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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 1988*. Ongoing.

A wounded man is washed ashore on a beach. As it turns out he has lost his memory, and he now goes to seek for answers. The only physical evidence he carries is a mysterious, tattooed XIII on his neck.
The man is nameless in the series, but it is loosely built on an action novel, in which he was mentioned as Jason Bourne. In the series he goes under different aliases such as Jason Fly, Steve Rowland, Jake Shelton, Alan Smith, and Ross Tanner.

* The comic book series was first published in French from 1984, and it has since also been released as TV series and video games.