shooting star shooting star french tenth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story daily belgium leading newspaper october amidst german occupation belgium world war story tells young belgian reporter travels dog snowy friend captain aboard scientific expedition international race find fallen earth commercial success published book form shortly conclusion volume originally published page colour format continued secret series defining comics tradition received mixed critical reception controversial series anti semitic portrayal villain story adapted animated series animated series adventures synopsis giant approaches earth spotted observatory professor self proclaimed prophet end world misses earth fragment determines object new material names sets find crew european scientists accompanied snowy ship aurora helmed friend captain team set aboard polar expedition ship backed expedition race land day departure plant stick dynamite aurora found thrown overboard north_sea aurora rammed ships way setbacks occur port informed fuel available come old friend captain chester reveals plenty fuel fuel monopoly owned secretly run chester ship aurora trick golden oil providing fuel need close aurora receives indistinct distress ship course help inquiries expose distress signal delay resuming journey intercept cable announcing expedition reached claimed crew rows uses aurora seaplane parachute plant expedition flag makes camp aurora engines repaired day discovers growth makes things larger apple core grows large tree grows huge butterfly giant spider immense explosive mushrooms rescue arrives sudden core sea snowy escape aurora piece learns expected tried crimes aurora returns home captain ship land refuel oil whiskey history background amidst german occupation belgium world war found employment belgium leading newspaper administrative control occupying military government latest serial shooting star initially featured united_states primary antagonists explaining asserted story revolved theme rivalry progress europe united_states americans strong disdain american big business exhibited anti american themes earlier works particular america december entered war allies coming direct conflict germany scientists featured axis neutral countries reflection strip anti allies political slant entertainment producer author stated interpreted strong bias nation states europe allies point soviet_union united_kingdom characters chester british featured sea travel careful obtain data ships possible order portrayals realistic design aurora based likely based ship seaplane expedition travels based german later criticised efforts area saying aurora real ship probably shared plot similarities chase golden novel pioneering french science fiction writer story novel features expedition north_atlantic find fragment containing new element stories competing expedition teams led eccentric professor jewish banker novel professor denied deliberately copying story saying read french novelist works possible influence came friend assistant fan genre swedish expedition member physically resembles real person later inspiration professor anti nazi control publishing variety anti semitic articles calling jews excluded public life describing racial enemies belgian people biographer noted remarkable anti semitic nature editorials shooting star depiction jews months story publication legislation passed collect jews belgium nazi concentration camps shooting star reflected trends belgian political situation time story time adopted perspective work recently provided illustrations number contained anti semitic stereotypes reflecting racism book similarly depiction character introduced america cited based anti semitic stereotypes appeared featured gag jews hear news end world near hands comments hear end world true responds hey hey gut solomon owe suppliers way von pay omitted scene collected edition character displays anti semitic stereotypes having nose manipulative businessman later dismissed concerns jewish caricature saying style assessment comics expressed opinion anti american stereotype anti jewish similarly reporter expert asserted parodied jew conversely asserted anti anti present united_states ruthless opponents nazi french holocaust shooting star evidence anti nazi sympathies graphic novel specialist competing expeditions presented simplistic race good evil displays stereotypes jews held advocates presented works anti semitic writes large nose rounded forehead black hair small eyes stock anti semitic imagery 1930s 1940s promoted journalist anti semitic paris based newspaper influential brussels according depiction overweight cigar reflected anti semitic stereotype jews financially powerful suggested scene learned tracked crimes recalled contemporary jews contrasts anti actions struck nazis lives hide jews publication shooting star daily october french title previous adventure crab weekly demise children supplement continuing daily main newspaper earlier serial ended day shooting star began shooting star adventure daily entirety story later france catholic newspaper appeared june page published book included cameo characters story introduced captain chester mentioned later adventures professor returns seven crystal balls shooting star concluded week later occupied government proclaimed jews belgium wear yellow badge clothing july began raids jewish premises followed jews nazi concentration camps camps resulting belgian jews killed later recalled saw jews wearing yellow star finally told jews gone people come sent away didn want believe earlier albums reproduced newspaper strips come appear weekly thursday page tiers page war shortages reduced space strip later disappeared completely comic appeared daily main newspaper panel strip publication book form insisted adhere new album format sixteen page signatures gave pages story plus cover page format reduced page count maintained story reducing size panels reproduced progressed cut laid strip exercise book preparation new volume originally published page colour format series standard opposed published black white newspaper strip reproduction format prior books published album september unlike previous books series printed immediately colour need totally daily strips original fill pages allotted added large panels half page panel giant page wanted include small gold star inside cover page refused deeming expensive began making changes story publication aware controversy surrounding anti semitic depiction renamed character adopting brussels dialect term store later discovered coincidence jewish trying tone book anti american sentiment changed united_states fictional south american nation called replacing flag flown crew fictional state new list changes artwork shooting star included altering nose changes postponed critical analysis remarked attention accuracy shooting star instance approach earth caused heat wave proceeded float surface ocean reality heat wave caused sea floor causing noted concept madness recurring theme story adventure fellow biographer asserted great power brilliant construction wrote book notable entry fantastic work deemed anti sad moment series awarding story stars felt pre apocalyptic stark believable giant mushrooms strange anticipation mushroom clouds produced atomic bombings focusing characters professor asserted resembled tradition eccentric professors according philosopher experts find caricature marshal france demanded french imaginary sins took power stated strips story kept reader daily story new twists humour described shooting star important wartime stories having air bizarre fantasy unlike prior work observed character professor prototype professor introduced later series asserted apocalyptic setting story reflected wartime mood europe opening pages story unique work feeling convey adding strip cartoonist recognised means denoting dream deliberately confusing reader felt flow narrative accomplished stories rushes followed slower passages rhythm pace literary critic shooting star describing final attempt rid preserve integrity values pointing thirteen pages devoted purely boy reporter argued represent halves ambivalent father figure story previous character suggests hiding aurora compared phantom opera steals stick dynamite climbs ship mast threatening detonate weapon believed shooting star religious mystery scientific perfect figure religious way analysed political component story terms incarnation capitalism spirit european values arguing vision pro german propaganda literary critic believed shooting star represents apex right wing strain work highlighted instance god order commands representing occasions sacred authority largely voice commanding voice guarantees power mccarthy observes image giant spider ball fire appears near start story reflects theme madness present series discussing political elements series mccarthy noted original publication story spider climbed observatory greatly initially termed saw intentional satire threat europe posed adaptations animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes shooting star sixth adapted second animated series directed written known cartoonist editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company eighth story adapted divided minute episodes directed series praised generally faithful original comics extent animation directly adopted original panels american cartoonist authored graphic novel variety allusions scene protagonist discovers warehouse containing white eggs red spots akin mushrooms shooting star cover burns book paying homage original cover sketch book sold million european investor marina david
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