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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... Captain Francis Blake, dashing head
of England's MI5. Professor Philip Mortimer, world-renowned nuclear
physicist. The most distinguished duo of gentleman-adventurers,
battling the forces of evil and their arch nemesis Olrik around the
globe, below the earth, even across time itself... The 22nd
adventure of Her Majesty's finest protectors!
Captain Blake having been assassinated at Athens Airport, Olrik
seems to have won the first round. A furious Mortimer swears that
he'll avenge his friend. He goes on the hunt for Olrik, but
information is scarce. Sheik Abdel Razek, an old man with
mysterious powers, protects him against Dr. Grossgrabenstein's
crew. The doctor is a devoted Egyptologist who has undertaken
excavations not far from the Great Pyramid. Amidst strange events,
Mortimer sometimes feels like he's losing his way in this
investigation that will lead him into the darkest depths of the
Great Pyramid.
A necklace that used to belong to Marie Antoinette, the last French
queen before the French Revolution, turns up in the hands of a
British collector who decides to present it to Queen Elizabeth.
Blake and Mortimer's sworn enemy Olrik, about to be tried in Paris,
manages to escape and steals the precious piece of jewellery in
front of their very noses during a glittering reception in the
French capital. The affair threatens to turn into a full-blown
diplomatic incident, especially since Olrik is doing his best to
embarrass Blake and Mortimer by tipping off the press about his
every move.
Before Blake & Mortimer, Edgar P. Jacobs had created a first
comic that has now attained mythical status - The U Ray. Here it is
now, finally translated into English. The nation of Norlandia is in
conflict with its powerful rival Austradia. The eminent Professor
Marduk is tasked by the High Council of Norlandia with militarising
a major scientific discovery: the U Ray. However, doing so will
require finding a deposit of Uradium, the ore needed to power the
ray. And the only known deposit is in an unexplored volcanic
archipelago. An expedition is quickly put together, but in the
shadows, the Austradian intelligence services are waiting for the
moment to act...
Time for Captain Blake to enter the scene and face
...Robo-Mortimer! Professor Sato, who hasmade incredible advances
in the field of cybernetics, has been kidnapped byOlrik. A cautious
man, Sato had revealed to Professor Mortimer the hiding placeof the
three formulae that govern his discoveries, and asked him to
protectthem if need be. Unfortunately, Mortimer is eventually
captured as well, andOlrik 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...
An enemy's vengeance from the grave traps Mortimer out of time.
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...Captain Francis
Blake, dashing head of England's MI5. Professor Philip Mortimer,
world-renowned nuclear physicist. The most distinguished duo of
gentleman-adventurers, battling the forces of evil and their arch
nemesis Olrik around the globe, below the earth, even across time
itself...The 19th adventure of Her Majesty's finest protectors!
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...
Deep under Sao Miguel island, rumoured to be the last emerging part
of Atlantis, Professor Mortimer has discovered samples of a
mysterious radioactive metal. Could it be the Atlanteans' legendary
orichalcum? When he and his friend Blake set out on an expedition
into the depths to find out, sabotage occurs in the form of their
old opponent Olrik. And soon, all three will be embroiled in a
power struggle far bigger in scope than they could have imagined.
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. Captain Francis Blake,
dashing head of England's MI5. Professor Philip Mortimer,
world-renowned nuclear physicist. The most distinguished duo of
gentleman-adventurers, battling the forces of evil and their arch
nemesis, Olrik, around the globe, below the earth, even across time
itself...The 16th adventure of Her Majesty's finest protectors!
Professor Philip Mortimer has decided to spend his holidays in
Cairo with his trusty servant, Nasir. There he plans to meet his
old friend, Professor Ahmed Rassim Bey, who offers him the
fantastic opportunity of satisfying his passion for Egyptology.
Professor Bey has invited him to take part in deciphering his
latest discoveries--in this case, some papyrus coming from mummies
of the Ptolemaic age. Mortimer and Bey soon realize that one of the
fragments deals with the 'Chamber of Horus, ' a fabled crypt that
could contain priceless treasures..
Extreme weather threatens the whole of continental Europe, turning
the lives of its citizens inside out. The French government calls
Professor Mortimer to help solve this enigma. Mortimer travels near
Paris to visit his friend Professor Labrousse, the chief French
meteorologist. But when the taxi driver Labrousse sent to meet
Mortimer at the station disappears, our friend becomes the prime
suspect. Mortimer gets in touch with his old friend Blake, also in
France, to help him out of this tricky situation. However, Blake
disappears as well, so Mortimer and Labrousse have two
missing-person cases to investigate. They soon discover that the
two disappearances are not only linked to each other, but also to
the climatic catastrophes.
London's walls resound with the incredible exploits of the 'Yellow
Mark.' The spectacular actions of this mysterious criminal are on
the increase: holding up the Bank of England, robbing the imperial
crown... No one seems able to stop him. He is so audacious that he
lets the police know in advance where he will commit his crimes,
each time ridiculing Scotland Yard a little more. The apparent ease
with which he evades police schemes begins to worry the highest
authorities of the country. The Home Office asks Captain Francis
Blake to solve the mystery and discover the identity of the man who
hides behind the Yellow Mark. The captain immediately takes as
partner his old friend, Professor Philip Mortimer, whose scientific
knowledge will be invaluable in solving this extremely complex
enigma. Who hides behind the Yellow Mark?
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 civilisation is at stake.
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