Agent 212 #9

The ninth album in this beloved Belgian comedy series finds the hapless Officer Offbeat in fine chaotic form — the cover shows him careening wildly on a skateboard in full uniform, eyes wide with panic, while a gleeful kid laughs nearby and a trash can goes flying. Artist Daniel Kox and writer Raoul Cauvin once again make the most of their bumbling hero's talent for undignified situations. Published by Dupuis in 1988, Op Wieltjes promises the kind of slapstick that has made Agent 212 a staple of Franco-Belgian comics humor.