L’ Agence t. 5; Le Tombeau de Paul /The Agency v.5: Paul’s Tomb

L’ Agence t. 5; Le Tombeau de Paul /The Agency v.5: Paul’s Tomb

Authors: Jean-Claude Bartoll

Artist :Frisco

Colourist:Francis Khattou

Hard Cover

Full colour

48 pages

24×32 cms

Price: € 10.95

ISBN : 2203022558

EAN : 9782203022553
Release Date: 08/02/2012



This series is based on the adventures of Agency MX-22 which worksw with governments and other agencies to investigate and fight against the trafficking of art and artefacts.  There are four main illegal activities making millions each year :drug Smuggling; exotic animal trade; trafficking in dinosaur remains and art. This series sees MX-22 deploy agents with different skills to the world’s hot-spots and invariably involve action, danger and excitement.


This new adventure begins when a Jesuit archaeologist conducting excavations on the undersea site of the former ancient port of Caesarea, Israel, discovers in a virtually intact early Christian chapel, an intriguing stone ossuary –from Latin ossuārium, a container for the burial of human bones, such as an urn or vault.  According to the inscriptions which are engraved on it, this ossuary contains the remains of Paul of Tarsus: no less than St. Paul, one of the leading apostles of Christ! But the official story has always claimed that the remains of Saint Paul are in Rome, where he died a martyr on the orders of Nero …

 
This is far from boring –guns, fights, babes and some really cool art –take a look at that cover.  Slick and classy as you might expect.  Again, I only wish Casterman –or maybe Cinebook?- will one day produce an English language edition!