crab french ninth volume comics series belgian cartoonist story weekly children supplement belgium leading newspaper october october amidst german occupation belgium world war cancelled story began daily pages story tells young belgian reporter dog snowy travel morocco pursue gang international crab published book form shortly conclusion continued shooting star series defining comics tradition coloured book distinctive claire style crab golden claws introduces recurring character captain major fixture series book adventure published united_states adapted motion picture crab adapted studios animation animated series adventures film directed steven_spielberg synopsis informed thompson case involving drunken man later killed found scrap paper appears tin crab meat word subsequent investigation kidnapping japanese man interested giving letter leads ship called abducted syndicate criminals hidden crab escapes locked room snowy bonds knocks man sent bring food leaving man bound room encounters captain alcoholic sea captain manipulated mate unaware crew criminal activities hides locker bed defeats sailor left cabin thinks climbed blows open door finding goes captain room finds tied chair escaping ship sending radio message police cargo seaplane tries attack captain plane tie pilots try reach spain drunken behaviour storm causes crash land crew escapes desert nearly dying rescued taken french outpost hear radio storm sunk travel port way attacked defending french rifles port members old crew kidnap captain recognises disguised meets thompson got message learn wealthy merchant ben sold crab tells thompson investigate tracks gang saves captain wine barrels breached shootout villains chases gang member cellar entrance house discovers necklace crab golden claws subdued owner wine cellar ben realizes leader drug steals boat tries escaping captures police arrest gang free japanese man introduces police detective trying warn group investigating sailor crew drowned sailor verge bringing eliminated turning radio learns thanks entire organisation crab bars history background belgian army clashed invading germans wife fled car france tens thousands staying paris heading south remained weeks belgian king officially surrendered country german army prevent killing agreed germany placed belgium occupation followed king request civilians fled country return arrived brussels june found officer german army occupied house faced financial trouble owed taxes unable access financial reserves fee eventually arrived belgian publications control german occupying force catholic publication supplement worked longer permission continue publication land black gold story abandoned editor offered employment cartoonist perceived pays explicitly political publication declined position instead accepted position belgium largest daily newspaper confiscated original owners german authorities permitted reopen belgian editor remained firmly nazi control supporting german war effort anti joining october created new children supplement appointed editor supplement aided old friend cartoonist issue published large announcement cover snowy upset willing work newspaper controlled occupying nazi administration received anonymous letter father large family asking work fearing children nazi ideology result longer speak god christian family catholic ideal agree collaborate terrible act real sin spirit heavily size readership reached far able accomplish faced reality nazi oversight abandoned overt political themes earlier work instead adopting policy neutrality need political types observed concentrating plot developing new style character comedy public reacted positively publication crab began october paper shortage caused ongoing war led reduced pages length weekly strip cut thirds weeks later september supplement disappeared altogether crab golden claws moved september daily strip result forced alter pace narrative moved hold reader attention end line story later france catholic newspaper june following collected published story book form black white volume released collected edition thought renaming story initially considering accompany earlier adventures settling crab golden claws annoyed sent book final approval result publicity book sales markedly increased extent prior reprinted result german authorities exceptions america set united_states britain respectively conflict germany serial introduced character captain appearance adjacent anti semitic german film chose character wife mentioned sad english fish meal inclusion japanese police detective ally story probably designed portrayal japanese antagonists earlier story particularly given occupying government allied japan time use morocco setting likely influenced french writer read seen film depiction north_africa possibly influenced novel cinematic adaptations use chinese correct arabic script employed crab intentionally fictitious place names featured series town pun french port derives french fight ben pun meaning french february suggested books published new format pages pages colour black white agreed crab edited coloured publication album changes adventure album pages long filled missing pages page colour frames bringing standard page format 1960s crab king adventures published united_states little golden books working american publisher number changes sailor leaves bound captain cabin man beats cellar black depicted original changed white sailor arab american publisher concerns depicting blacks whites mixing accompanying text changed refers man beat negro request americans scenes drinking directly bottles whiskey plane keeping text edited albums later areas acceptable appear way published editions world republished original black white version story fourth volume archives collection published version edition critical analysis biographer described story rebirth described addition formidable narrative element profoundly changed spirit series asserts appearance makes book memorable tempted define book character début fellow biographer commented crab certain charm stemming use colonial nostalgia french especially holdings north_africa asserted arrival remarkable element story offering series tremendous new potential thought dream sequences reflected popularity time influence cinema particular films apparent story described story disguised remake adventure feature smuggling crab respectively desert hostile tribes end secret underground opined story represented turning point career switch daily format result felt final story rushed stating inclusion japanese detective investigating drug smuggling mediterranean makes sense context 1940s europe ultimately awarded story stars literary critic stanford_university review crab commented book witnessed real entrance community human beings gains older brother believed recurring image alcohol story symbolic sexuality particular believed strong represented sequences champagne bottle dreams trapped inside bottle stick sexual penetration notes instances pair prevented realising sexual fantasies literary critic concurred point highlighting perceived scenes noted adventure manner chance finding tin belgian street leads story representative recurring theme detective found series adaptations motion picture created stop motion animated feature film crab golden claws adapted producer films shown abc cinema january group invited guests screened publicly december year declared bankruptcy fled argentina animation company produced string colour adaptations based original comics adapting adventures series daily minute episodes crab fifth story adapted directed written known cartoonist later years editor chief magazine second animated series based produced time collaboration french studio canadian animation company adapting stories series episodes minutes long stories spanning episodes crab seventh story produced series directed critics praised series generally faithful compositions having actually directly taken panels original comic book motion capture adventure film titled secret directed steven_spielberg produced released december europe end october parts movie taken crab golden claws including meeting adventures captain flight crab cans plot involving smuggled adapted video game tie movie released october popular culture simpsons episode grandfather makes remark belgium causing mother threaten taking away copy album crab chest promising behave
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