affair affair french eighteenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story initially weekly belgium magazine december february published collected volume narrative follows attempts young reporter dog snowy friend captain rescue professor scientist developed machine capable destroying objects sound waves subject kidnapping attempts competing european countries following previous volume explorers moon affair created aid team artists studios story reflected cold war tensions europe experiencing 1950s introduced recurring characters series colonel continued series defining comics tradition affair critically received commentators having described best adventures story adapted animated series adventures animated series adventures synopsis thunderstorm glass items hall insurance salesman arrives house annoying captain heard hall grounds discover wounded man speaking foreign accent soon disappears morning professor leaves geneva attend conference nuclear physics use opportunity investigate laboratory discovering experiments responsible glass shattering previous night exploring attacked stranger escapes fearing danger snowy head geneva geneva learn gone meet professor expert group travel taxi car attacked men car force taxi surviving attack snowy continue find bound cellar questions professor house blows survive meet detectives thompson reveal wounded man invented device capable weapon mass destruction intelligence agents seeking obtain discovering spies kidnapped holding hostage embassy seek rescue attempt captured agents able escape plane home country morning learn fighters shot plane captured held travel capital intent rescuing city escorted hotel agents secret police ordered monitor duo police chief colonel aware monitored escape hotel hide opera house performing police come searching hide closet comes visit dressing room able steal papers secure release fortress coat pocket officials red_cross able released prison escape aboard tank hall reveals forgot plans device geneva left home destroys plans create weapon history background affair produced height cold war reflected conflict tensions published time espionage proving popular france belgium affair marked return single volume format persist rest volume started publication magazine december working book draft techniques pencil confirming sketches work drawings text ink development selected best sketch number versions traced page creating affair introduces recurring characters series belgian insurance salesman invited according bore original french version initially chose derived french expression english ultimately rejected found explicit harsh sounding settling alternative named insurance company english translation company second new character introduced story butcher named character pun french word bones referenced profession addition affair head secret police colonel derived brussels dialect term french brother model influenced image austrian american filmmaker influences key influence plot affair article read february issue belgian weekly face main article reported number incidents road portsmouth london southern england motorists reported car spontaneously shattering article author suggested caused experiments undertaken nearby secret facility develop plot consulted professor depiction switzerland avoided repeating national clichés instead seeking high level realism requested editor magazine switzerland send documentation swiss railways draw requested swiss friend send bottle wine use model draw subsequently travelled switzerland produce accurate sketches scenes geneva incorporate story included geneva international airport railway station road house despite realism number minor errors depiction geneva depiction based countries police force modelled soviet named political leader pun english renamed reference fact leader curved inspired soviet leader prominent symbol evidence accuracy depiction city highlighted closely resembled der completed 1970s furniture police headquarters drawn found studios premises idea sonic weapon unsuccessfully pioneered german scientists control world war book examines professor house world war retired major general army existed published strip preserved english language title book translating french altered book cover design remove prominent inclusion book instances reference second world war decision character reference character known italian included reference friend colleague opera singer story adding figure named billing opera performance alongside inserted cameo reporter final scene story publication affair began magazine christmas edition december continued appear pages publication february treasure began french edition february subsequently published collected book form volume designed cover initially simply showed hiding soldiers subsequently added shattered yellow glass edges image dramatic effect critical analysis opined story ending somewhat unsatisfactory rushed remained probably best books biographer agreed describing masterpiece classic strip cartoon referred brilliant books describing great figure added story atmosphere spy novel worthy similarly described affair finest creations biographer stated illustrations scenario vibrant rich story thread holds beginning end stated introduction represented turning point series praising characterisation bitter successful social satire critical inclusion antagonist story stating attempts kidnap strains appeared allies preceding volume story arc destination moon explorers moon earlier king ultimately felt plot somewhat shoe familiar universe feels heart action story ultimately awarding stars study literary critic declared affair marked beginning final period series believed characterised depiction world run dealing detective work takes precedence mystical quest considered affair triumph defeat felt figure preceding volume story arc destination moon explorers moon bad mother creation weapon threat poses world peace added scene end story burns plans device represents symbolic allows character father sons compete family hierarchy series literary critic believed affair illustrated longer political manner earlier works like land soviets instead travels rescue fight expose moving mccarthy stated story genius compromised role counter position flip represented moon books noted arrive treated honoured guests fact prisoners police state reversal situation believes prisoner fact guest stated crab affair long tobacco trail cigarettes representing clues story turning attention opera house scene spy compared scene film spies sexual activities adaptations animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes affair eighth story second series directed written known cartoonist later years editor chief magazine collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapted stories series episodes minutes long affair sixteenth seventeenth episodes produced directed series praised generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book
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