The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

The original adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer—and their first encounter with Olrik.

In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it destroys all opposition, and capital cities across the planet are left burning. But, in Great Britain, Professor Mortimer, inventor of a mysterious weapon named the Swordfish, and his friend and protector Captain Blake, have escaped the destruction, and must make their way to a secret base...

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The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

The original adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer—and their first encounter with Olrik.

In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it destroys all opposition, and capital cities across the planet are left burning. But, in Great Britain, Professor Mortimer, inventor of a mysterious weapon named the Swordfish, and his friend and protector Captain Blake, have escaped the destruction, and must make their way to a secret base...

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The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

by Edgar P. Jacobs
The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

The Secret of the Swordfish Part 1: Blake & Mortimer Vol. 15

by Edgar P. Jacobs

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The original adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer—and their first encounter with Olrik.

In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it destroys all opposition, and capital cities across the planet are left burning. But, in Great Britain, Professor Mortimer, inventor of a mysterious weapon named the Swordfish, and his friend and protector Captain Blake, have escaped the destruction, and must make their way to a secret base...


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849181488
Publisher: Cinebook, Ltd
Publication date: 06/16/2013
Pages: 64
Sales rank: 238,960
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 11.10(h) x 0.20(d)

About the Author

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. The author, a close friend of Hergé, took part in the visual realisation of Tintin in the Congo, Tintin in America, The Blue Lotus, King Ottokar’s Sceptre, The Seven Crystal Balls, and Prisoners of the Sun.

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