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Comanche #1
Comanche 01 - Red Dust
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Hardcover
First published January 1, 1972
About the author
Greg
574 books20 followersPseudonym of Michel Regnier, who also published as Michel Denys and Louis Albert. He legally changed his name to Michel Greg in 1975.
The series for which Greg is best known, Achille Talon, began in 1963 in Pilote magazine, also the source of comics such as Asterix. Regnier became editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine in 1966 and remained so until 1974. He introduced a more adult genre, with less perfect heroes and more violence. He created some of his most famous series like Bruno Brazil and Bernard Prince in this period, and introduced artists like Hermann to the magazine. In 1975 he became literary director for the French publisher Dargaud and launched Achille Talon magazine.
As "Greg", Regnier was one of the most prolific creators of Franco-Belgian comics, working in all genres and collaborating with many other European artists and scriptwriters. Well known for working with artist Hermann, Greg also worked with André Franquin, Eddy Paape (Luc Orient), Dany, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, and many others. It is estimated that he contributed as a writer and an artist to some 250 comic albums.
Hergé asked him to remake two of The Adventures of Tintin — The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun — into a script for one long animated movie, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun. He also wrote the script for Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.
The series for which Greg is best known, Achille Talon, began in 1963 in Pilote magazine, also the source of comics such as Asterix. Regnier became editor-in-chief of Tintin magazine in 1966 and remained so until 1974. He introduced a more adult genre, with less perfect heroes and more violence. He created some of his most famous series like Bruno Brazil and Bernard Prince in this period, and introduced artists like Hermann to the magazine. In 1975 he became literary director for the French publisher Dargaud and launched Achille Talon magazine.
As "Greg", Regnier was one of the most prolific creators of Franco-Belgian comics, working in all genres and collaborating with many other European artists and scriptwriters. Well known for working with artist Hermann, Greg also worked with André Franquin, Eddy Paape (Luc Orient), Dany, Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny, and many others. It is estimated that he contributed as a writer and an artist to some 250 comic albums.
Hergé asked him to remake two of The Adventures of Tintin — The Seven Crystal Balls and Prisoners of the Sun — into a script for one long animated movie, Tintin and the Temple of the Sun. He also wrote the script for Tintin and the Lake of Sharks.
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October 2, 2019
A familiar tale of the Wild West.
That is also a positive as it ticks all those boxes fans are looking for in their favourite western novels.
Here is a comic book story to add to this genre and attract new fans with this graphic novel format.
A fine colour palate lifts the artwork to provide clear and distinct characters and locations.
The text is a little unclear at times but the story holds together. It is an interesting tale of duplicity and greed. To do out a rancher of her inheritance.
Into this tragic outline, that favours money and the corruption it buys, arrives a stranger - Red Dust. He has a sense of fair play, sides with the underdog and disenfranchised. His morality is backed up by being quick on the draw and the ability to motivate others to take a stand. He throws his lot in with Comanche the owner of the cattle ranch and together they fight back against the unknown businessman pulling the strings. He sends hired guns, owns the sheriff, has his man in town, where the people are forced not to cooperate with Comanche and her needs.
This is just the first instalment. The episode stands alone as a story and the cast of characters going forward have an interest to make this into a good and engaging series.
That is also a positive as it ticks all those boxes fans are looking for in their favourite western novels.
Here is a comic book story to add to this genre and attract new fans with this graphic novel format.
A fine colour palate lifts the artwork to provide clear and distinct characters and locations.
The text is a little unclear at times but the story holds together. It is an interesting tale of duplicity and greed. To do out a rancher of her inheritance.
Into this tragic outline, that favours money and the corruption it buys, arrives a stranger - Red Dust. He has a sense of fair play, sides with the underdog and disenfranchised. His morality is backed up by being quick on the draw and the ability to motivate others to take a stand. He throws his lot in with Comanche the owner of the cattle ranch and together they fight back against the unknown businessman pulling the strings. He sends hired guns, owns the sheriff, has his man in town, where the people are forced not to cooperate with Comanche and her needs.
This is just the first instalment. The episode stands alone as a story and the cast of characters going forward have an interest to make this into a good and engaging series.
