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Available
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Library's review
New York, 1986
Skurken Xombul er flygtet fra Galaxity og er hoppet i rumtiden til New York 1986. Rumagenten Valentin og senere Linda følger efter til et oversvømmet New York, hvor Sun Rae og den skøre forsker Schroeder hjælper dem i kampen mod Xombul og hans robotter.
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Skurken Xombul er flygtet fra Galaxity og er hoppet i rumtiden til New York 1986. Rumagenten Valentin og senere Linda følger efter til et oversvømmet New York, hvor Sun Rae og den skøre forsker Schroeder hjælper dem i kampen mod Xombul og hans robotter.
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Publication
[Bagsværd] : Carlsen, 1986.
Description
Comic and Graphic Books. Fiction. Galaxity, capital of the Terran Empire in the 28th century. Valerian and Laureline are agents who protect mankind from rogue time travellers. Now they are sent to New York in 1986 to intercept Galaxity's worst megalomaniac, Xombul�except that in 1986, the world is in ruins and New York is about to be swallowed by the ocean. The two agents must navigate the shifting waters of the past to make sure that the future will exist.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Coach_of_Alva
Valerian and his assistant Laureline, as spatio-time agents, “patrol both history and the universe to safeguard Earth and its empire” from the city Galaxity in the 24th century. They go back to 1986 New York City to recapture an evil escaped scientist. The three couldn’t have picked a worst
I cursed myself as I started to read as I realized how corny and adolescent the story and characters were. I eventually chilled and enjoyed, thanks to the colorful and charming art and the sly humor built into the characterizations and the plot. (Jerry Lewis, heh.) I don’t think I will read more, but I might buy it for the library.
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time, for (as we seem to have forgotten) that was just after the polar ice cap got nuked and the ensuing flooding replaced civilization with a dark age. Our heroes have adventures in the Manhattan Waterworld, then follow the villain to a secret lab atop Yellowstone. They find an ally, a captive scientist who looks like Jerry Lewis in “The Nutty Professor,” and of course save the day after more adventures.I cursed myself as I started to read as I realized how corny and adolescent the story and characters were. I eventually chilled and enjoyed, thanks to the colorful and charming art and the sly humor built into the characterizations and the plot. (Jerry Lewis, heh.) I don’t think I will read more, but I might buy it for the library.
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LibraryThing member Jarandel
An enjoyable re-read in the translation and e-book adaptation of this classic by Cinebook. Very clean work making it easy to enjoy the panels on the Kindle Android App I loaded the comic on.
LibraryThing member TempleCat
Amusing story, reasonably well displayed on an iPad kindle app, but printing is much too small to be seen on a cell phone. For any readability on a phone, it needs to be viewed one cell at a time rather than one page.
I'd forgotten how silly comics can be. Previewed this for appropriateness for a
I'd forgotten how silly comics can be. Previewed this for appropriateness for a
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ten-year old girl. It's okay, potentially might hold her interest. Reading level about right for a fifth grader, maybe rather easy. Unfortunately, this issue focuses on Valerian rather than Laureline. Show Less
LibraryThing member livingtech
Kinda neat to see how the art in these started out.
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Language
Original language
French
Original publication date
1968
Physical description
54 p.; 29.5 cm
ISBN
8756214391 / 9788756214391
Local notes
Omslag: Jean-Claude Mézières
Omslaget viser Linda og Valentin på forstavnen af en speedbåd på vej gennem en af de oversvømmede gader i en storby
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "La cité des eaux mouvantes" af Jens Peder Agger
Linda og Valentin, bind 7
Omslaget viser Linda og Valentin på forstavnen af en speedbåd på vej gennem en af de oversvømmede gader i en storby
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra fransk "La cité des eaux mouvantes" af Jens Peder Agger
Linda og Valentin, bind 7
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Pages
54
DDC/MDS
| 741.5944 |