Blake & Mortimer: The Complete Collection

A renowned physicist and the head of MI5 battle threats to the Empire and solve extraordinary mysteries across the globe. The first volume of a long-awaited Complete Collection that will include a wealth of extra material with each one.

Publisher Marketing: Created by Edgar Pierre Jacobs after WWII, Professor Philip Mortimer, nuclear physicist, and Captain Francis Blake, dashing head of MI5, are legendary heroes of the 9th art. His first comic, The U Ray (translated by Cinebook) was noticed by Hergé , and Jacobs became his first assistant, helping to illustrate Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America , The Blue Lotus , King Ottokar's Sceptre , The Seven Crystal Balls , and Prisoners of the Sun , before being given free rein to work on his own series. Publisher Marketing : At long last, a hardback collected edition of Blake & Mortimer is published in English! A Cinebook exclusive, not even available in French, this Complete Collection will gather two or three books per volume, in the original publishing order, plus another book's worth of fascinating extra material on the series and the author, as well as sketches and historical notes - unmissable for any true fan! Four volumes will come out in 2024, with the next four already scheduled for 2025. This first one brings together the three episodes of our heroes' very first adventure, The Secret of the Swordfish , introducing their nemesis Olrik, their habit of saving the world ... and Jacobs's love of airplanes!

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 224 | Publication Date: 2025-06-03