April 5, 2025
The first volume of a very good French western series from the 70s. Less well known than Blueberry, it is nonetheless of a very high standard, as it is helmed by 2 of the great authors of the time: Greg (script) and Master Hermann (drawings)
This first book is not the best. We get our bearings, we introduce the characters. Everything is very conventional; although Greg is a master of dialogue, his scripts tend to be somewhat old fashioned. But from the 2nd, and especially from "The Wolves of Wyoming" onwards, he takes a more violent, darker and more disenchanted direction, as befits the period. And Hermann will only get better and better...
But you have to start somewhere and this is where the story of Comanche, Red Dust and the Triple 6 Ranch begins.
This first book is not the best. We get our bearings, we introduce the characters. Everything is very conventional; although Greg is a master of dialogue, his scripts tend to be somewhat old fashioned. But from the 2nd, and especially from "The Wolves of Wyoming" onwards, he takes a more violent, darker and more disenchanted direction, as befits the period. And Hermann will only get better and better...
But you have to start somewhere and this is where the story of Comanche, Red Dust and the Triple 6 Ranch begins.
February 5, 2023
Red Dust, a wandering gun slinger, comes to the aid of Comanche, a ranch owner.
A typical western story with intrigue and gun fights.
Great start to what seems to be a great series.
A typical western story with intrigue and gun fights.
Great start to what seems to be a great series.
December 22, 2025
Red Dust, primo volume della serie Comanche, è il classico fumetto western: nulla di più e nulla di meno. Greg e Hermann hanno messo in scena un mondo duro e polveroso che, con l’arrivo del misterioso giovane pistolero Red Dust nella fattoria dell’altrettanto giovane Comanche, vede schizzare alle stelle tensioni e pericolo.
April 8, 2020
An interesting start to the Wild West series. The story has distinct characters, the colour and artwork are superb. A little disappointing factor is the text are not legible in some panels.
March 29, 2015
Jeder Schuss ein Toter
Mike Mignola hatte mal in einem Interview erklärt, warum er seine Figuren immer im Schlamm, Bodennebel oder ähnlichem stehen lässt. Er kann keine Füße zeichnen. Einfache, ehrliche Erklärung. Bei manchen Panels dieses Cowboy-Comics dachte ich mir, dass Hermann statt mit Füßen eher mit Gesichtern Probleme hat, gerade auf den ersten 20 Seiten oder so. Das wirkt stellenweise fast amateurhaft, und steht im krassen Gegensatz zu den ansonst herrlichen Wildwestszenerien, die hier gezeigt werden.
Red Dust ist ein typischer Wildwest-Desperado, eine Mischung aus Lucky Luke, Blueberry und Doc Holliday. Er zieht fast so schnell wie sein Schatten, und hat eine soziale Ader - aber nur für die Hilfsbedürftigen, die anderen bringt er ohne viel Federlesen unter die Erde.
Die Geschichte, die hier erzählt wird, ist so alt wie der Westen selbst, und hat starke Anklänge an "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" - die weibliche Protagonistin Comanche erinnert doch mehr als nur ein bisschen an Jill McBain. Die Auflösung ist daher wenig überraschend, doch glänzt dieser erste Band der Reihe mit sehr viel Atmosphäre, herrlichen, dickstrichigen und trotzdem detaillierten Zeichnungen und dem einen oder anderen interessanten Charakter; und am Ende sieht man sofort, dass hier in Zukunft noch einiges zu erwarten sein wird, so wie die Personen à la "Die Glorreichen Sieben" aufgereiht werden.
Eine ideale Ergänzung zur "Blueberry"-Reihe.
Mike Mignola hatte mal in einem Interview erklärt, warum er seine Figuren immer im Schlamm, Bodennebel oder ähnlichem stehen lässt. Er kann keine Füße zeichnen. Einfache, ehrliche Erklärung. Bei manchen Panels dieses Cowboy-Comics dachte ich mir, dass Hermann statt mit Füßen eher mit Gesichtern Probleme hat, gerade auf den ersten 20 Seiten oder so. Das wirkt stellenweise fast amateurhaft, und steht im krassen Gegensatz zu den ansonst herrlichen Wildwestszenerien, die hier gezeigt werden.
