William VanceRecensioni

It must be almost 20 years since I read Bruno Brazil for the first time. First volume introduces us to Bruno Brazil, James Bond-like spy while trying to obtain the Nazi gold for his government from the jungles of South America.

Story is very much Ludlum-like (ex-Nazi's, subplots, assassins chasing each other for the money - everything is here :)) so it flows very naturally and is a great (albeit short - 48 pages) read.

Recommended for spy-fiction fans.

After shady organization tries to impose its will through pirate TV signal Bruno Brazil is called to handle the situation. To achieve the goal he creates a team (Commando Caiman) and goes after the criminals.

While there are elements here that are over-the-top at the time this was expected (and might seem outdated now). Team of ragtags no official likes (not unlike dirty dozen), Bruno Brazil as extremely capable team lead encountering crazy villain in the depth of the jungle.

Although use of TV as a hypnotic media might sound preposterous there are elements here that do have footing in reality - constant bombardment of information or suggestions through commercials come to mind, would not you agree - maybe hypnosis would not work on everyone in populace but very large number is susceptible to publicly spun stories.

So, in short story is again very Ludlum-sque but with elements of reality (it was interesting to see exclusion of one team member because he is not fit enough for task and limits to which some team members are ready to go to and casualties taken during the parachute infiltration - all the things that are not so common in comics).

Art as always is excellent, I am very much fan of William Vance's work both here and in XIII series.

Recommended for spy-fiction fans.

While enjoying their well deserved off-time Caiman team gets involved into events that look and sound very much like event from [b: Richard Stark’s Parker: The Score|14539948|Richard Stark’s Parker The Score|Darwyn Cooke|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1341795386l/14539948._SX50_.jpg|20182626].

While some of the equipment shown looks little bit too much SF story itself is rather grounded and sounds real.

Once again, good but short read. I am on a lookout for any additional issues I can find :)

Recommended to all fans of spy-fiction.

This volume concludes our hero's adventure in South America. Together with helping his revolutionary friends our hero finally learns about his families past - and what that means for him in present.

Interesting story, sets stage for next adventure back in USA.

Recommended to all fans of XIII.

For me this was a re-read of the story after several decades. Story of the amnesiac found on the shore by an elderly couple sounds very much like beginning of Jason Bourne story.

But this is where all similarities end because XIII is involved in something much nastier than even Bourne. And this shows in way that XIII is pretty much on the run from everyone (government official and unofficial services, corrupt cops, unknown killers and mercenaries) from the day he tried to find out more about himself.

XIII's life story is never truly revealed (no flash-backs, nothing; we only follow the information as revealed by other people he encounters along the way), and while he tries to find more about himself he accidentally kicks the hornet's nest and causes all sorts of fallout and people start getting murdered just by being associated with him.

Great start for the series.

Highly recommended for all thriller fans.

XIII is given information that his wife is kept in captivity in South America. Trying to find out more about himself he goes there and as expected not everything goes well.

I wont go into more details due to the spoilers but let just say that past finds XIII where he least expects.

Part #1 of a standalone story arc.

Highly recommended to all fans of action thrillers.

After escaping the hired killers and shadowy government organization, XIII uses the only thing remaining - picture of him and his wife on a lake shore - to find more about himself.

Fast-paced and with lots of twist-and-turns.

Recommended to all thriller fans.

This is part #2 of a stand-alone story (part #1 being "For Maria", issue #9). XIII survives the ever unstable politics of South American country and finally finds the person that can tell him more about himself.

The revelation part though is at the every end and story ends with big cliffhanger. I cannot wait for issue #11.

Highly recommended for all action thriller fans.

great book

great strip

Excellent!

Premier tome d'une série assez sympathique, relu à l'occasion de la publication promotionnelle sur Kindle pour attirer l'attention sur sa disponibilité sous forme numérique, le traitement technique de la chose était malheureusement assez abominable.½

Le Commando Caïman est l'arme la plus redoutable des Services Secrets. Son chef? Bruno Brazil, un agent aux nerfs d'acier, élégant, désinvolte. Irrésistible. Les missions des Caïmans : top secrètes. Leurs points communs: le danger, la violence, la mort.

11/11 série finie

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Vance, William (1935-). Trece contra uno / W. Vance, J. Van Hamme ; coloreado, Petra ; [traducción, Pilar Garriga]. -- Barcelona : Grijalbo-Dargaud, D.L. 1992. -- 48 p. : il. col. ; 30 cm. -- (XIII ; 8). -- Tít. orig.: Treize contre uno. -- D.L. B 10309-1992. -- ISBN 84-7510-487-8 :1075 pta

I. Van Hamme, Jean (1939-). II. Petra. III. Garriga, Pilar (1956-), trad. IV. Título. V. Serie. 1. Cómics europeos.

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Des poupées qui parlent,c'est banal. Des poupées qui parlent et qui marchent, c'est moins banal. Mais des poupées qui tuent, c'est vraiment extraordinaire. Sauf s'il s'agit des Poupées de l'Ombre Jaune. Alors, cela redevient banal. Épouvantablement banal.

Maintenant que j'ai terminé de lire la série, ça fait du bien de pouvoir comprendre le nombre incalculable d'intrigues!½

Bob Morane als piraat tegen wil en dank. De louche kapitein Zoltan weet niet waaraan hij begint als hij in een kroegje Bob Morane en Bill Balantine op een speciaal toebereid glaasje wijn vergast. Eerst aan boord van het piratenschip 'De Taipeh' komen de verdoofde mannen tot bewustzijn...

Having escaped from the clutches of Irina’s organization, XIII is on the loose in America but still hunted by both Giordino’s NSA and Irina’s top assassin, Jessica. As he tries to return to his friends in San Miguel, he’s forced to dodge bullets and outsmart various traps and ambushes. With the odds stacked against him, he will have to rely on help from an enemy and his own mounting anger at the constant string of attacks.½

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