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Canonical name: Martin, Jacques
Birthdate: 1921-09-25
Date of death: 2010-01-21
Gender: male
Nationality: France
Country (for map): France
Birthplace: Strasbourg, France
Place of death: Orbe, Switzerland
Places of residence: Strasbourg, France
Occupations: cartoonist
comic book writer

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Operation Tor by Jacques Martin

Axel Borg has a plan to cause a huge inflation by smuggling false currency, and decides to kidnap Guy Lefranc and Jeanjean so that they can't stop him. Another great installment in a great action series - exciting plots, high stakes, believable characters, and very colorful art. My all-time favorite comicbook series.

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-Eva- | Jul 25, 2015 |

Onda makter by Jacques Martin

In Guy Lefranc's first album, his nemesis (to be) Axel Borg has hidden nuclear weapons and the race is on to make sure that once they are deployed (as you know they will be - this is a Bond-type story after all), something clever will be done to make sure they do no harm. This is one of my favorite series from childhood and I reread them as much as I can - the characters are great and the stakes are extremely high for everyone involved. The art is very clear and colorful too - this is a spectacularly good example of Franco-Belgian comics.… (more)

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-Eva- | Jul 25, 2015 |

Varghålan by Jacques Martin

A small Swiss village is suffering attacks by a mysterious enemy who signs their attacks with a wolf's head and Guy Lefranc unveils a treason by the village's leaders that completely destroyed a whole family financially as well as physically. Another great installment in a really great series - one of my lifelong favorites in fact. I have even made my way through a few untranslated albums with the help of translation software, just to experience the stories.

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-Eva- | Jul 25, 2015 |

Det dödliga hotet by Jacques Martin

The journalist Guy Lefranc meets his sidekick Jeanjean after he is almost run off the road in the snow on his way to a skiing competition in the Swiss Alps, and with Jeanjean's help, he finds out that Axel Borg is in town and that he has secured a virus that he is threatening to release into the world. Such a great series this is - the characters are really vivid and true to their personalities and the story-lines are realistic with a twist of James Bond.

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