Red Dust ist ein typischer Wildwest-Desperado, eine Mischung aus Lucky Luke, Blueberry und Doc Holliday. Er zieht fast so schnell wie sein Schatten, und hat eine soziale Ader - aber nur für die Hilfsbedürftigen, die anderen bringt er ohne viel Federlesen unter die Erde.
Die Geschichte, die hier erzählt wird, ist so alt wie der Westen selbst, und hat starke Anklänge an "Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod" - die weibliche Protagonistin Comanche erinnert doch mehr als nur ein bisschen an Jill McBain. Die Auflösung ist daher wenig überraschend, doch glänzt dieser erste Band der Reihe mit sehr viel Atmosphäre, herrlichen, dickstrichigen und trotzdem detaillierten Zeichnungen und dem einen oder anderen interessanten Charakter; und am Ende sieht man sofort, dass hier in Zukunft noch einiges zu erwarten sein wird, so wie die Personen à la "Die Glorreichen Sieben" aufgereiht werden.
Eine ideale Ergänzung zur "Blueberry"-Reihe.
June 19, 2015
Interesting start to the series. Love all the main characters. Looking forward to reading the next book.
November 4, 2019
'Red Dust (Comanche #1)' by Greg with art by Hermann Huppen is a comic book set in the old West. The original publication date is 1972, but it's a story that holds up well for Western fans.
A cowboy with red hair comes to town and shakes things up. He finds out about a hit on a local cattle rancher named Comanche and decides to help. He finds a bunch of misfits to help, and takes on corrupt sheriffs and landowners.
This book has really great art. The story feels like a bit of a trope, but the familiarity felt comfortable to me, like a friend I hadn't seen in a while. I enjoyed this one.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
A cowboy with red hair comes to town and shakes things up. He finds out about a hit on a local cattle rancher named Comanche and decides to help. He finds a bunch of misfits to help, and takes on corrupt sheriffs and landowners.
This book has really great art. The story feels like a bit of a trope, but the familiarity felt comfortable to me, like a friend I hadn't seen in a while. I enjoyed this one.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
October 10, 2019
I don't really read westerns but I needed one for a reading challenge. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. It has a super retro feel - reminding me of the old Western Dime Novels my dad used to read when I was was a kid due to the art style in particular.
The story itself is very standard: a new man comes to a small town, and he can shoot better than anyone. Of course he learns the sheriff is useless and evildoers are running the place. All the bad guys seem to be after one particular young woman, Comanche, who runs a decaying old ranch the main bad guy is trying to buy for mysterious reasons.
It was a quick read, and will definitely appeal to fans of the western genre.
The story itself is very standard: a new man comes to a small town, and he can shoot better than anyone. Of course he learns the sheriff is useless and evildoers are running the place. All the bad guys seem to be after one particular young woman, Comanche, who runs a decaying old ranch the main bad guy is trying to buy for mysterious reasons.
It was a quick read, and will definitely appeal to fans of the western genre.
November 30, 2019
A stranger with lightening fast gun skills drifts into town and helps out a struggling lady rancher. A typical western of the old timey variety, reminiscent of a style from the silver age of comics (mid 1950s to 1970).
Good art, story is a bit of a cliche. There's not much in the way of nuance or subtext - what you see is what you get... If you haven't got it all figured out before the big reveal at the end then you weren't really paying attention.
I'm thinking this would appeal to those with a taste for classic TV, or radio show westerns.
***Thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing me with a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
Good art, story is a bit of a cliche. There's not much in the way of nuance or subtext - what you see is what you get... If you haven't got it all figured out before the big reveal at the end then you weren't really paying attention.
I'm thinking this would appeal to those with a taste for classic TV, or radio show westerns.
***Thanks to NetGalley and Europe Comics for providing me with a free digital copy of this title in exchange for an honest review.
January 14, 2020
A wordy, old-school western, where the fastest gun in the west turns up, having shot the second fastest, but gets mistaken for him. But instead of following the man's orders of killing a maverick female rancher, he sides with her in defence of her land. Characters are broad, baddies are stupid and goodies are indestructible – and the whole thing took a mere forty years before someone decided to translate it from the French. Fine for lovers of this stuff, as I guess the other two in the series would be, but perhaps not with enough to stand out for those who aren't fans of the genre.
