For Maria

XIII #9

by Jean Van Hamme, William Vance (Illustrator)

"A la seconde où vous quitterez cette pièce, vous ne serez plus qu'un mort en sursis!", avait lancé Wally Sheridan à XIII dans son bureau ovale de la Maison blanche. Et XIII avait quitté la pièce sans se retourner.

Genres: Bande Dessinée, Comics, Thriller, Adventure, Crime, Graphic Novels, Fiction

48 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Jean Van Hamme, is a Belgian novelist and comic book writer. He has written scripts for a number of Belgian/French comic series, including Histoire sans héros, Thorgal, XIII, Blake and Mortimer, Lady S and Largo Winch.

More on the brilliant, Jean Van Hamme:
http://lambiek.net/artists/v/van-hamm...

Reviews

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

XIII gets embroiled with some rebels in a made up Latin American country when someone tells him a story about his missing 6 years of his life. He’s known by yet another identity and his “wife” is soon to be executed. XIII has to be the most gullible person alive. The amount of plot contrivances in this series can be frustrating as well.

[Glamdring · Rating 5 out of 5]

In this fast paced opus, XIII is given the opportunity of learning more about his past.

[Vincent Riopel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Même si ce n’est pas mon tome préféré, l’intrigue reste assez forte pour me garder accroché du début à la fin.
Le rythme est un peu plus lent que les précédents, ce qui se fait sentir par moments.
Cela dit, la complexité de l’histoire et les nombreux éléments à relier continuent de rendre la lecture stimulante.
On sent que tout s’imbrique progressivement, ce qui donne envie de poursuivre la série sans hésiter.

[Zare · Rating 4 out of 5]

XIII is given information that his wife is kept in captivity in South America. Trying to find out more about himself he goes there and as expected not everything goes well.

I wont go into more details due to the spoilers but let just say that past finds XIII where he least expects.

Part #1 of a standalone story arc.

Highly recommended to all fans of action thrillers.

[Coralie Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

Début d'une nouvelle histoire avec ce volume 9. XIII- Jason Mc Fly est envoyé au Costa Vendée sous prétexte de retrouver sa femme, Maria, qu'il aurai épousé alors qu'il était El Cascador, un opposant au régime en place. Alors réalité ou manipulation? La réponse dans les prochains épisodes...

[Bruno Silva · Rating 4 out of 5]

O amnésico terá estado casado com Maria num país da América Latina com uma ditadura e agora foi para lá para salvar de quem não se lembra. E temos um grupo de pessoas que o meteu lá, que têm uma agenda própria . A conspiração adensa-se

[Cass · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5

[Apa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Superagentti hyppää uuteen juonitteluun pää edellä uusissa maisemissa. Tarina jää kesken, odottamaan jatkoa.

[Saoirse · Rating 3 out of 5]

De nouvelles aventures en Amérique Centrale. C’est toujours plein d’action et de rebondissements.

[Gorka Larrañeta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Por fin el arco de Centroamérica y los años perdidos. Aún más retorcido y loco de lo que recordaba; todo bien!

[Celdema · Rating 4 out of 5]

on repart sur de nouveaux mystères

[Clint the Cool Guy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting continuation of XIII's story. It's a new story arc, so it is mainly a setup for things to come. But it is still good, with good artwork as well. Recommended.

[Fredrik Strömberg · Rating 2 out of 5]

Album nine of this seemingly never ending series, and the weakest one so far.

In this story we're sent off to South America as XIII thrown into yet another classic thriller setting, this time with a banana republic, jungles and freedom fighters as a colourful background. The story is again too intricate and full of logical holes, as van Hamme desperately tries to connect all the dots. A minor character from an earlier story arc just happens to turn up in the same little fictitious South American country as XIII, and a cliche ridden secretive group that seems to be running big things in the world is introduced.

I'm sure that all of these things, and the action and the every beautiful women were enough to make XIII popular among the predominantly young male readers when it was initially run in Spirou, but to me it all feels a bit stale.

[Yves · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jason se retrouve maintenant à jouer contre les dictatures Sud-Américaine. Il doit kidnapper la maîtresse du dictateur du Costa Verde. En même temps, il doit retrouver Maria qui serait peut-être son ancienne femme.

Ce nouveau départ de XIII n'est pas mauvais. J'ai bien aimé la récapitulation des faits au début de la BD. Ça m'a permis de me démêler dans l'histoire de Jason. J'ai bien hâte de voir où va nous mener ce nouveau cycle de XIII.

[Bradhernandez · Rating 3 out of 5]

XIII leaves the US and ends up in South America where he gets into it with a rebel group ALA cuban revolutionarys. Turns out he lived in South America for a six month period and may have married the head revolutionarys daughter... but since he cant remember anything since he has amnesia. She is incarcerated on an island gulag with other political prisoners and XIII decides to free them when he gets captured himself.

[Timo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great art, too much words.

Timo

[Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the XIII series, and this is another fantastic entry.

[Hugo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una nueva entrega de XIII, ahora comenzando una nueva historia, alrededor del pasado del agente y su entrenamiento en un campo comunista en america central.

[Koen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reviewing for the series: This is an amazing read!! Enjoying it and speeding through it like a train!