Adventures of Blake and Mortimer GN (2007-2022 Cinebook) comic books published September 2013 or later

Volume 15 - 1st printing. "The Secret of the Swordfish: Part 1!" Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art by Rene Sterne and Chantal De Spiegeleer. The original adventures of Francis Blake and Philip Mortimer - and their first encounter with Olrik. In a past almost, but not entirely, like ours, the world lives in dread of a new power, an empire centred in Tibet and led by a megalomaniac. When the inevitable attack comes, it destroys all opposition, and capital cities across the planet are left burning. But, in Great Britain, Professor Mortimer, inventor of a mysterious weapon named the Swordfish, and his friend and protector Captain Blake, have escaped the destruction, and must make their way to a secret base. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 16 - 1st printing. "The Secret of the Swordfish: Part 2!" Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art by Rene Sterne and Chantal De Spiegeleer. Fleeing the devastation of World War III, Blake, Mortimer, and Nasir have been trying to reach a secret base with the blueprints for a new weapon, the Swordfish. But the forces of the Yellow Empire are hot on their trail, and soon Mortimer is captured. While Blake works tirelessly at coordinating the various resistance movements on the planet, the professor is forced to endure captivity, threats and torture from their eternal enemy, Olrik. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 17 - 1st printing. "The Secret of the Swordfish: Part 3!" Story and art by Edgar P. Jacobs. The captain and the professor have finally made it to the secret base with the Swordfish blueprints, and construction has begun on the extraordinary machines. Olrik hasn't had his last word, though, and he is ready to take tremendous risks to locate the world's last bastion of resistance and freedom. A race against time is on between Imperial forces on one side and Mortimer's teams of engineers on the other. The fate of civilization is at stake! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 18 - 1st printing. "The Oath of the Five Lords!" Written by Yves Sente. Art and cover by Andre Juillart. Death in the present re-awakens a dark time in Blake's past. 1919. Colonel Lawrence - Lawrence of Arabia - has an unpleasant meeting with an MI5 agent who confiscates his manuscript of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom. 35 years later, Oxford is shaken by a series of burglaries at the Ashmolean Museum, at the same time as Blake learns of the death of an old friend. The captain begins an investigation, while Mortimer looks into the thefts. What dark connection does all of this have with Lawrence or Blake's own past? Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 19 - 1st printing. "The Time Trap!" Story and art by Edgar P. Jacobs. Professor Mortimer is bequeathed an old house in France by a former adversary: Miloch, the evil genius of SOS Meteors fame. Along with the house is a letter inviting the Briton, as the only man of worthy intellect, to discover a fabulous invention left behind by the departed. Following recorded instructions, Mortimer activates the device - and wakes up a hundred million years in the past! Thus begins an incredible odyssey through time! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 20 - 1st printing. "The Septimus Wave!" Written by Jean Dufaux and Antoine Aubin. Art by Etienne Schréder. It's been several months since the events of The Yellow M, but the evil of Professor Septimus still echoes around London. Important figures of the capital's jet set come together around the questionable values the mad scientist defended. Olrik is forced to resort to opium in order to forget he was guinea pig. As for Mortimer, he too is trying, albeit for more humanist reasons, to revive certain aspects of Septimus's work to Blake's extreme concern. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 21 - 1st printing. "Plutarch's Staff!" Written by Yves Sente. Art by Andre Juillart. Blake and Mortimer must help end a war - to prepare for the next one. Blake and Mortimer's first mission together 1944. England is still locked in a struggle to the death with Nazi Germany. But already a new threat looms among the peaks of the Himalayas. For now, though, Squadron Leader Blake, having saved London from a German prototype, is assigned to a top secret mission, during which he meets with an old friend he hasn't seen since India: Philip Mortimer. Soon, the pair are introduced to an officer working for Allied Intelligence: Colonel Olrik. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 22 - 1st printing. "Professor Sato's Three Formulae: Part 1!" Story and art by Edgar P. Jacobs. One evening in Tokyo, air traffic controllers detect an unknown flying object and send two aircraft to intercept and identify it. However, the fighters' last message before they crash into each other is "ryu" - dragon! The whole business has deeply upset Professor Sato Akira, and he calls upon his friend Mortimer, who can always be counted upon for good advice. But before he's even received the invitation, Mortimer is already targeted by men hell bent on getting rid of him! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 23 - 1st printing. "Professor Sato's Three Formulae: Part 2!" Written by Edgar P. Jacobs. Art by Edgar P. Jacobs and Bob De. Cover by Bob De. Time for Captain Blake to enter the scene and face... Robo-Mortimer! Professor Sató, who has made incredible advances in the field of cybernetics, has been kidnapped by Olrik. A cautious man, Sató had revealed to Professor Mortimer the hiding place of the three formulae that govern his discoveries, and asked him to protect them if need be. Unfortunately, Mortimer is eventually captured as well, and Olrik makes a robotic copy of him to retrieve the formulae. Now, though, Captain Blake is coming to Japan, hell-bent on finding his old friend... Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

