Les pirates du silence

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publisher=Dupuis
date=1958
series="Spirou et Fantasio"
origlanguage=French
origpublication="Le Journal de Spirou"
origissues= #907 - #940
origdate=1955 - 1956
origisbn= 2-8001-0012-5
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writers=Franquin with Maurice Rosy
artists=Franquin with Will
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previssue= "Le repaire de la murène", 1957
nextissue= "Le gorille a bonne mine", 1959

"Les pirates du silence", written and drawn by Franquin, is the tenth album of the "Spirou et Fantasio" series. The title story, and another, "La Quick Super", were serialised in "Spirou", before both were published in one hardcover album in 1958.

tory

In "The Pirates of Silence", Fantasio gets an assignment from "Le Moustique" to write a story about Incognito City, a highly modernised city inhabited by whealthy celebrities and where security is tight and photography strictly forbidden. Fantasio gets around this by hiding miniature cameras in everyday items such as his pipe. But before he and Spirou leave, the Marsupilami surprisingly appears at their home, having somehow traveled alone from the Count's mansion in Champignac. Unable to reach the Count by phone, they drive to Incognito City and have an unpleasant traffic encounter with Juan Corto Dos Orejas, leaving them with a bad impression and a small object found on the ground. Further encounters with thugs and suspicious events slowly expose a fiendish plot, involving the kidnapping of the Count of Champignac.

In "The Quick Super", Fantasio sets out to test-drive a "Quick" (a large car manufactured by Genial Motors) for the week-end, in order to write a review for "Spirou Méchanique". There are mysterious elements however, as all previously test-driven Quicks have ended up stolen, and this one is no exception. As the events unfold, old acquaintances from Circus Zabaglione (from "Les voleurs du Marsupilami") reappear.

Background

This album most famously reveals another of Marsupilami's remarkable attributes, namely its ability to perfectly mimic human words.

References

* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalspirou/auteurs2/franquin.htm Franquin publications in "Spirou"] BDoubliées fr_icon

External links

* [http://www.spirou.com/spirou/albums.shtml Spirou official site album index] fr_icon
* [http://www.franquin.com/spirou_fantasio/albums_spirou.php Franquin site album index] fr_icon