Writer/Artist: Albert Weinberg (1922-2011)
 
Alain Landier is a medical doctor.  The first ten episodes form a complete story in which Landier is contacted by alien survivors living inside a hollow planet in the solar system. Later episodes deal with archeological enigmas and strange, unexplained phenomena.

 

The Stories

from "Tintin" Magazine
 
1. Les Inconnus [The Unknowns] (TI 701, 1962) 
2. L'Algue Mystérieuse [The Mysterious Algae] (TI 710, 1962) 
3. Exploration Fantastique [Fantastic Exploration] (TI 711, 1962) 
4. Les Naufragés des Ténèbres [The Castaways In Darkness] (TI 715, 1962) 
5. Le Messager d'un Autre Monde [The Messenger From Another World] (TI 719, 1962) 
6. Les Naufragés de l'Espace [The Castaways In Space] (TI 726, 1962) 
7. La Planète Insolite [The Strange Planet] (TI 732, 1962) 
8. Les Émigrants du Cosmos [The Immigrants Of The Cosmos] (TI 738, 1962) 
9. Les Cobayes [The Guinea Pigs] (TI 744, 1963) 
10. Danger en Amazonie [Danger In Amazonia] (TI 751, 1963) 
11. Le Dinosaure [The Dinosaur] (TI 765, 1963) 
12. Les Champignons [The Mushrooms] (TI 770, 1963) 
13. Le Calendrier de Pierre [The Stone Calendar] (TI 776, 1963) 
14. Le Voyageur de l'Espace [The Space Traveller] (TI 783, 1963) 
15. Les Pierres de Lune [The Moon Stones] (TI 790, 1963) 
16. Le Lac Rouge [The Red Lake] (TI 797, 1963) 
17. Cauchemar [Nightmare] (TI 803, 1964) 
18. Le Primate (TI 810, 1964) 
19. L'Homme Volant [The Flying Man] (TI 817, 1964) 
20. La Momie [The Mummy] (TI 995, 1967)
21. Les Lumières de Vénus [The Lights From Venus] (TI 1022, 1968) 
22. Le Monstre [The Monster] (TI 1108, 1970) 


 


 

Publishing History

 
Alain Landier was published as a series of short stories (8 to 12 pages-long) in the weekly "Tintin" magazine from 1962 to 1970.   The stories were collected in two graphic novels by Belgian publisher Jour in 2000 and 2001. 

 

 

 

The Author

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