(W) Rodolphe, LEO (A) Bertrand Marchal Brazil, 1949. A photographer crawls into a mission deep in the Amazonian rainforest and dies. On one of his films is an extraordinary shot: a man with skin white as snow and an elongated cranium. Deformed human ? or extra-terrestrial being? Kathy Austin, having reluctantly become British Intelligence's specialist in such situations, is immediately sent by the crown to investigate. But the British aren't the only ones with an interest in the bizarre creature? After Kenya and Namibia, the first volume of the third season.

(W) Rodolphe, LEO (A) Bertrand Marchal Kathy Austin works for British Intelligence just after World War Two, and travels the world to investigate unexplained phenomena. On the trail of the bizarre, potentially alien creature photographed in Brazil, Kathy Austin has reached the isolated mission where the photographer died. Unfortunately, the road forward leads into the heart of the rainforest and the territory of extremely hostile natives. Continuing will be difficult and dangerous, especially as she appears to be followed by a number of people including two suspicious Germans ? and the Brazilian Navy!

(W) Yann (A/CA) Alain Henriet In the last days of World War Two, Nazi Germany is collapsing, and the noose is tightening around F?rtenstein Castle, rear base of the Amerika Bomber project. Even as the last SS special forces set up the guidance elements for the intercontinental bomber, more and more ground and bases are yielded to the advancing Soviet forces. Anna, once a fanatical admirer of the F?hrer, is increasingly forced to face the terrible brutality of the regime she's defending. Meanwhile, Werner makes contact with a resistance cell.

(W) Yann (A/CA) Alain Henriet Final volume of a great epic about war and friendship. Everything is in place. The radio guidance relays are active, the Silbervogel, the intercontinental bomber, is operational, and Anna is ready to fly it to America-a suicide mission. As for Werner, he seems incapable of fulfilling his mission and killing the beautiful test pilot, in whom he still sees his childhood friend. The arrival of Soviet forces, along with the courage of a handful of prisoners and partisans, will give them both one last chance to do the right thing. Can they seize it?

(W) Rodolphe (A) Chris Wraight The peace of Mordwick, a small coastal village, is shattered by the news that mysterious individuals have come ashore to dig up the recently departed. They looked like pirates, and rumours swell that the infamous captain Black Mary, a legendary, freedom-loving marauder desperately wanted by the Royal Navy, is involved. Could she be the cause of a wave of spectral apparitions sweeping through the kingdom-including that of the ghost of the recently departed king himself?

(W) Rodolphe (A) Chris Wraight Rescued at sea by Black Mary, Lord James, the libertine aristocrat who longed for adventure, is utterly enthralled by the fierce pirate captain-enough so that when she boards a royal warship, he chooses to fight at her side. With her ship badly damaged, though, Mary must return to her hidden base, an island not on any map. For good reason: the inhabitants of the island are ? the men and women who died at sea, and remain there until it is time to move on to the afterlife?

(W) Frederic Zumbiehl, Frederic Marniquet (A) Andre Le Bras 1953. Buck, Sonny and Tumb have been sent to the Patuxent River Flight Test Center to help design and test the Sea Dart, a seaplane jet. Meanwhile, a former SS general previously in command of Nazi special projects, Hans Kammler, has been spotted in Argentina by an American agent-who is then promptly murdered along with every member of the local CIA network. The task of locating a potential secret Nazi base then falls to Buck, his friends? and the Sea Dart.

(W) Frederic Zumbiehl, Frederic Marniquet (A) Andre Le Bras The operation to rescue Tumb from the Nazis hiding in Argentina has derailed dramatically, and now Sonny, too, is a prisoner. That leaves Buck and Mossad agent Beata to continue the search, both for their friends and for the secret Nazi base. A mission that is becoming more urgent by the hour, as this remnant of the Third Reich managed to escape with some of their secret weapons at the end of the war, and are preparing for a major operation.

