by Guy d'Armen
The Inutos
The Lomarians
Jean-Louis de Venasque
The People of the Pole
Michel Ardan
Louis Valenton
Jacques Ceintras
Tsathoggua
The Gun Club
The God Slayer
Created by:
J.-H. Rosny Aîné
H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Charles Derennes
Charles Derennes
Jules Verne
Charles Derennes
Charles Derennes
Clark Ashton Smith
Jules Verne
Robert E. Howard
Family Reunion
Also Starring:
Michel Ardan
The Steam Dog
The Gun Glub
The People from the Pole
Antinea
Dale Ardan
Dr. Zarkov
Flash Gordon
Psi Cassiopeia
John Savage
Henri “Monocard” de Lanselles
Professor Helvetius
Button Bright Ardan
The Morlocks
The Time Gem
Chronovores
Created by:
Jules Verne
based on Jules Verne
Jules Verne
Charles Derennes
Pierre Benoît
Alex Raymond
Alex Raymond
Alex Raymond
C.I. Defontenay
Agatha Christie
T. Varlet & A. Blandin
Arnould Galopin
L. Frank Baum
H.G. Wells
Jim Starlin
Barry Letts
Iron and Bronze
Also Starring:
Hareton Ironcastle
N’desi
Harry Killer / Zanigew
Antinea
The Wandarobo
The Reaver of Worlds
Blackland
Gondokoro
Created by:
J.-H. Rosny Aîné
based on H. Rider Haggard
Jules Verne & Walter Gibson
Pierre Benoît
John Peter Drummond
based on H. Rider Haggard
Jules Verne
J.-H. Rosny Aîné
A Scientist First and Foremost
Also Starring:
The Beast of Gévaudan
The Werewolf of Paris
Félifax
The Beast
Prof. Lindenbrock
David Innes
Panic in Paris
Pellucidar
Created by:
Historical
Guy Endore
Paul Féval, fils
Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve
Jules Verne
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jules Lermina
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Small Dreams of a Floating City
Also Starring:
Yarteb
Created by:
Peter Gabbani
The Eye of Oran
Also Starring:
Lieutenant Aristide
S.N.I.F.
Doctor Natas / Li Chang Yen,
Hanoi Shan / Fu Manchu
Huan Tsung Chao
Pao Tcheou
Fen-Chu
The Korean (OddJob)
Doctor Rieux
The Diogenes Club
Raymond Rambert
Magistrate Othon
Inspector Fabre
Inspector Fauchet
James Bond
Adelaïde Johnston
Violet Holmes
The Silver Eye of Dagon
Created by:
Vladimir Volkoff
Vladimir Volkoff
Guy d’Armen
& Agatha Christie
H. Ashton Wolfe
& Sax Rohmer
Sax Rohmer
Edward Brooker
George Fronval
Ian Fleming
Albert Camus
Arthur Conan Doyle
Albert Camus,
& Marcel Allain
& Pierre Souvestre
Albert Camus
Leo Malet
John Pearson
Ian Fleming
Win Scott Eckert
based on Maurice Leblanc
M. Baugh & Win Scott Eckert
Roy Thomas
based on Robert E. Howard
& H.P. Lovecraft
Les Lèvres Rouges
Also Starring:
Ilona Harczy
Countess Elisabeth Bathory
Nestor Burma
Lt. Montferrand (Roger Noël)
Jens Rolf
S.N.I.F.
