Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec
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Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec (The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Dry-White) is a tongue-in cheek cartoon adventure series set in fin de siècle Paris and the early 1920s, written and illustrated by French comics artist Jacques Tardi. Adèle is a cynical journalist whose research into crime leads to a love affair with a burglar. Her efforts to rescue him form the plot of the first story, Adèle et la Bête. Themes of crime, the occult, corruption, official incompetence, and the dangers of patriotism suffuse the series.
Casterman has collected the stories to date in the following albums:
- Adèle et la Bête (Adèle and the Beast) (1976)
- Le Démon de la Tour Eiffel (The Demon of the Eiffel Tower) (1976)
- Le Savant Fou (The Mad Scientist) (1977)
- Momies en Folies (Mummies on Parade) (1978)
- Le Secret de la Salamandre (The Secret of the Salamander) (1981)
- Le Noyé à Deux Têtes (The Drowned Man with Two Heads) (1985)
- Tous des Monstres ! (All the Monsters) (1994)
- Le Mystère des Profondeurs (The Mystery of the Abyss) (1998)
