Fantomas - Serie Avestruz #1
In "La trampa de los diamantes," Fantomas, posing as the mysterious Julio Andrei, tricks a group of jewelers into believing he’s developed a chemical formula to turn carbon into flawless diamonds. Fearing ruin from a flood of counterfeit gems, the jewelers agree to pay fourteen million francos for the secret—unaware of the true mastermind behind the scheme. Art by Víctor Cruz, this 1977 issue from Editorial Novaro delivers a classic caper with a twist, all in the shadow of one of pulp fiction’s most enduring rogues.
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Fantomas, bajo la falsa identidad de Julio Andrei, les hace creer a un grupo de joyeros que ha desarrollado una formula química para crear diamantes falsos a partir de carbón. Los joyeros preocupados de que estos diamantes, que parecen verdaderos, inunden el mercado francés y lleven a la quiebra sus negocios, por lo que deciden comprar la "formula" por catorce millones de francos.
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