CREATOR - STORY

Name: Patrick Cothias.
Personal dates: Born 1948 in France.
Other creations
: None.
Successors
: None.
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CREATOR - GRAPHICS

Name: André Juillard.
Personal dates: Born 1948 in France.
Other creation
: Arno.
Successors
: None
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MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1983. Stopped in 1991.

The stories are contained in 7 albums describing events from 1601 to 1627 in France. Mainly, the events circle around intrigues at the French royal court. A masked Zorro-like vigilante known as L'Épervier (The Hawk) - who is really a woman named Ariane de Troïl - intervenes in order to put a stop to injustice. At one point she falls into the hands of the infamous Inquisition, which causes her to lose her left arm.
The series incorporates several historical characters such as Henri IV, Louis XIII, Marie de Médicis, and Cardinal Richelieu.

The French title Les 7 Vies de L'Épervier means The 7 Lives of the Hawk in English.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER

L'Épervier

 

 

GALLERY

 

 

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