french known temporal agent french agent french science fiction comics series created writer artist published magazine final installment published stories collected graphic novel album format comprising volumes plus short story collection biggest selling comics titles publisher series focuses adventures dark haired temporal agent female colleague travel universe space time classical hero kind hearted strong brave follows orders superiors feels deep wrong thing hand partner combines superior intelligence determination independence sex appeal influenced classic literary science fiction series mixes space opera time travel plots scripts noted humour complexity strongly left wing liberal political ideas art characterised vivid depictions alien worlds species encounter adventures series considered landmark european comics pop culture influenced media traces concepts storylines designs found science fiction films star wars fifth element avatar stories translated languages including english series received recognition number prestigious awards including grand prix animated television series time jam released concept setting original setting series 28th century humanity discovered means travelling time space capital earth centre vast earth virtual population living life leisure virtual reality dream state ruled circle protects planets empire guards temporal caused rogue time travellers temporal agents end story wrath disappears space time result temporal pair freelance trouble shooters travelling space time offering services willing hire searching lost home albums travels time device transports relay stations hidden time bad dreams les relay hidden tavern subsequent stories use shaped debut appearance short story great collector grand able travel temporal jump sort drive enabling near instant transportation space time initial albums generally straightforward good versus evil adventure stories employed great worn clichés thanks interests politics series progressed situations typically arose ideological differences groups resolved reason core theme stories optimistic liberal adventures defeating enemies exploring facing challenges celebrating diversity according academic rule works narratives political environmental feminist concerns showing social universal matter planet land concept developed western democracy contrary self opinion prone corrupt real themes include natural simplicity superior technological complexity rejection violence war favour nature distrust power suppression women able manipulate males sexually manipulated themes vivid drawings visually stunning backgrounds complex architecture futuristic machines landscapes odd looking aliens calls staples visual resulting artist national geographic cosmic scale principal characters born earth capital empire 28th century joined year trained think right receives orders morals reluctantly follow prefers man action sitting course early stories present typical square hero figure strong early running joke despite time traveller running late especially summoned boss series progresses increasingly portrayed somewhat headed world stars pays gets drunk colonists home false sur les historian views useful cannon fodder heroes les comes inadequate compared champions competing devoted led women heroes brooklyn station terminus disappears wrath following horror feels loss birthplace comes eastern_europe origin latin strong created reaction fearless boy scout adventures american superhero characters prevalent comics available france time instead sought character extraordinary means action eventually feeling gone far angle character stupid ghosts les onwards sympathetic given greater piece action peasant girl 11th century france debut adventure bad dreams rescues enchanted accidentally discovers time traveller forced bring trained agent assigned partner early stories generally sits background saves day situation pair found position changes series develops world stars characters separated adventure allows step shadow time proves equal ensuring mission succeeds welcome sur brings rebellious nature fore unlike born raised prepared question authorities rebel openly orders run contrary sense morality demonstrates streak sides native thought personal consequences face position true star series cemented ambassador shadows des virtually solo adventure searches vast space station kidnapped earth ambassador later acting independent agents questions ethics jobs forced ends meet notably living weapons les despite independent afraid exploit considerable sex appeal advantage example attracts attention stars dressed leather gear boots brooklyn station terminus regularly negotiating information appeared nude adventures drew picture french edition playboy certain affinity animals welcome seen ambassador shadows introduced sur les invented seeking sound medieval soft proven popular thousand women france named born year publication bad dreams variations initially created story bad dreams recognising female character different types common comics time fell response positive reader feedback retained subsequent stories characters albert albert contact 20th century earth makes appearance retired gentleman drives obsolete lives suburbs paris france maintains wide range contacts government scientific circles experts fields outside mainstream uses carrier relay messages contacts unlike tries avoid getting involved thick action acts preferring time things enjoys finer things life cuisine fine likes things easy character albert partially influenced august main character strip august written fred drawn aliens appearance ambassador shadows appear regularly subsequent albums brown short creatures slightly metre tall resembling birds snout instead appearance reminiscent main characters mad magazine comic strip spy spy high alcohol tolerance preference strong alcoholic consume large quantities society capitalist extreme want profit especially adept trading important sensitive information interested parties struck relationship group particularly useful network contacts major space communities especially fond uses advantage striking favourable deals origins childhood friends previously collaborated comic strip punch living working united_states return france initially intended create western strip genre represented french comics thanks instead proposed turn hand science fiction genre felt french comics time decision work science fiction genre influenced political climate france time saw means