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From 1963 to 1968, French publisher Artima issued a series of comic albums in small format under the series title "Biggles". In 1965, after Artima was bought over by Presses de la Cite, the Artima brand was renamed Aredit. A total of 22 albums were published. Most were adaptations of Johns novels but some album comprised several comic strips which were adaptations of Johns short stories as well as non-Biggles stories. The earlier albums were drawn by Guicha. Roger Melliès took over as artist in 1966.

Artima/Aredit also inserted Biggles comic strip stories into albums of other series, such as Olympic, Thierry, Tex Bill, Jacques Rogy and Temeraire. Biggles stories were also adapted in the comic strip albums King, with Gimlet replacing Biggles, and Tina where Worrals replaces Biggles as the lead character!

Titles in the series[]

Issue Title Date Remarks
1 Biggles au Cap Horn - 1 Sep 1963
2 Biggles au Cap Horn - 2 Sep 1963
3 Biggles et les hommes leopards - 1 Oct 1963
4 Biggles et les hommes leopards -2 Nov 1963
5 Le tresor des flibustiers - 1 Dec 1963 Part 1 and 2 also available together as a special edition as Biggles Recueil 261.
6 Le tresor des flibustiers - 2 Jan 1964
7 Biggles au Pôle sud - 1 Feb 1964
8 Biggles au Pôle sud - 2 Mar 1964
9 Biggles dans les mers du sud - 1 Apr 1964
10 Biggles dans les mers du sud - 2 May 1964
11 Biggles à Bornéo - 1 Jun 1964 Part 1 and 2 also available together as Biggles 315 Spécial Relié
12 Biggles à Bornéo - 2 Jul 1964
13 Biggles au grand Nord Aug 1964
14 Biggles en Afrique Jan 1966
15 Biggles cherche de l'or en barre Apr 1966 Adaptation of Biggles Breaks the Silence
16 Biggles en danger Jul 1966
17 Biggles in Arabie Oct 1966 Adaptation of Another Job for Biggles
18 Biggles dans le désert Jan 1967 Includes adaptations of three Biggles short stories:

The Adventure of the Counterfeit Crusaders!
The Adventure of the Crooning Crocodile
The Case of the Black Sheep

Dans le desert aredit


19 Biggles au pays de la soif Apr 1967 Adaptation of Biggles Sweeps the Desert
20 Biggles au Tibet Jul 1967 Adaptation of Biggles Hits the Trail
21 Biggles porté manquant Oct 1967 Adaptation of Biggles Fails to Return
22 Le nuage pourpre Jan 1968 Includes adaptations of four Biggles short stories:

The Adventure of the Purple Cloud!
The Adventure of the Haunted Creek
The Adventure of the Oxidized Grotto
The Case of the Wounded Agent

Nuage pourpre


See Also[]

Comics based on the works of W. E. Johns also appear in other series published by Artima/Aredit:

And in series published by SAGE:

External Links[]

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