(W) Vincent Brugeas (A) Yoann Guillo, Ronan Toulhoat Having defeated his former brothers-in-arms of the Commonwealth of Poland and Lithuania, the Winged Hussars, Karlis accompanies his new companions to the Sich, the Cossack parliament. Before long, he is faced with the harsh reality that not all Cossacks want him to join their people. Indeed, while his exploits have made him a hero to many, they have also made him into a prime target for jealousy, frustration and ambition.

(W/A) Florence Magnin After a less than restful night spent in the Tinker camp, Emilie finally enters the estate she's inherited. There, she soon meets the residents-half caretakers, half parasites, and all extremely strange. Through conversations with members of that eclectic group, and her own explorations, the young woman begins to discover the surprising history of her ancestor, Hatcliff, and the estate that bears his name, along with the apparently very real magic that permeates the place.

(W/A) Philippe Aymond Joseph is in hiding and believed dead. Wrongly accused of seducing Amelia Menmuir, gravely injured by her brother William, he now rests and prepares his revenge. Against Peter, his apprentice, who altered his drawings to frame him, and against William, whom he thinks orchestrated it all. Meanwhile, Bonnie Prince Charlie, the Stuart heir, is about to return to Scotland, and the country will soon be engulfed in a bloody rebellion that will end in Culloden!

Larry B. Max, a specialist from a little-known branch of the IRS, investigates two seemingly unconnected murders in France and California. Max finds a strange message reading 'Silicia, 10 am, Ocean Drive' and tries to figure out what it all means. Meanwhile, a mysterious young lady seems to be one step ahead of him, erasing one clue after another.

(W/A/CA) Yves Swolfs Elijah, the titular Lonesome Rider, had come to New York to settle accounts. Instead, he found a family lost to time and memory. But neither he nor his newfound sister Miss Lyle, the Pinkerton agent, were able to confront the one responsible for all their woes: their father, Senator Dawson, who has now gone to ground deep inside a forest that belongs to Cromley, a feared cultist. To get that family reunion they want, the two will have to face the devil himself!

(W/A/CA) Yves Swolfs Elijah, the titular Lonesome Rider, had come to New York to settle accounts. Instead, he found a family lost to time and memory. But neither he nor his newfound sister Miss Lyle, the Pinkerton agent, were able to confront the one responsible for all their woes: their father, Senator Dawson, who has now gone to ground deep inside a forest that belongs to Cromley, a feared cultist. To get that family reunion they want, the two will have to face the devil himself!

(W/A) Blutch A cowboy who shoots faster than his own shadow, his sarcastic horse-this is the Old West at its funniest. A special volume by a great name of Franco-Belgian comics! Lucky Luke enters a small town to drop off at the sheriff's office a young man who tried to steal Jolly Jumper. A few miles down the road, in the middle of nowhere, he suddenly finds himself threatened? by a little girl! Young Rose and her brother are currently alone in their cabin after the mysterious disappearance of their parents. Luke will have to investigate, but also take care of two particularly wild and undisciplined children!

(W) Jul (A) Achde Travelling to the northern state of Wisconsin, Lucky Luke finds a population deeply depressed by a beer shortage that has caused all saloons in the area to close. Desperate, the inhabitants of New München beg Luke to talk to the brewers of Milwaukee. But the cause of the shortage is a strike, and the cowboy is more used to chasing outlaws in the Great Plains than to forcing negotiations between unions and bosses in a city where the first skyscrapers are already sprouting...

(W) Denis Lapiere (A) Vincent Dutreuil Legendary historical races of the 60s and 70s as experienced by Michel Vaillant, star driver of the Vaillante race team, multiple champion and occasional man of adventure. Indianapolis, 1966. The Vaillante team is there to prepare for the legendary Indianapolis 500. The competition promises to be fierce, but the two drivers, Michel Vaillant and Steve Warson, are confident. Soon they meet Rhona, a charming young woman who's being harassed by sleazy individuals. The two men don't know it yet, but they, too, will become the targets of underhanded maneuvers? in a race that is about to go down in history as one of the most dramatic ever!

