Largo Winch GN (2008- Cinebook) comic books 2009-2011

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Dutch Connection!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. The jeans-wearing billionaire is down and out in Paris! Largo is giving a cocktail party to launch his foundation for war orphans when a waiter brings out a colleague's severed head on a tray. He has been murdered by the drug traffickers Largo has pursued. In a matter of hours, the billionaire's life is turned upside down. In Dutch Connection, two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo, and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he's accused of being part of the international heroin trade. Largo flees to Paris and ends up in the homeless community, with little hope of escaping the dire fate that awaits him - a lifetime jail sentence! Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 4 - 1st printing. "The Hour of the Tiger!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. Largo's best friend, Simon Ovronnaz, is being targeted by the secret services of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Simon and his girlfriend are wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned. After a very flawed trial, Simon is condemned to death and transferred to the infamous Fort Makiling. Blissfully ignorant of his friend's fate, Largo is enjoying a romantic adventure at the top of the world, while the plot against him deepens dangerously. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. "See Venice!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. A man runs through the dark back alleys of Venice, pursued by three men. He breaks into a travel agency and faxes Largo Winch a scribbled message before being gunned down. The message says only: Beware of the doge. Our millionaire businessman hero thinks his friend, gorgeous Charity, could be in trouble and heads for Italy. A Renaissance-era term for the chief magistrate of the former republics of Venice and Genoa. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $11.95.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. "...and Die!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. Two of Largo's employees have been killed in his headquarters in New York. His friend Charity has been kidnapped in the middle of the Piazza San Marco. His only lead is a mysterious message: Beware of the Doge. As the bodies start piling up, Largo, aided by the beautiful Domenica, turns the Serenissima upside down to find the young woman and unravel the truth before it is too late. Balls, duels, boat chases, revenge. Ah, Venice! Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $11.95.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. "Golden Gate!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. Simon, Largo's friend, has been cast as the lead in a new TV series, Golden Gate. It's produced in part by one of Group W's subsidiaries. When the investigator sent by Dwight Cochrane to examine irregularities in the funding of the series disappears, Largo takes matters into his own hands and heads to the city by the Bay. But what will he find? An innocuous example of bad television? A case of tax evasion? Or something worse? Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $11.95.

Volume 8 - 1st printing. "Shadow!" By Jean Van Hamme and Phillippe Francq. Largo Winch has been hoodwinked, framed and sent to jail. His enemies are celebrating their victory after taking control of his TV station. His friends are either in prison or in mortal danger. But Largo wasn't born a billionaire. He knows how to fight dirty, and now he's going to have to strike back at the circle of crooks, pimps and murderers who came after him - before they kill all potential witnesses, including his own employee, Sarah Washington. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Cover price $11.95.