- Tora Torapa
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publisher=Dupuis
date=1973
series="Spirou et Fantasio "
origlanguage=French
origpublication= "Le Journal de Spirou"
origissues= #1801 - #1824
origdate=1972
origisbn= 2-8001-0327-2
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writers=Fournier
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previssue= "L'abbaye truquée ",1972
nextissue= "Tembo Tabou ",1974 "Tora Torapa", written and drawn by Fournier, is the twentythird album of the "
Spirou et Fantasio " series, and the author's fourth, following the "Spirou" retirement ofAndré Franquin . The story was initially serialised in "Spirou", before its publication as a hardcover album in 1973.tory
In "Tora Torapa", Spirou, Fantasio, The Count, Itoh Kata and Zorglub are all gathered at Champignac, when "The Triangle" appears again, this time to kidnap the scientist with a dubious past, Zorglub. The heroes manage to shoot a tracking device into their abducted friend, and eventually trace the movements of the kidnappers to the island of Tora Torapa, in the past the location of an old base used by the Zorglub network. There, Triangle number one "Papa Pop" is waiting with evil plans for world domination, but which he needs Zorglub to set into effect.
Background
In this album, Ororéa is introduced.
Papa Pop's henchman Mac Ravash bears strong resemblance to comics writer and "Spirou" magazine editor
Yvan Delporte .cite web | last = spirou.com | title = Tora Torapa personnages | url =http://www.spirou.com/Spirou/albums/23/index.htm fr_icon]In the airport, airline hostess Natacha is seen leading the boy
Benoît Brisefer .References
* [http://bdoubliees.com/journalspirou/auteurs2/fournier.htm Fournier publications in "Spirou"] BDoubliées fr_iconFootnotes
External links
* [http://www.spirou.com/spirou/albums.shtml Spirou official site album index] fr_icon
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