Eric, nicknamed the Blue Hawk, his burly friend Larsen,
and an Hindu boy named Sheba, discover
lost civilizations, undersea cities and secret moonbases. The Stories
Written & Drawn by Sirius:
Publishing History L'Epervier Bleu was originally serialized
in the weekly comics magazine "Spirou",
starting in 1942. From the start, the series was in trouble with the censors because of its science fiction
elements, causing Sirius to abandon it
in 1954. He eventually returned to it, briefly, in the mid-1970s.
Written & Drawn by Sirius:
1. L'Épervier Bleu [The Blue Hawk]
(SP Nos. 42/30-43/35, 1943)
2. Le Pharaon des Cavernes [The Pharaoh Of The Caverns]
(SP Nos. 452-474, 1946)
3. L'Ile aux Perles [Pearl Island] (SP
Nos. 501-564, 1948)
4. Les Pirates de la Stratosphère [The Pirates Of The Stratosphere] (SP Nos. 565-600, 1949)
5. L'Ennemi sous la Mer [The Undersea Enemy]
(SP No. 601-648, 1950)
6. La Vallée Interdite [The Forbidden Valley]
(SP Nos. 649-690, 1951)
7. Point Zéro [Zero Point] (1952)
8. La Planète Silencieuse [The Silent Planet]
(1953)
[Note: 7 and 8 were serialized
under the single title "La Planète Silencieuse" in SP. No. 695-769.]
Written by Jean-Marie Brouyère
Drawn by Sirius & J.-M. Brouyère:
9. Le Puzzle de l'Au-Delà [The Puzzle From Beyond]
(SP No. 1854-1861, 1973)
10. Le Cimetière de l'Infini [The Graveyard Of Infinity] (SP Nos. 1915-1922, 1975)
11. Ce Bon Julius [That Good Julius] (SP
Nos. 1926-1935, 1975)
12. Les Guerriers des Solitudes [The Warriors Of Solitude]
(SP Nos. 1989-1999, 1976)
13. Ballade Irlandaise [Irish Ballad]
(SP Nos. 2031-2046, 1977)
Coffre-a-BD
is reprinting the Epervier Bleu stories.
The first eight stories were collected in the graphic novel format by Dupuis -- "Spirou's"
publisher -- between 1948 and 1954. Volume 1 contained an additional 39 pages that were not published
in "Spirou" because of censorship!
Volume 2 is extremely rare because of its low print run. Seven pages of Volume 3, initially removed, were
eventually printed in Volume 4.
Volume 5 was eventually reprinted in 1979, and an Omnibus edition entitled Territoires
Interdits [Forbidden Territories] containing Vols. 6-8 was published in 1986. None of the later stories were collected
in graphic novel format.
