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Tensions are running high in Ravenelles! Manu is feeling a little fragile what with Mariette taking up her studies again, his own professional dilemmas in the mix and a young child wreaking havoc in the background. What’s more, he soon finds himself on the wrong side of the mayor Adrien Coquelot in the run up to the mayoral elections, and, just to top it all off, the hermit confirms that Atlanteans do, in fact, enter unsuspecting households via catflaps…

On March 2nd 1953, in the middle of the night, Joseph Stalin, the “Father of the People,” the man who reigned in absolute power over the people of Russia, had a stroke. He was declared dead two days later. Two days of fierce competition for the supreme power, two days that encapsulated all the insanity, the perversity and the inhumanity of totalitarianism. This is the story of a dictatorship plunged into madness. And it’s all based on truth.

This “Guide to the Thousand Planets” is structured like a dictionary, with over 200 entries describing the places, characters, themes, creatures, and other references that grace the pages of the iconic sci-fi series “Valerian.” The guide is meant to be enjoyed both by devoted fans of the series and by newcomers looking to get started.

Turtle Island is in full swing! The pirates are planning a big party to celebrate the centennial of the island’s founding hero, the magnificent Max Turtle. Meanwhile, a mysterious character invites himself to stay with the MacLimpets: Grandpa Duff. Victor is less than thrilled by this reunion with a father who has been absent for so many years… What can he be up to now?

Under the orders of Centurion Caius Bracca, Marcus Livius has led his band of Romans on an expedition to find a hidden civilization of immense riches, facing countless dangers and losing many of his men along the way. But when he finally reaches the distant land of Niangara, his arrival is not one of conquest: a world of slavery, madness, and shamans’ spells awaits him. A world of death.

It’s 1945. Floyd Whitman discovers that ‘those scumbag communists’ have killed his father. He’s just a child, but he resolves to one day join the CIA. By 2003, America has triumphed over the Soviet Union, but the Russian mafia has become the most powerful, and certainly the most violent criminal group throughout the whole country. Through the fate of one man–young and full of illusions in 1965, but rather more embittered in 2003–we see the CIA help the Russian mafia get back on its feet in the squalid back rooms of the American empire. A great spy adventure comparable with the best of Hollywood thrillers.

Born into fury and blood, the young prince’s fate had been as sealed at birth by God, offering him both his alliance and a sword. While his father builds an empire, young Parsifal dreams only of adventure and chivalry. His father wants him to be a prince, but he wishes only to be a paladin. The winds of destiny will hammer and forge his soul and transform him into a weapon of God, before carrying him into the Black Moon Chronicles.

It’s 1950s New Orleans, and Mardi Gras is in full swing. Thanks to Weekly, a Jazz producer going by the name of Faust sets up a meeting with Blacksad. Faust asks Blacksad if he could look into the disappearance of Sebastian, one of his musicians. There’s been no sign of the pianist for months, and his absence is jeopardizing the both the music label and the star’s private life. Faust fears that Sebastian has, once again, turned to drugs. The whole affair is rendered even more urgent now that Faust has learned that he’s suffering from cancer. Blacksad takes on the mission and discovers little by little that Faust hasn’t told him the whole story. He realizes that he is also being manipulated, but determines none the less to find Sebastian and try and understand the reasons for his disappearance. Little does he know at this point that this will be his most testing mission yet, in more than one respect.