- Wampus
"Wampus" is a French
comic book character written byFranco Frescura and illustrated byLuciano Bernasconi for French publisherEditions Lug in1969 .Wampus is an alien monster with shapeshifting powers who has been sent by an evil cosmic intelligence, the Great Mind, to destroy Earth. He is discovered and pursued by French secret agent, Jean Sten. In the course of its original six issues, Wampus caused havoc in
France ,Germany , theUSA ,Japan ,England andSpain .Wampus was originally published in six, digest-sized
magazines . The series was then discontinued because of censorship problems. The final episode was eventually serialized in1985 inOmbrax , another of Lug's magazines. The same concept was also reprised as L'Autre (The Other) in the magazine Futura in1973 .Wampus returned in
2001 , written byJean-Marc Lofficier and still drawn by Bernasconi for a series of seven new episodes which completed the storyline begun in 1969, depicting the final confrontation between Jean Sten and his alien nemesis. The stories also featured a number of guest-stars from the Lug universe.Wampus is now part of
Hexagon Comics which has published a collection of his adventures translated into English.External links
* [http://www.coolfrenchcomics.com/wampus.htm Wampus entry at Cool French Comics]
* [http://www.hexagoncomics.com/wampus.htm Wampus entry on Hexagon Comics site]
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