Author: Vehlmann & Yoann
Age: 8 years and up
Size: 21.7 x 28.7 cm
Number of pages: 48 colour pages
Publication: June 2025
ISBN: 9781800441620
£8.99 incl VAT
Back from their adventures on Zorglub’s lunar base, Spirou and Fantasio find themselves in a new pickle. Spirou Magazine is being sued for immorality and irresponsibility. The punitive damages bleed the coffers dry, and the two reporters have no choice but to sign a contract with an American corporation, the Viper, to bail the magazine out.
But Spirou soon discovers that they’ve been tricked, and that in one stroke of the pen, he may have signed away his whole life!
Everything I wrote about visual gags and crammed in artwork on Gomer applies here. However, despite it being a fun book there is always a semi serious threat awaiting Spirou and Fantasio. "In The Clutches of the Viper" gets my attention straight away. Throw in a secret rendezvous with an old guy in a trench coat smoking a pipe who is identified as Gil Braveheart "The Detective Explorer" and you have crank up my underwear to warp 4! (Having written that, perhaps I should have chosen my words).
Anyway, when things seem to be going well you can bet that there is a very big kick in the pants coming (I need to stop referring to underpants). Oh, and if you throw in Batguy that trouble is bound to be a lot of fun. And it is. Things get better but then there's a twist.
In all honesty this has been a very fun series since volume 1 and there is one thing we need these days and that is more fun. As always I recommend this volume and the series so do not miss out!
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