Biggles à Bornéo - 1 (Biggles in Borneo -1) is the title of a Biggles small format comic album published in French by Artima in June 1964. It was the 11th issue in the Biggles small format comic series.
The story is part 1 of a 2 part adaptation of Biggles in Borneo with drawings by Guicha. The second part, Biggles à Bornéo - 2 came out in July 1964.
Synopsis[]
The main story in the album occupies pages 3-66 and is a fairly faithful adaptation of Biggles in Borneo. There is also a short article "Science en bref" and another story, "Un Bazooka pour trois". This story is set in the Korean War and is not an adaptation of any story by W. E. Johns. It occupies pages 68-98.
Plot[]
Note: The sections below contain spoilers. In particular, the plot subpage (click here) has an extended summary of the narrative in the book
Characters[]
- Air Commodore Raymond
Members of 666 Squadron[]
Biggles brought a smaller crew to "Lucky Strike" than in the original:
- Biggles
- Algy Lacey
- Ginger Hebblethwaite
- Bertie Lissie
- Tug Carrington
- Smyth
- Tex O'Hara
Others[]
- Captain Rex Larrymore - here, simply Captain Larry.
- Suba
- Jackson - British diplomat based in Manila, escapee from Cotabato.
- Bill Gray - downed American navy pilot who escaped from Cotabato.
- Pat Flannagan - downed American navy gunner who escaped from Cotabato, Bill's gunner.
- General Barton - American army general. Allied Headquarters believed he had escaped when the Japanese took Mindanao. He had been recaptured and was in Cotabato prison before Biggles rescued him.
- Mary Stockton - daughter of a British diplomat.
- Doctor Harding - an American woman, a doctor specialising in tropical diseases.
- Fee Wong - a wealthy Chinese merchant Biggles rescued from Cotabato who proposes a daring sabotage scheme.