react prevailing doctrine science fiction favourite editor wanted magazine diverse innovative agreed commission french science fiction comics childhood favourite les found tired repetitive famous strong female titular character denied influence character stating inspired second sex burgeoning feminist movement late 1960s early 1970s contemporary reviews early stories describe books heavily influenced literary science fiction especially end especially blue world suggested time patrol books official organization dedicated protecting time interference major influence series cited genre notably novels influence taught writer characters narrative seen motivations drawings early albums influenced comic dynamic artists morris mad magazine leading refer kind space time series progressed developed realistic style akin recent albums returned style earlier stories legacy comics arrival french comics scene contemporaneous debuts notable french science fiction strips including success strips eventually lead creation highly influential french comics magazine dedicated science fiction influence noticed strips visual style impact american comics artists notably impact gone mere influence following complaint artist admitted panels strip beautiful dangerous copied ambassador shadows media outside comics series particularly influential science fiction fantasy film commentators film critic newspaper noted certain similarities albums star wars film series series noted lived look given settings diverse alien creatures feature particular instances similarities series cited include design spaceship appears episodes iii vii star wars scene time like present escapes falling laundry washing exits portal falls hole space station hanging sheet empire strikes character escapes falling goes vent falls hanging antenna scene empire thousand planets empire des liquid plastic scene empire strikes character han solo substance called slave girl costume worn world stars costume worn character scenes enslaved return scene empire thousand planets authorities removes helmet reveal burned face underneath scene return character removes helmet reveal burned face alien character seen concept clone wars army face single man featured final scene false response seeing star wars jealous furious produced illustration magazine depicting star wars characters meeting bar surrounded alien creatures typical seen series fancy meeting says hanging long time informed design director kept set albums library noticed similarities sets film conan planet seen birds master les production sketches alien fighters film independence day danish film song directed features character fan known denmark believes character fact worked concept artist number science fiction film projects director attempting adapt novel ice people film followed proposed adaptation novel hard god director film eventually finished concepts film barely art produced projects later published extras began work producing concept art director film fifth element project stalled moved work film returned album les featured character drove flying taxi great metropolis planet sent copy album inspired change background lead character fifth element worker factory taxi driver flies cab inspired futuristic new_york produced concept drawings including flying taxi certain aspects design space liner seen album paradise liner seen second half film fifth element finally completed released importance classical elements film similar significance elements story terminus claimed came idea film age pre date publication albums awards creators received recognition number prestigious awards notably honoured grand prix comics work including received award album hostages won award given comic best reflects ideals international comics festival encyclopedia alien creatures found universe les inhabitants sky cosmic received special mention jury international comics festival prix youth prize years category nominated award harvey award english language compilation albums publication history original publication appeared november issue comics magazine story bad dreams rage initially second story collected graphic novel album format story debuted album format seven short stories published digest sized later collected pathways space series originally published title temporal agent publication order stones series goes title january album published album authors concluded entire comic series intention prevent series weak newer comics written page novel disappeared indicated continue live unspecified form english translations album translated english ambassador shadows issues magazine volume number january volume number april ambassador shadows later republished english album format world stars welcome heroes short lived canada united_kingdom announced going reissue english language albums published release translation come heroes republished july black white fantasy flight games issues standard american sized comic books unsuccessful attempt translate print european comic book series including november published collecting albums living weapons volume reduced standard american graphic novel size stories published company declared bankruptcy publisher currently publishing english language editions rate volume months volumes published end languages stories translated original french languages including german und dutch agent scandinavian languages danish norwegian swedish finnish spanish portuguese temporal italian turkish polish indonesian adaptations media animated television series notion making animated adaptation dates produced concept art episode titled les later published appendix album release bad dreams financed production minute pilot directed animated studio paris came venture pilot episode published extras pilot directed french animation studio minutes came attempt animated series entitled time jam debut france october total minute episodes series franco japanese production directed scripts written french team supervision responsible characters responsible design locations spacecraft music french dub series voiced trailers released promote series april second october august series differs original comics comes year instead meets year instead comics takes 28th century trouble animated series results earth disappearing solar system according time jam sets answer question earth earth gone young heroes representatives human race unsafe galaxy control world sent 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