Les aventures de François Vidocq

In 1977, Casterman launched Les aventures de François Vidocq, a single-issue comic that adapts the real-life exploits of the legendary 19th-century French criminal-turned-detective. Though brief in publication, this volume stands as a concise historical adventure, rooted in the era's European bande dessinée tradition. It offers a snapshot of Casterman's early forays into biographical action stories, capturing the intrigue of Vidocq's underworld origins and his later role as a pioneering police chief.