful supervision of Kendricks' men. The American team, whose mission is to find the treasure of Al Qaeda, triggers for good his operation of provocation, with the extraordinary means that we already know. A terrible global chase is under way, from the lowlands of Kabul to the French Riviera, via Shanghai and Washington.

[ Ah man.... Just finished these two volumes and discovered it's not complete! Went to the Dargaud website and it shows that there are a total of 5 volumes in this series! DANG! No telling how long before the others are translated!
[ http://www.dargaud.com/bd/Ghost-Money ]

SUMMARY GHOST MONEY VOLUME 3 - Dying in Dubai - 60pg - 17/06/2011
While in the underwater car park of a Dubai hotel, Lindsay is stuck in the car of Chamza, a terrorist attack, which can make the economies of the world wobble again, is unfolding. The attackers are only inches away from Linsay. Chamza, she is still in Dubai with the emir of the Enlightenment, hunted by the men of Kendricks. The game of three-band billiards continues, and our protagonists will all see death in front and very closely. This sequel to the most modern and paranoid thriller of the moment enters, with this third album, into pure action, white fear and total anguish, with this unparalleled concern for realism and elegance.

SUMMARY GHOST MONEY VOLUME 4 - 21/06/2013 - 60pg - 21/06/2013

SUMMARY GHOST MONEY VOLUME 5 - 08/01/2016 - 72pg - 08/01/2016

[ https://www.soleilprod.com/serie/elle-01-le-tesson-d-amenartas.html ]

She 01 - The Shard of Amenartas
Published: 21jul2010
Writer: CHOURAQUI Elie
Designer: ALBURQUERQUE Alberto Jimenez
Colorist: CORDURIÉ Sandrine

SUMMARY: HENRY RIDER HAGGARD'S ROMANTIC COMPETITION ADAPTATION.
University of Cambridge. 1880. Horace Holly has just inherited a shard of pottery covered with ancient inscriptions. In an adventure carried out with a beating drummer, he follows in the footsteps of a priest from Isis, Kallitrates, killed almost 2,000 years ago.


She 02 - The one who sees everything
Published: 21mar2012
Writer: CHOURAQUI Elie
Illustrator: ALBURQUERQUE Alberto Jimenez
Colorist: CORDURIÉ Sandrine

SUMMARY: THE HINGE EPISODE OF SAGA SHE!
His quest leads him to Africa, and more precisely to present-day Tanzania where, in a secret kingdom, reigns a mysterious queen of exceptional beauty. Beyond the marshes, outside of time, in the shadow of a volcano, Ayesha has always been waiting...

She 03 - The Source of Life
Published: 23jan2013
Writer: CHOURAQUI Elie
Illustrator: ALBURQUERQUE Alberto Jimenez
Colorist: CORDURIÉ Sandrine

SUMMARY: THE LAST EPISODE OF SAGA SHE, RICH IN REBOUND!

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THANKS RIO!

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THANKS RIO!

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THANKS RIO!

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Thanks RIO! Good story -- hope to see more of this title!

After the success of Prisonnière des Apaches, artist Sergio Tisselli returns with a glowing western scripted by François Corteggiani.

Canada, 1885.
The Battle of Batoche saw the defeat of the Métis in revolt led by their leader, the charismatic Louis Riel.
Mounted Police Sergeant Kenneth Keller's mission is to pursue and arrest a small group of rebels who managed to escape, led by their warlord, Gabriel Dumont.
The deep forests along the Saskatchewan River are the scene of a wild pursuit full of tricks, ambushes and respect.
[ http://www.editionsmosquito.com/ouvrage.php?id=280 ]

(If you enjoy comics rendered in watercolor you'll like this one!)

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Texas Jack is as good as it gets with a revolver. But contrary to the myth that surrounds him, he’s never used his talents for anything other than his legendary circus act. Until one day he receives a challenge he can’t refuse, without losing his heroic reputation: he must set out to track down the bloodthirsty Boone and his band of killers. Luckily for Texas Jack, Boone is also in the crosshairs of two real legends of the Far West: the marshals Sykes and O’Malley.

[ http://www.lelombard.com/albums-fiche-bd/texas-jack/texas-jack,3796.html ]

Seems there are quite a few more issues that are yet to be translated! I compiled the list below from the Dargaud website [ http://www.dargaud.com/bd/XIII/XIII-Mystery ]

SUMMARY OF THE XIII MYSTERY SERIES -- Jean Van Hamme has created a gallery of characters all more captivating, more endearing, more intriguing, than the others. The XIII Mystery collection will explore their past, their secrets and unravel their intrigues. Writer Xavier Dorison first took up the challenge. His scenario is extremely effective, both as regards the link with the "traditional" series and to follow the birth of a killer. Served by the admirable design of Ralph Meyer, this album will delight the fans of XIII and will inspire others to embark on this cult saga.

