Writer
: Yvan Delporte (1928- )
Artist: Gerald Forton
 
Alain Cardan is a fearless space pilot in a near future when Earth begins the colonization of the planets of the solar system and launches an expedition to another star.

 

The Stories

from "Risque-Tout" & "Spirou" Magazine
 
1. Alain Cardan (
Risque-Tout Nos. 24; 27-50; 1956)
2. Alain Cardan (
Spirou Nos. 996-1006; 1957)
3. Alain Cardan, Citoyen de l'Espace (
Citizen of Space) (Spirou Nos. 1013-1039; 1957-58)
4. Allo, Ici Vénus (
Venus Calling) (Spirou Nos. 1046-1068; 1958)
5. L'Exode de la Croix Ansée (
The Exodus of the Crux Ansata) (Spirou Nos. 1121-1142; 1959-60)

 

Publishing History

 
Alain Cardan was originally serialized in Risque-Tout and Spirou from 1956 to 1960. The stories were not collected in the graphic novel format. A fan-produced edition entitled L'Expédition de la Planète Venus (The Venus Expedition) was published in 1990 by the "Editions de l'Amateur Passionné."

 

 

The Authors

FOR MORE ABOUT YVAN DELPORTE,
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FOR MORE ABOUT GERALD FORTON, . 

Alain Cardan © 2002 Delporte/Forton. All rights reserved.