Valerian 12 - The Wrath of Hypsis
By (Author) Pierre Christin
Cinebook Ltd
Cinebook Ltd
28th July 2016
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
741.5944
Paperback
48
Width 217mm, Height 287mm, Spine 4mm
The head of Galaxity s Spatio-Temporal Service himself has joined Valerian and Laureline at Inverloch Castle. There, among various human and alien allies, he explains to them the threat that looms over Earth: all of the recent incidents, all those important people gone mad and threatening to bring about the apocalypse... All of that is due to the malicious influence of the mysterious planet Hypsis. But Hypsis is a world that moves from system to system it ll need to be pinpointed first...
Jean-ClaudeMezieres and PierreChristin created Valerian in 1967after working in the USA together, one as a cowboy, the other a teacher. While Valerian is Mezieres' only comic series, he has worked as an illustrator inmany other areas, including designs and sets for The Fifth Element, and he was awarded the Grand Prix du festivald'Angouleme in 1984. Christin alsoworks in collaboration with other artists such as Tardi and Bilal andwrites novels and film scripts.