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Friday, 4 April 2025

Cinebook Ltd -Harry Dickson 2 - The Court of Terror


 

Authors: Luana Vergari and Doug Headline, from a story by Jean Ray; illustrated by Onofrio Catacchio

Age: 12 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 64 colour pages
Publication: February 2025

£11.99 incl VAT

 ISBN: 9781800441569


Frederic Hamilton, an aging millionaire and philanthropist, calls upon Harry Dickson to investigate most curious facts. For some time, he has been having strange dreams in which he appears before a mysterious court – eleven masked judges who accuse him of despoiling Humanity. 

Now, his latest dreams have included physical torture … and the pain is still present when he wakes up! Dickson and Superintendent Goodfield travel to Hamilton’s residence, but their mission quickly turns into a nightmare …

Harry Dickson is quite an old character and I came across some of his adventures in German in the 1990s when I was looking at old German pulps and other magazines from the early 1900s.  In this volume there is an illustrated text section -Disgorged From Hell -Harry Dickson's Foes which is an interesting read.

The art by Onofrio Catacchio is very enjoyable to look at while Hiroyuki Ooshima's colour work enhances the mood of the various scenes. Headline and Vergari have written a nice and moody story based on an original Jean Ray (the character's creator).  This series looks like it could be another winner for Cinebook.

Mysterion. The fate of this character left me with mixed feelings about what Dickson did rather like Ben Dilworth with the 1930s The Clock stories questioned whether using a gun to bring justice is wrong -the conclusion was that it was ...a paradox.

Square jawed and pipe smoking Dickson is certainly a character that entertains.

Worth the price of admission! 


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Cinebook Ltd -Buck Danny 15 - Air Force One

 



Authors: Frédéric Zumbiehl; illustrated by Gil Formosa
Age: 10 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages:  48 colour pages
Publication: February 2025

£8.99 incl VAT

ISBN: 9781800441552

https://www.cinebook.co.uk/buck-danny-force-p-4569.html?osCsid=417ldlu9dfpaia3le6mm612je6

Project Skyborg, the Air Force’s prototype AI pilot, has turned into a complete disaster. While the system works, it has unfortunately been hijacked by agents of the Circle, a shadowy criminal organisation whose nefarious plans Buck has already thwarted several times. 

The terrorists are now in possession of an AI-controlled F-16 with which they intend to strike an important target and start a deadly war. They have also called upon Sato, who’s kidnapped Sonny and plans to use him to lure his sworn enemy Buck into a trap … The conclusion of a two-part story started in volume 14.

ooh. AI being a "bit of a thing" at the moment this was timed well.  The art and story flow well with plenty of -well, almost an overload- of action.  Sonny has his very own side story and gets the gal in the end to boot.  Some of the dialogue seemed a bit odd such as "Heavens!" as an exclamation and "you piece of garbage!" It may seem odd due to my age and watching Wesley Snipes movies again -after all the books have a rating. Shouting "You **** Goddam ***** of a *****!" might be a bit out of place.

I'm old.

I never realised how tough a military pilots life is: flying high tech aircraft and James Bond style action.  Maybe they need a pay rise?  This would make a great action movie and when a comic album is good enough that you think that then it must be good. Right? Well, it got to volume 15!


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