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BLUEBERRY GRAPHIC NOVEL!
RARE 1ST VOLUME IN THE BLUEBERRY SAGA.
OUT OF PRINT.
HARD TO FIND COLLECTORS ITEMS.
Created by one of Europe's finest comic book artists, JEAN "MOEBIUS" GIRAUD. Featuring lavish full color illustrations.
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Jean-Michel Charlier . Art by Jean "Moebius" Giraud.
A sprawling epic tale in the style of Sergio Leone's classic spaghetti westerns, we follow the exploits of Marshal Mike Blueberry as he ventures through the untamed west in search of a fugitive Dutchman, who may, or may not know the whereabouts of a mythical goldmine. All of the archetypal western elements are present - dramatic shoot outs, collapsing mineshafts, bar room brawls, vengeful bounty hunters, card games, double crosses, attacking Indians and much more.A true classic which, tragically, for the most part has remained unknown outside of Europe, The Lost Dutchmen's Mine ranks alongside all of the the modern masterpieces
In the first volume of a projected series, set in America of the late 1800s by a French artist/writer team, U.S. cavalry officer Lieutenant Blueberry stumbles upon the secret of a lost fortune in Confederate gold and a conspiracy to finance a new Civil War. Drafted, to his chagrin, as a kind of James Bond on a horse, Blueberry is stripped of his rank and enters Mexico as a spy, hoping to locate a jailed former Confederate officer linked to the mystery. The core of Charlier's story of espionage in the Old West, an unusual treatment for a western when this first appeared in a French magazine in 1970, will seem familiar to contemporary readers. But his ability to complicate the plot, unexpectedly adding new conspirators, infuses the narrative with fresh blood. Although grittier than his science fiction work, which is better known in the U.S., "Moebius" Giraud's drawings here display his characteristic penchant for detail and expressively beautiful line work.
Chihuahua Pearl -- (Blueberry 1)
Publisher: Marvel/Epic (USA), 1989
Format: Softcover, x280 mm, 93 pp., color
Contains 2 books:
* Chihuahua Pearl, 46 pp
* The Half-a-Million Dollar Man, 46 pp
Blueberry is an atypical western hero, he is not a wandering lawman who brings evil-doers to justice, nor a handsome cowboy who "rides into town, saves the ranch, becomes the new sheriff and marries the schoolmarm."
Back in the late 60's, Jean Giraud, known as "Moebius", one of France's greatest comic artists, collaborated with Jean-Michel Charlier on this series of stories of the American west. Moebius later moved on to become one of Heavy Metal's franchise artists in 1977. The critically acclaimed stories in the Blueberry series are realistic and unglamorous.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!