The first thing you have to say about this is that the cover artwork is beautiful and really draws you in. The actual story itself is also very well done in the clear line style. The story is of course fairly complicated and very wordy but if you have read a Blake & Mortimer story before you will expect that. To a new reader it may be a bit daunting but i urge people to stick with it. This isn't a comic you read quickly, its one you have to spend time with to get the best out of it.
The story again mixes elements of pre-war intrigue, mystery and the occult with post-war "flying saucer era" science fiction and early Cold War adventure. In this volume we also get to see a fair amount of Professor Mortimer's past too as a young man in India and how he met Francis Blake for the first time!
Can't wait for part 2 now!
(Amazon)
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