Volume 24 - 1st printing. "The Testament of William S!" Written by Yves Sente and Andre Jullard. Art by Bob De Moor and Andre Jullard. Cover by Bob De Moor and Andre Juillart. A fascinating investigation on the most famous playwright in history! In Venice, a boating accident leads to the discovery of a 400 year old text bearing the signature "W.S." and promising the truth about the "Shakespeare mystery." That very night, someone tries unsuccessfully to steal the precious document. The discoverer, Marquis Stefano Da Spiri, decides to send a copy of the document to a specialist of the Bard in London for stylistic authentication. As for the original, he entrusts it to an old comrade in arms from WW2: Captain Francis Blake! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

Volume 25 - 1st printing. "The Valley of the Immortals: Part 1!"

Written by Yves Sente. Art by Peter Van Dongen and Teun Berserik.

World War Three is over. Basam Damdu has been defeated. England can breathe and begin the rebuilding process... or so it thinks. In China, unfortunately, Mao's Communists keep bowling over Chiang Kai-shek's troops, and are threatening Hong Kong. And General Xi-Lee, a ruthless warlord, has dreams of becoming the new Qin Shi Huang, first Emperor of China. When a relic of that very emperor is discovered by an acquaintance of Mortimer, things take a turn for the worst!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

Volume 26 - 1st printing. "The Valley of the Immortals: Part 2!"

Written by Yves Sente. Art by Peter Van Dongen and Teun Berserik.

The race is on to save Nasir... and Hong Kong! Mortimer is brought to the camp of General Li Hsi, the Chinese warlord, where he is reunited with a seriously injured Nasir. The professor was kidnapped in order to recover the archaeological proof of the general's imperial lineage, but also to repair the Red Wing, a formidable combat aircraft Olrik unwittingly delivered. While Blake moves heaven and earth to find him and protect Hong Kong, Mortimer escapes to go in search of the only thing that can save Nasir: a legendary pearl!

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

Volume 27 - 1st printing. "The Call of the Moloch!"

Written by Jean Dufaux. Art by Christian Cailleaux and Etienne Shréder.

Tasked by the queen to close the "Septimus Wave" case once and for all, Captain Blake is facing a daunting task, for many questions remain unanswered. Where did the spaceship buried beneath London come from? What became of Lady Rowana and Professor Evangely? Meanwhile, Mortimer is trying to pull Olrik out of the catatonic state the villain has been in since his encounter with the ship's occupant. Has the threat to the nation truly been vanquished?

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

Volume 28 - 1st printing. "The Last Swordfish!"

Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art by Peter Van Dongen and Teun Berserik.

Several months after the end of the Third World War - won thanks to the Swordfishes, the formidable jet bombers designed by Professor Mortimer - England is dismantling its base in the Makran, from which the final counter-attack was launched, and where the surviving airplanes are still kept. But in the shadows, devious schemes are being hatched, and while Mortimer is busy preparing his Swordfishes for repatriation, Blake is in Ireland, where rumor has it the IRA has some sinister plans - and even worse allies.

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.95.

Volume 29 - 1st printing. "Eight Days in Berlin!" Written by Jean-Luc Fromental and Jose-Louis Bocquet. Art and cover by Antoine Aubin. 1963. As Professor Mortimer is invited to the USSR by an old archaeologist friend to join in the search for the lost city of Arkaim in the Urals, Captain Blake goes to Switzerland for an important conference between the intelligence services of the Western Powers, in order to prepare for the top-secret Operation Prince in Berlin. Berlin where a West German agent was just shot trying to cross the Wall back from East Germany, uttering a single word before dying: doppelgänger. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $16.95.