(W) Vincent Brugeas, Emmanuel Herzet (A) Benoit Dellac Now rid of Prince John's henchman, William, Marian and their friends are finally free to relax a little. Their respite is short, however. A judge known for his integrity and doggedness has been dispatched to Nottingham by the regent to investigate the recent trouble, and from the town's very bowels, drawn by the rumors about the theft of the royal treasure, another gang of brigands emerges, their hearts and intentions far less pure than those of the 'Merry Men' allied with the Hood?

(W) Sylvain Runberg (A) Eric Chabbert Midaluss, on planet Drenn, is a sprawling seaside city where wealthy districts and alien slums co-exist, though violence is never far. That is where Kristina and her new partner, Zachary, have decided to start their new career as luxury vehicles thieves. But even as they must face fierce competition from other gangs, the tragic events that followed Kristina's arrival on Drenn soon catch up to them, and blood-alien and Human-could soon flow freely again?

(W) Jean-Charles Kraehn (A) Stefano Carloni Redbeard's mission has turned into a disaster. He and his ship, the Black Hawk, are now in Spanish hands. His son and his lieutenants have been captured by the mysterious Spectre, who turned out to be none other than his nemesis Morgan, eager to get his hands on Redbeard's treasure. It will take all of the old pirate's courage and cunning to escape the trap despite the profusion of enemies and the many betrayals surrounding him.

(W) Jean-Charles Kraehn (A) Stefano Carloni Redbeard is in Tortuga, once a free haven for pirates, now a French colony. Here he hopes to find his old nemesis Morgan's hidden treasure. His only clue is a name-Mami Wata. But Mami Wata is a Vodou goddess, the Mother of Waters. The Europeans on the island know nothing of her, and the slaves, who worship and fear her, won't talk. The pirate captain is forced to look for the goddess's priest? but can he trust him?

(W) Jean Leturgie, xavier Fauche (A) Morris He's the dumbest dog west of the Pecos River, and even when he's not sharing one of Lucky Luke's adventures, he's still a walking disaster! After inadvertently thwarting a convict's escape attempt, Rin Tin Can flees the penitentiary and ends up with two sheep herders who are being targeted by wool thieves. The robbers, Giuseppe and Aldo, are actually looking for a specific sheep skin tattooed with a treasure map, in order to post their father's bail. Unwittingly-as usual-Rin Tin Can becomes first the accomplice of the two not-too-bright brothers, then their 'godfather.'

(W) Pierre Christen (A/CA) Jean-Claude Mezieres On Earth and in space, in the past and the future, greed and the thirst for power place Mankind in immediate danger. The two Galaxity agents' investigation into the elemental forces appearing on Earth continues. While Laureline, dogged and efficient, follows a promising lead somewhere in outer space, Valerian is struggling to unravel the mysterious events plaguing our 20th century. Demonstrations of fantastic phenomena follow in quick succession, pushing poor Valerian to his limits. And matters will have to be settled simultaneously in New York and on an asteroid on the edge of the galaxy to save our world.

Who threatens the diplomatic future of Earth? And who are the mysterious Shadows? Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It's up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them-and figure out who kidnapped them and why. Now a major motion picture in its own right directed by Luc Besson. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets will introduce filmgoers to the world of Galaxity and the Spatio-Temporal Service, and will be based in large part on Volume 6: Ambassador of the Shadows.

(W) Yann (A/CA) Eric Henniot What kind of childhood could have forged the iron lady XIII came to know? Chicago, the Seventies. Life is tough when you're an orphan in the streets-and even more so if you're black. Little Jones, 10, doesn't even know her real name. All she has is a brother who flirts with the Black Panthers, a streak of cunning and determination a mile wide, and a dream: that of some day enlisting into the Army. A chance encounter with war hero Major Whittaker will change her life forever...

(W) Alcante (A) Francois Boucq Discover the past of the dogged, one-armed FBI agent who became one of XIII's staunchest allies. Colonel Amos is the head of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division. His current investigation sends him on the trail of an agent of Mossad - Israeli intelligence. The ensuing operation-a joint FBI/CIA effort - will prove to be a difficult one. Not only because of the agent's skill, or because the colonel and his CIA counterpart Giordino don't get along, but also because before coming to the USA, Samuel Amos was a founding member of Mossad.