Monsieur Sourire #[nn]

Nov 1985 · Albin Michel · [90 FRF]

🌐 French edition · synopsis shown in English

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About this Collection

This collection brings together the complete Monsieur Sourire series, originally published in 1985 by Albin Michel. The story follows the enigmatic title character, Monsieur Sourire, whose perpetual grin masks a deeper, more mysterious narrative set in a vividly illustrated world.

"Le cercueil" delivers a chilling, atmospheric tale from Ray Bradbury and Al Feldstein, illustrated with haunting precision by Jack Davis, whose inks lend a tangible dread to every panel. When a teacher’s past trauma resurfaces in the form of a recurring skull at his window, his obsession with a children’s game of poison turns into a descent into isolation—until the line between punishment and punishment blurs. The cover by Jack Davis captures the story’s eerie stillness, a perfect match for this unsettling, slow-burning tale of guilt and retribution.

Contains 13 stories

Le cercueil

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)

L'empreinte

8 pp · Crime

Arthur Huxley (death)William Acton (villain)

Time safari

7 pp · Science Fiction

Mr. Eckles (hunter)Mr. Travis (a guide)Keith (President of the U.S., mention only)Lyman (Keith's opponent, mention only)Billings (hunter)Kramer (hunter)TravisLesper

La grande roue

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)two boysrich womanthief (villain)

Tante Tilely

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Old Witch (host)Emily (Tildy's housekeeper)Aunt Tildy (death)a group of morticians [Mr. Carrington (Mortuary President)others unnamed]

La dame qui hurlait !

7 pp · Crime

Margaret LearyMrs. Leary (Margaret's mother)Mr. Leary (Margaret's father)Mr. KellyMr. PikeEmma PikeMrs. GriswoldHelen NesbittCharlie Nesbitt (villain)

Le lac

6 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Vault-Keeper (host)a little boyMargaret (the grown-up little boy's wife)lifeguardTally (death, in flashback)

Poison, poison !

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Crypt-Keeper (host)Mr. Howard

Mars, le paradis !

8 pp · Science Fiction

Regardez, les oiseaux !

6 pp · Drama

Emperor YuanYuan's servantHo (the flying man, death)

Croque-mort

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

The Old Witch (host)Mr. Rodgers (druggist)Mr. Stuyvesant (a contractor)Mr. Flinger (delicatessen man)various corpses [Mr. SmithMr. AndrewsMrs. WaltersMiss BrownMrs. ShellmundMr. Wren (a racist)Edmund Worththree unnamed gossipsunnamed lawyerrest unnamed]Merriwell Blythe (death)Mr. Benedict (villain, mortician, death)

Le petit assassin !

7 pp · Horror-Suspense

Alice (death)David (Alice's husband, death)Dr. JeffersDavid and Alice's unnamed baby (villain, eventual death)

Halloween

8 pp · Horror-Suspense

Louise Wilder (Mitch's wife)Marion Wilder (Louise and Mitch's daughter, death)HelenMitch Wilder (villain)