Joker (comic)

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Comic
title joker
Original title Arlequin
country Belgium
author Jean Van Hamme
Rodolphe
Illustrator Dany
Jytery
publishing company Lombard
magazine Tintin
First publication 1978-2005

Joker (original title: Arlequin ) is a Franco-Belgian comic series first published in 1978 .

action

The Joker, whose true identity nobody knows, works for the international hotel chain Paradise Inc. to uncover criminal activities.

background

Jean Van Hamme wrote the adventure series. The drawings were from Dany . Her successors were Rodolphe and Jytéry . The series appeared in 1978 in the Belgian and from 1978 to 1986 in the French edition of Tintin . A one-pager also came out in Super Tintin . The album release, which Le Lombard began in 1979, was continued by Joker in 2001. In the German-speaking area, Carlsen and Kult published the first three album- length stories.

Album editions

  • 1. Les Éléphants se plument à l'aube (1979)
  • 2. L'As, le roi, la dame et le valet (1982)
  • 3. La Baleine qui chantait faux (1985)
  • 4. La Suite 13 (2001)
  • 5. Titanic II (2003)
  • 6. Le Labyrinths (2003)
  • 7. Game Over (2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Arlequin in Tintin (Belgium) on bdoubliees.com (French)
  2. Arlequin in Tintin (France) on bdoubliees.com (French)
  3. Arlequin on bedetheque.com (French)
  4. The Joker (1988–1989) at Carlsen on comicguide.de
  5. Joker (2000–2001) at Kult on comicguide.de