The Extraordinary Adventures of Adéle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1: Pterror Over Paris / The Eiffel Tower Demon

Both a rip-roaring adventure series set in pre-World War I Paris and a parody of the same Adle has been enchanting thrilling and puzzling readers worldwide through four decades. With various American attempts to publish Adle having dribbled into nothing decades ago Fantagraphics Books fresh from its triumphs with Tardis West Coast Blues and You Are There launches a spectacular newly retranslated hardcover series The Extraordinary Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec that intends to collect every one of its nine (soon ten) volumes. In this premiere installment which features two tales Pterror Over Paris and The Eiffel Tower Demon Adle becomes involved in a series of mysteries that involve a revived pterodactyl a frightful on-stage murder a looming execution by guillotine and a demon from the depths of hell plus of course moronic gendarmes loyal (or perhaps traitorous?) henchmen and a climax atop the Eiffel Tower.