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! |
![]()
|
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! |
![]()
|
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
- Cosmos - Kings of Space
And in series published by SAGE:
External Links[]
- This French website has thumbnails of the covers of the entire Artima Biggles series (dead link - try this Archive link)