Cinebook Newsletter 217 - January 2026

 

Dear Reader, 2026 is out of the starting blocks, and Cinebook will be there throughout the year with wild and exciting adventures of all kinds, for all ages – we promise! And we start right away with the concluding chapter of Amazonia, in which British spy Kathy Austin must decide what to do with the Nazi submarine full of gold she’s found in Brazil – though there are a few other people who might have their own ideas … She’ll also have to deal with the superpowered albino she was after in the first place. Busy girl, Kathy! In the latest Bluecoats, Blutch and Chesterfield find themselves looking after an extremely young new recruit, Pucky, who enjoys banging on his drum a little too much for everyone’s comfort. But, well, surely you can’t blame a kid for being enthusiastic about his new job, right? What harm could there be in it …? As for Buck Danny, his latest Classics adventure takes us back to the 50s and the Cold War, for a brand-new two-parter full of vanished nuclear scientists, cutting edge supersonic jets, dastardly KGB plans, and a whole lot of edge-of-your-seat dogfights and action sequences. No spoilers, obviously, but it’s another wild ride – and the conclusion comes out next month! Finally, we’d like to let you all know that volumes 1 and 10 of Lucky Luke have been reprinted and are once again available for purchase. Time to complete your collection – or start a new one if you haven’t given the Lonesome Cowboy a try yet! January with Cinebook – new year, new fun! Good news from the UK! Another Cinebook title has made it into the shortlist for the Excelsior Awards: The Bank 1 – The Waterloo Insider is one of the contestants for the Black category award! The Excelsior Awards are an endeavour aimed at encouraging children to read, and the winners are chosen by young readers from hundreds of participating UK schools every year. There are different categories for different age brackets. This year, the Black category is aimed at 'grown-ups': teachers, librarians, and other school staff. Two years ago, Redbeard 1 - A Short Drop and a Sudden Stop! won in the same category. We’ll be crossing fingers for The Bank– and congratulations to the authors Pierre Boisserie, Philippe Guillaume, and Julien Maffre!! Amazonia 5 Leo, Rodolphe and Bertrand Marchal Episode 5 Kathy Austin and her Brazilian Navy partner have finally stumbled upon the lost German submarine but quickly discover that they aren’t the first to set foot in it since it was abandoned. Then Reinhart and the doctor, the two Nazis looking for the gold hidden in the U-boot, arrive … Read more The Bluecoats 19 Lambil & Cauvin Drummer Boy After yet another bloody battle, the Union Army organises a recruiting drive during which Blutch attempts to dissuade an obviously too young boy from signing up. To no avail, though, and before long the kid, Pucky, joins them as … a drummer boy! … Read more Buck Danny Classics 9 Frédéric Zumbiehl, Frédéric Marniquet and André Le Bras Flight of the Rapier 1951. A plane carrying an American general and 40 nuclear technicians makes an emergency landing off the coast of Ireland. When rescuers reach the spot, though, they find nothing – no life rafts, no bodies … The West cannot afford to leave anyone with knowledge of atomic weapons in enemy hands … Read more Amazonia 5 Episode 5 The Bluecoats 19 Drummer Boy