Le repaire de la murène

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Spirou et Fantasio #9
Le repaire de la murène
Spirou et Fantasio
PublisherDupuis
Creative team
WritersFranquin
ArtistsFranquin
Original publication
Published inSpirou magazine
Issues
  1. 871 - #904
Date of publication1954 - 1955
LanguageFrench
ISBN2-8001-0011-7
Chronology
Preceded byLa mauvaise tête, 1957
Followed byLes pirates du silence, 1958

Le repaire de la murène, written and drawn by

Spirou et Fantasio series, adding underwater adventure to the Spirou universe. After serial publication in Spirou
magazine, it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1957.

Story

In The Moray's Keep, shipping magnate Xénophon Hamadryas offers a $6000 prize to the makers of a submarine innovation in order to find his sunken ship Le Discret off the French Mediterranean coast.

John "the Moray" Helena
lurks in the deep.

Background

The inventions of the Count of Champignac are central to this story as the X4 mushroom elixir that increases brain activity comes into play, resulting in the "Véhicule sous-marin individuel".

An old

Fantasio
invention, the "Fantacopter", makes a reappearance.

A new discovery in the biology of Marsupilami is revealed, as he demonstrates amphibious qualities.

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