« The Arctic Marauder » Jacques Tardi

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In 1899, a ship navigating the Arctic Ocean comes across a stunning sight: aghostly, abandoned vessel perched high atop an iceberg. Soon, the sailors’own ship is dispatched via a mysterious explosion. Enter JérômePlumier, whose search for his missing uncle, the inventor Louis–FerdinandChapoutier, brings him into contact with the sinister, frigid forces behind this — and soon he, too, is headed towards the North Pole, where he willcontend with mad scientists, monsters of the deep, and futuristic submarines andflying machines. Told with brio in hilarious slabs of vintage purple prose,The Arctic Marauder finds Tardi in fantastical mode and is a keystone of hisoeuvre.

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Original title Le Demon des glaces
Language English
Author Jacques Tardi
Year Fantagraphics Books, 2011
First Published 1974
ISBN 978-1-60699-435-1
Goodreads ID 9865936
Google Books ID i1yccQAACAAJ
Open Library ID OL26074369M
Online Computer Library Center ID 668194101
Library of Congress Control Number 2013409206

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