September 21, 2017
Lännensarjakuvien lukeminen on jäänyt vähemmälle sitten poikavuosien Tex Willer- ja Lucky Luke -innostuksien, mutta tartuinpa sitten ohimennen tähän Gregin kirjoittamaan ja Hermannin piirtämään sarjakuvaan. Ja hyvä niin, sillä vaikka mitään ainutlaatuista tai ihmeellistä ei nähdä, niin lopputulos on ihan hyvää peruswesterniä Etäisten laaksojen miehen tyyliin.
October 25, 2022
Sarjakuvia hyllyttäessä vastaan tullut western klassikko. Yllättävän herkullinen asetelma mysteerisankareineen ja itsenäisine naishahmoineen, eikä tarinakaan ole huono. Piirrosjälki on ainakin tässä ensimmäisessä osassa hieman hapuilevaa ja suttuista, ja värimaailma on ihastuttavan raivokkaan 70-lukulaista, mutta seuraavat osat menevät lukulistalle.
October 12, 2019
As I said before, I'm a sucker for westerns and this is a great one. I have to thank #EuropeComics and #Netgalley for giving me this opportunity to get some great pictures with the text this time. I hope I will be able to get more of these in the future.
October 25, 2019
Jo Zoomin ajoista olen ollut tietoinen tämän sarjan olemassaolosta ja vaikka tietäjät ovat vannoneet, että tämä on parasta ikinä, jotenkin on vain lipsahtanut ohi. Pakko myöntää. Olihan tämä hyvä kaikessa kliseisyydessään ja dramaattisessa kuvituksessaan.
June 30, 2018
Alle delen getekend door Hermann (1-10) herlezen: gewoon erg goed.
October 26, 2024
El dibujo de Hermann empieza flojo, pero va mejorando y el guión no está mal, pero lejos de otros western comics
August 22, 2021
O clássico dos clássicos de Hermann e Greg, pelo menos para mim. É excelente voltar a está série quase 40 anos depois da primeira vez.
A arte fabulosa de Hermann associada ao argumento de Greg, “especialista” no velho Oeste fazem com que está série seja imperdível para os aficionados da BD.
Neste primeiro número, a aparição de “Red Dust” e apresentação da restante “companhia”.
A não perder.
A arte fabulosa de Hermann associada ao argumento de Greg, “especialista” no velho Oeste fazem com que está série seja imperdível para os aficionados da BD.
Neste primeiro número, a aparição de “Red Dust” e apresentação da restante “companhia”.
A não perder.
March 22, 2020
Nie wiem, jak będzie dalej, ale pierwszy tom tej serii pozostawia sporo do życzenia. Co prawda Hermann przyłożył się do swojej pracy, więc na rysunki nie sposób narzekać, ale Greg jest - co tu dużo mówić - kiepskim scenarzystą, który nie potrafi wyjść poza wytarte klisze. Dotyczy to zarówno budowania postaci – które w komiksie często bywają jednowymiarowe, jednak u Grega nawet ten jeden wymiar wypada blado – jak i fabuły posklejanej tu z wielu westernowych schematów. Początki "Blueberry'ego" też nie były jednak łatwe, a poza tym pierwszy tom "Comanche" to dla Grega i tak pewien progres w porównaniu z "Bernardem Princem" (o "Lucu Oriencie" nie wspominając), więc nie skreślałbym jednak przedwcześnie tej serii.
July 29, 2011
Série qui porte le nom d' une jeune fille, ce qui n' est déjà pas banal (à l' époque de sa sortie bien sûr), alors même que le personnage que l' on suivra le plus tout au long de la série est celui de Red Dust (qui donne son nom à l' album).
Très bon premier tome qui plante bien le décor et introduit ceux qui deviendront les personnages principaux de la série.
Très bon premier tome qui plante bien le décor et introduit ceux qui deviendront les personnages principaux de la série.
February 18, 2015
The art is top notcj, the story is however pretty standard. Still a good read.
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