Dutch Connection

Largo Winch #5-6

by Philippe Francq, Jean Van Hamme

The jeans-wearing billionaire is down and out in Paris! In H, Largo is giving a cocktail party to launch his foundation for war orphans when a waiter brings out a colleague's severed head on a tray. He has been murdered by drug traffickers Largo is after. In a matter of hours, the billionaire's life is turned upside down. In Dutch Connection, two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo, and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he's accused of being part of the international heroin trade. Largo flees to Paris and ends up in the homeless community, with little hope of escaping the dire fate that awaits a lifetime jail sentence.

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

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Eman · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the 3rd installment of Largo Winch by Philippe Francq (artist) and Jean Van Hamme (script writer). It's a Belgian comic series which can be found translated to English. The series contain 18 volumes up to the moment of writing this review.
(Source: Wikipedia)

Check out my reviews on other Volumes:
Volumes 1 & 2
Volumes 3 & 4
Volumes 7 & 8
Volume 9
Volume 10
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This part includes H (Vol. 5) and Dutch Connection (Vol. 6) . "H" stands for Heroin as Largo Winch will be framed for trafficking drugs and murder. A new villain nicknamed Hades is introduced and guys from the DEA are involved. Action starts right away with a head served on a silver platter in a charity party where we see Largo "the philanthropic". LW didn't lose his flirting techniques with beautiful women, neither him nor his bestie Simon who gets his fair share of adventure. The series continues in a well-built plot as you can make connections to the previous volumes and everything falls into place.

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 3 out of 5]

C'è molta differenza tra i due albi presentanti in questo volume. Il primo è noioso perché c'è un sacco di gente che parla per spiegare la situazione e poca azione. Si spiega la nascita del traffico di eroina che è al centro di questo volume e come Largo Winch sia il capo di questa organizzazione. Per fortuna, la seconda parta è ricca di azione - meno spiegazioni, più morti - ed è filata via che è un piacere.

Se c'è una cosa che non mi piace di questo fumetto è come Largo e Simon - ma soprattutto il secondo - trattano le donne. Largo aiuta la baronessa e non ci finisce a letto insieme; ma Simon se le passa tutte. Lui crede anche di innamorarsi ma alla fine le sue ragazze hanno la tendenza a morire nude da qualche parte a causa del loro incontro con Simon.

A parte questo, si fa leggere.

[StrictlySequential · Rating 4 out of 5]

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