Adventures of Blake and Mortimer GN (2007-2022 Cinebook) comic books 2008-2010

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Mystery of the Great Pyramid: Part 2!" Story and art by Edgar Pierre Jacobs. Captain Blake having been assassinated at the Athens Airport, Olrik seems to have won the first round. A furious Mortimer swears that he'll never stop trying to avenge his friend. He goes on the hunt, but information is scarce. Sheik Abdel Razek, an old man with mysterious powers, protects him against Doctor Grossgrabenstein's crew. The doctor is a devoted Egyptologist who has undertaken excavations not far from the Great Pyramid. Strange happenings occur and Mortimer may sometimes feel like he's losing his way in this investigation that will lead him into the darkest depths of the Great Pyramid! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Francis Blake Affair!" Based on the characters created by Edgar Pierre Jacobs. Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art by Ted Benoit. Scandal breaks in the London press: There is a mole in the Intelligence Service! And it appears without a doubt, on a photograph taken by agents of MI-5, that the mole wears the face of Francis Blake! Mortimer believes that his friend has been forced to act against his will. But the initial investigations sweep away this hypothesis: Blake has opened, under an assumed name, an account fed by payments coming from the Bahamas. In a few months, he has withdrawn more than 10 times his annual pay! With MI-5 agents planning to try Blake for high treason, or to kill him if needed, Mortimer decides to find his friend before they do! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "The Strange Encounter!" Based on the characters created by Edgar Pierre Jacobs. Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art by Ted Benoit. Blake and Mortimer head to the United States to investigate the mysterious circumstances surrounding the discovery of a 177-year-old body, which appears to have died very recently. The body is that of a Scottish major, Mortimer's forebear, who was leading a British military expedition to the United States in 1777, where he was swallowed up by a strange multi-colored light-beam shining down from the sky. Blake and Mortimer fight men in black armed with green-laser guns and soldiers emerging from the past in order to save the Earth from complete obliteration! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "S.O.S. Meteors!" By Edgar Pierre Jacobs. Extreme weather threatens all of Europe, turning the lives of its citizens inside out. The French government sends Professor Mortimer to Paris to visit his friend Professor Labrousse, the chief French meteorologist. But when the taxi driver sent to meet Mortimer at the station disappears, Mortimer becomes the prime suspect - and only his old friend Blake can clear his name. However, Blake disappears as well, so Mortimer and Labrousse have two missing-person cases to investigate. They soon discover that the two disappearances are not only linked to each other, but also to the climatic catastrophes! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "The Affair of the Necklace!" By Edgar Pierre Jacobs. A necklace that used to belong to Marie Antoinette, the last French queen before the French Revolution, turns up in the hands of a British collector who decides to present it to Queen Elizabeth. Blake and Mortimer's sworn enemy Olrik, about to be tried in Paris, manages to escape and steals the precious piece of jewellery in front of their very noses during a glittering reception in the French capital. The affair threatens to turn into a full-blown diplomatic incident, especially since Olrik is doing his best to embarrass Blake and Mortimer by tipping off the press about his every move. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "The Voronov Plot!" By Edgar Pierre Jacobs. A Soviet rocket falls back to Earth carrying deadly bacteria. KGB Professor Voronov turns the extraterrestrial threat into a terrifying weapon that could be used to devastate the Western world - but he doesn't take into account the vigilance of Her Majesty's intelligence services. Soon, Blake and Mortimer are drawn into a lethal, shadowy war, from Moscow to London, where the stakes are no less than international peace and the real enemy may not be so obvious. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.