Geheimagent X9

In the early 1980s, Reiner-Feest-Verlag revived the classic newspaper strip Geheimagent X9—originally created by Dashiell Hammett and Alex Raymond—for a German audience, collecting six issues between 1981 and 1987. The series gathers the iconic espionage adventures of the secret agent known as X-9, blending Hammett's hardboiled storytelling with Raymond's sleek, cinematic art, later continued by Charles Flanders as both writer and artist. This concise run preserves a foundational piece of comic noir, bridging the pulp era with modern readers.