King was a French small format comic strip series published by Aredit from 1967 onwards. The first 13 issues of this series featured stories about Gimlet King and his friends. a few more issues were published after this before the series ended with stories about other characters. Most of the stories were based on the original Gimlet novels but two were actually adaptations of Biggles stories. The Gimlet stories were drawn by Roger Melliès with Michel Rondepierre. One more Gimlet story was also adapted into comic form by Brantome. This story, Rendez-vous en Extrême-Orient appeared in Commando in May 1968. Here, Gimlet is known as "Kinday"!
Gimlet Stories in King[]
| Issue | Title | Date | Remarks | Cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King et ses hommes | Nov 67 | Part 1 of an adaptation of King of the Commandos. | 
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| 2 | King et les otages | Feb 68 | Part 2 of an adaptation of King of the Commandos. | |
| 3 | King et le plan du trésor | May 68 | Part 1 of an adaptation of Gimlet's Oriental Quest. | |
| 4 | King dans la jungle | Aug 68 | Part 2 of an adaptation of Gimlet's Oriental Quest. | |
| 5 | King à la rescousse | Nov 68 | Adaptation of Gimlet Lends a Hand. | |
| 6 | King et ses brigands | Feb 69 | Adaptation of Gimlet Bores In. | |
| 7 | Retour de King | May 69 | Adaptation of Gimlet Comes Home. | |
| 8 | King et les loups-garous | Aug 69 | Adaptation of Gimlet Mops Up. | |
| 9 | King dans la tannière aux loups | Nov 69 | Continuation of the above. | |
| 10 | King et les Indiens | Feb 70 | Adaptation of Gimlet Off the Map. | |
| 11 | King répond à tout | May 70 | Adaptation of Gimlet Gets the Answer | |
| 12 | Le lys lumineux | Aug 70 | Adaptation of The Adventure of the Luminous Lily, a Biggles story | |
| 13 | Le volcan suspect | Nov 70 | Adaptation of The Adventure of the Suspicious Volcano, a Biggles story |
See Also[]
Comics based on the works of W. E. Johns also appear in other series published by Artima/Aredit:
- Biggles - the main or "home" series and features adaptation of full length novels.
- Tex Bill
- Thierry
- Jacques Rogy
- Olympic
- Temeraire
- King - Gimlet
- Commando - A story from Comrades in Arms
- Tina - Worrals