CREATOR

Name: Les Éditions Dargaud (French publishing corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1936 by Georges Dargaud  (1911-1990). Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Dargaud in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation first published novels for women, and then production of comic books began in 1943.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1973. Stopped in 1975 after 140 issues.

This weekly magazine featured diverse articles especially on films and sports as well as different types of national and international comic book stories.

The title's artificial word was constructed from the French words for Hebdomadaire and Optimiste meaning Weekly and Optimistic in English. The title changed to Tintin Nouvelle from #131.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTERS

None.

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1973
#33 - 1973
#63 - 1974

#91 - 1974
#120 - 1975
#140 - 1975

 

 

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