XIII Mystery 01: The Mongoose (03Oct2008 / 05Jul2016)
XIII Mystery 02: Irina (30Oct2009 / 05Jul2016)
XIII Mystery 03: Little Jones (26Mar2010 / 05Jul2016)
XIII Mystery 04: Colonel Amos (18Nov2011 / 05Jul2016)
XIII Mystery 05: Steve Rowland (18Nov2011 / 05Jul2016)
XIII Mystery 06: Billy Stockton (October 25 2013 / August 9 2016)
XIII Mystery 07: Betty Barnowsky (June 13 2014 / August 9 2016)
XIII Mystery 08: Martha Shoebridge (05Jun2015)
XIII Mystery 09: Felicity Brown (09Oct2015)
XIII Mystery 10: Calvin Wax (28Oct2016)
XIII Mystery 11: Jonathan Fly (02Jun2017)
XIII Mystery 12: Alan Smith (08Jun2018)
XIII Mystery 13: Judith Warner (19Oct2018)

Qumran - Volume 1
Writer: Makyo
Designer: Stéphane Gemine
Genres: Thriller / Crime , Esoteric Comics
Collection: The Black Lodge
Size: 240 x 320 mm
48 pages
Published: 21aug2013

SUMMARY: The famous Dead Sea Scrolls, preserved for centuries in the depths of a Qumran cave, were discovered by a Bedouin some fifty years ago. Some have been lost, or rather stolen... Notably the one called "the scroll of the messiah", which is known to speak of Jesus in an explicit and dangerous way for Christianity...
Ary, young Jewish paleographer, and his friend Alexander, archaeologist, are commissioned by the father of Ary, himself an Israeli archaeologist, to find the lost manuscripts of Qumran. They embark on a search that is as initiatory as it is dangerous and are therefore in constant danger of death. Because those who are closely interested in the Dead Sea Scrolls are often found crucified...


Qumran - Volume 2
Writer: Makyo
Designer: Stéphane Gemine
Genres: Thriller / Crime , Esoteric Comics
Collection: The Black Lodge
Size: 240 x 320 mm
48 pages
Published: 21aug2013

SUMMARY: Ary, an orthodox Jew who is very strict in his faith, and his friend Alexander, an archaeologist, are constantly searching for the scroll of the messiah, stolen from the famous Dead Sea Scrolls. The demand comes directly from the father of Ary, archaeologist also. It seems indeed that this scroll illuminates the life of Jesus, it could even question certain foundations of Christianity. Much of what displease some! Moreover,
malicious shadows seem to follow step by step their investigation Each meeting that could bring them a new index results in a crucifixion in order. A macabre threat that comes closer to them every day, until Ary attends helplessly to the realization of his most intimate fears.

[ http://www.glenatbd.com/bd/qumran-tome-1-ne-9782723496940.htm ]

Would you please update the links to the entire 5 volume Bacchus series?

The French edition of 'Prometheus 18 - The Theory of the Grain of Sand' was released on 07/11/2018 -- it's anybody's guess as to when an English version might show up here!

[ https://www.soleilprod.com/serie/promethee-18-la-theorie-du-grain-de-sable.html ]

18Nov2018 update: Yea!! Nice to see that we didn't have to wait up to a year to see this latest issue get translated!

'Prometheus 18 - The Theory of the Grain of Sand'
SUMMARY: The survivors get organized, clans are formed ... All want to survive, but at what price? What compromises with their conscience will they have to make?
As Teki Turan seeks to regain his time, Tim Scott was sent to meet him in the nineteenth century to inoculate the alien "cure" for him. will survive the contact of extraterrestrial entities. But we do not play with impunity with time travel ... as also noted by Lacan, Dimbort, Cartwright and Turan at the Syracuse headquarters!

(Now begins the wait for the next issue: "Artifact"...)

(sometimes translated as: "Above the Clouds")
1: THE DUEL
French top pilot Pierre Lucas-Ferron is saved by American top pilot Allan Thompson. He had crashed in the Andes. The two pilots become friends. Above the clouds they share their love of flying, they are sitting on the ground behind the same girl. Pierre disappears after he is almost killed in a crash. Allan volunteered for the war in Europe. There the two former friends met again. They fight especially against each other even though they are allies. They fight side by side, face to face ... Illustrator Romain Hugault and screenwriter Régis Hautiere made a wonderful and above all well-documented diptych. The aerospace is signed with a great sense of detail. The series has not for nothing the blessing of the French aviation museum near Paris.

2: FIGHTING
French top pilot Pierre Lucas-Ferron is saved by American top pilot Allan Thompson . He had crashed in the Andes. The two pilots become friends. Above the clouds they share their love of flying, they are sitting on the ground behind the same girl. Pierre disappears after he is almost killed in a crash. Allan volunteered for the war in Europe. There the two former friends met again. They fight especially against each other even though they are allies. They fight side by side, face to face ...

[ http://www.silvesterstrips.nl/strips/boven-de-wolken/1-het-duel/ ]

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Lady Liberty 01 - The Secret of the King
Date of publication: 16/04/2014
Writer: SALA Jean-Luc
Illustrator: AURORE
Colorist: AURORE
Series: LADY LIBERTY
Collection: Adventure
Pages: 56
SUMMARY: FOLLOW THE THRUSIVE ADVENTURES OF LADY LIBERTY, SPECIAL AGENT OF LOUIS XVI!

Secrets of State, espionage, plots and betrayals, duels with the sword, fire muskets and cannons, fiery embraces under the silk, scathing replicas...
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!
Do you know the true origins of our Revolution?
Did you know that our greatest national epic began with the secret war of Louis XVI's spies during the American Revolution?
Did you know that the most formidable of these spies was a woman?
It was called Liberty! Lady Liberty!

Lady Liberty: when Jason Bourne meets Dangerous Bonds..

[ https://www.soleilprod.com/serie/lady-liberty-01-le-secret-du-roi.html ]