buckdanny

CREATOR - STORY

Name: Jean-Michel Charlier.
Personal dates: Born 1924 in Belgium. Died 1989 in France.
Other creations: Barbe-Rouge, Blueberry, Jim Cutlass (#1), Los Gringos, Tanguy et Laverdure.
Successors: None.
Comments: Charlier, Hubinon, and Bergèse were all fighter pilots before they started their comics careers.

CREATOR - GRAPHICS

Name: Victor Hughes (Victor Hubinon).
Personal dates: Born 1924 in Belgium. Died 1979 in Belgium.
Other creations: Barbe-Rouge.
Successor: Francis Bergèse.
Comments: Hubinon died from a heart attack while working at his drawing desk.
Bergèse took over after Hubinon's sudden death, and he also took up the scripting after Charlier's death.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1948.

This is the continuing story of a trio of fighter pilots in the U.S. Navy. The series started in the Pacific during World War 2, and has since moved on to other hotspots all over the world, where Danny and his companions tirelessly fight criminal elements of any kind.

Although the characters never age their fighter planes and the corresponding technology are always up-to-date.