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Les Grandes Aventures

Éditions Théophraste-Renaudot · 1940–1942 · 70 issues
🌐 French edition · descriptions in English
About the series

During the dark years of World War II, Les Grandes Aventures offered French readers a 70-issue escape from 1940 to 1942, published by Éditions Théophraste-Renaudot. This anthology series showcased a rotating roster of talent, with writer Giuseppe Cappadonia and artists Edmond-François Calvo, Cappadonia himself, and Kemp Starett as its most frequent contributors. Its significance lies in its snapshot of wartime French comics, a period when the medium maintained its adventurous spirit despite occupying forces and paper shortages. A key document of the era, it captures the resilience of the bande dessinée industry under duress.