Le repaire de la murène

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caption=Cover of the Belgian edition
publisher=Dupuis
date=1957
series="Spirou et Fantasio"
origlanguage=French
origpublication="Le Journal de Spirou"
origissues= #871 - #904
origdate=1954 - 1955
origisbn= 2-8001-0011-7
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writers=Franquin
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previssue= "La mauvaise tête", 1957
nextissue= "Les pirates du silence", 1958

"Le repaire de la murène", written and drawn by Franquin, is the ninth album of the "Spirou et Fantasio" series, adding underwater adventure to the "Spirou" universe. After serial publication in "Spirou", it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1957.

tory

In "The Moray's Keep", shipping magnate Xénophon Hamadryas offers a $ 6000 prize to the makers of a submarine innovation in order to find his sunken ship "Le Discret" off the French Mediterranean coast. The Count of Champignac's mini-sub invention is so spectacular that the competition must resort to sabotage. A chain of secrets need to be exposed while the maritime criminal John "the Moray" Helena lurks in the deep.

Background

The inventions of the Count of Champignac are central to this story as the X4 mushroom elixir that increases brain activity comes into play, resulting in the "Véhicule sous-marin individuel".

An old Fantasio invention, the "Fantacopter", makes a reappearance.

A new discovery in the biology of Marsupilami is revealed, as he demonstrates amphibious qualities.

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