Florimond Faroux
Le Chiffre
Plaster
Cabiria
Manon Lescaut
Zavatter
The Fish-men
Audrey (The Vine)
Adélaïde Lupin
(Monique d’Andresy)
The Silver Eye of Dagon
Le Cordon Jaune
Radium-X
Created by:
Pierre Drouot, Jean Ferry,
Manfred R. Köhler
& Harry Kümel
Pierre Drouot, Jean Ferry,
Manfred R. Köhler
& Harry Kümel
Léo Malet
Vladimir Volkoff
Anonymous
Vladimir Volkoff
Léo Malet
Ian Fleming
Will Eisner
Federico Fellini,
Ennio Flaiano & Tullio Pinelli
Henri-Georges Clouzot
& Jean Ferry
based on Abbé Prévost
Léo Malet
H. P. Lovecraft
Charles B. Griffith
Win Scott Eckert
based on Maurice Leblanc
Roy Thomas
based on Robert E. Howard
& H.P. Lovecraft
Ian Fleming
John Colton,
Howard Higgin
& Douglas Hodges
The Vanishing Devil
Also Starring:
Louise Ducharme
Sherlock Holmes
Roger Gunn
Jules Maigret
Doctor Natas
Pao Tcheou
Doctor Caresco
Created by:
Guy d’Armen
Arthur Conan Doyle
J.T. Edson
Georges Simenon
Guy d’Armen
& Sax Rohmer
Edward Brooker
André Couvreur
Notes
1 Black Coat Press ISBNs 978-1-932983-03-6 and 978-1-61227-483-6.
2 See J.-H. Rosny’s Hareton Ironcastle’s Amazing Adventure [L’Etonnant Voyage de Hareton Ironcastle] (1922) included in The Mysterious Force, Black Coat Press, ISBN 978-1-935558-37-8.
3 See Arthur Bernède & Louis Feuillade’s THE RETURN OF JUDEX, Black Coat Press, ISSBN 978-1-61227-159-0.
4 See Rick Lai’s “The Midas Menace” included in this volume.
5 The Société Secrète des Aventuriers [Secret Society of Adventurers] is an exclusive French explorers club founded in 1657 by Hercule-Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac. Its prestigious roster of members has included at one time or another (in alphabetical order) Michel Ardan, Nestor Burma, Chantecoq, Robert Darvel, Sâr Dubnotal, Jérôme Fandor, Camille Flammarion, Rodolphe de Gerolstein, Antoine Gerpré, Hareton Ironcastle, Jean Kariven, Armand & Robert Lavarède, M. Lecoq, Dr. Abel Lenoir, Aurore Lescure, Arsène Lupin, Jacques Massé, Pierre de Mésange, Bob Morane, the Duc de Multipliandre, Cigale Mystère, Dr. Omega, Frédéric-Jean Orth, Rocambole, Joseph Rouletabille, Lord John Roxton, several Sainte-Claires/Saint-Clairs including Léo Saint-Clair, Hector Servadac, Jean-Pierre Severin, Jacques de Trémeuse, Jean-Louis de Venasque, Teddy Verano and others.
6 Alex appeared
in Kenneth Robeson’s Brand of the Werewolf; Pamela May Thibault, his wife, was also the aunt of Jean Thibault, the great French-Canadian secret agent codenamed “IXE-13” as well, on her mother’s side, Douglas Renfrew of the Royal Northwest Mountain Police. They were the parents of Francis’s cousin, Patricia, born in 1914.
7 See John Peel’s “The Biggest Guns” included in this volume.
8 See Philip José Farmer’s Escape from Loki.
9 See Randy Lofficier’s “The Reluctant Princess” included in The Trogolodytes of Mount Everest/The Giants of Black Lake, q.v.
10 See The Fall of Inramonda, to be translated.
11 See Vincent Jounieaux’s “The Dreadful Conspiracy” included in this volume.
12 See The Troglodytes of Mount Everest, q.v.
13 See The Giants of Black Lake, q.v.
14 See Philip José Farmer & Win Scott Eckert’s The Evil in Pemberley House.
15 See The City of Gold and Lepers, q.v.
16 See Jason Scott Aiken’s “Ardan at the Pole” included in this volume, and Charles Derennes’ The People of the Pole, Black Coat Press, ISBN 978-1-934543-39-9.
17 See The Hurricane Master, to be translated.
18 See Christopher Paul Carey & Win Scott Eckert’s “Iron and Bronze” included in this volume. Travis Hiltz’ story “Family Reunion” tales place simultaneously.
19 See The Secret of Frigidopolis, to be translated.
20 See The Ultra-Z Rays, to be translated.
21The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres is concerned with the study of the monuments, the documents, the languages, and the cultures of the civilizations of antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the classical period, as well as those of non-European civilizations.
22 The people of the area
23 On 23 June 1925 in Canton, British and French troops opened fire with machine guns on Chinese demonstrators, killing 52 people and injuring over 100.
