valhardi

CREATOR

Name: Carlsen Comics (European comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in Denmark in 1899 as P.I.B. by Hjalmar Carlsen (1875-1951) and has since then changed name several times. It has subsidiaries in several European countries. Ongoing.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Carlsen in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation has always focussed on childrens' literature from diverse countries. The pages in this site are all examples from the German branch named Carlsen Verlag.

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1985*. Stopped in 1992 after 15 issues.

The main character is a good-looking and athletic adventurer by the name of Jean Valhardi. As an insurance detective his job takes him to multiple exotic locations all over the world, where he solves puzzling crimes. In some of the cases he is accompanied by a journalist named Gégène, whom Valhardi has to rescue on a regular basis.

The full title of the German series is Valhardi & Co, Abenteurer (meaning Adventurer in English).

* The series was first published in French from 1941.