24 The so-called “Tiger’s Brigade” were created in 1907 by President Georges Clemenceau, whose nickname was the “Tiger,” hence their name, to serve as the first, modern crime fighting unit, not unlike London’s Flying Squad created in 1919. They formed the basis of a popular French television series which ran from 1974 to 1983, referenced here.
25 At the banquet of life, unfortunate guest, I came one day, then died.
IN THE SAME SERIES
Doc Ardan: The City of Gold and Lepers
Doc Ardan: The Troglodytes of Mount Everest * The Giants of Black Lake
FRENCH MYSTERIES COLLECTION
M. Allain & P. Souvestre. The Daughter of Fantômas
A. Anicet-Bourgeois, Lucien Dabril. Rocambole: Two Stage plays
Guy d’Armen. Doc Ardan and The City of Gold and Lepers
Guy d’Armen. Doc Ardan and The Troglodytes of Mount Everest
Guy d’Armen. Doc Ardan and The Abominable Snowman
A. Bernède. Belphegor
A. Bernède. Judex (w/Louis Feuillade)
A. Bernède. The Return of Judex (w/Louis Feuillade)
A. Bernède. The Shadow of Judex (w/Louis Feuillade et al.)
A. Bisson & G. Livet. Nick Carter vs. Fantômas
V. Darlay & H. de Gorsse. Lupin vs. Holmes: The Stage Play
Harry Dickson. Harry Dickson and The Heir of Dracula
Harry Dickson. Harry Dickson vs The Spider
Paul Feval. Gentlemen of the Night / Captain Phantom
Paul Feval. John Devil
Paul Feval. ’Salem Street
Paul Feval. The Invisible Weapon
Paul Feval. The Parisian Jungle
Paul Feval. The Companions of the Treasure
Paul Feval. Heart of Steel
Paul Feval. The Cadet Gang
Paul Feval. The Sword-Swallower
Louis Forest. Someone Is Stealing Children In Paris
Emile Gaboriau. Monsieur Lecoq
Emile Gaboriau. The Casebook of Monsieur Lecoq
Arnould Galopin. Harry Dickson and the Man in Grey
Arnould Galopin. Harry Dickson vs Tenebras
Goron & Gautier. Spawn of the Penitentiary
Jean de La Hire. Enter the Nyctalope
Jean de La Hire. The Nyctalope on Mars
Jean de La Hire. The Nyctalope vs Lucifer
Jean de La Hire. The Nyctalope Steps In
Jean de La Hire. Night of the Nyctalope
Jean de La Hire/J.-M. & Randy Lofficier. Return of the Nyctalope
Maurice Leblanc. Arsène Lupin vs. Countess Cagliostro
Maurice Leblanc. The Blonde Phantom
Maurice Leblanc. The Hollow Needle
Maurice Leblanc. The Island of the Thirty Coffins
Maurice Leblanc. 813
Maurice Leblanc. The Many Faces of Arsène Lupin
Gustave Le Rouge. The Mysterious Doctor Cornelius
Gaston Leroux. Chéri-Bibi: The Stage Play
Gaston Leroux. The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux. Rouletabille & the Mystery of the Yellow Room
Gaston Leroux. Rouletabille at Krupp’s
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 1
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 2
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 3
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 4
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 5
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 6
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 7
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 8
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 9
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 10
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 11
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. Tales of the Shadowmen 12
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. The Shadow of Judex
Frank J. Morlock. Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Jean Petithuguenin. The Adventures of Ethel King
Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail. The Police Agent
Charles Rabou. The Secret Bureau
Charles Rabou. The Secret Bureau 2: The Brothers of Death
Antonin Reschal. The Adventures of Miss Boston
P. de Wattyne & Y. Walter. Sherlock Holmes vs. Fantômas
David White. Fantômas in America
Pierre Yrondy. The Adventures of Therese Arnaud
Acknowledgements: Guy Costes, Win Scott Eckert, Rick Lai.
English adaptation, introduction & bibliography Copyright 2016 by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier.
Individual stories Copyright 2016 by their respective authors.
Cover illustration Copyright 2016 by Vincent Laik.
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