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Alpha #4
La Liste
Alpha et Sheena, sa nouvelle équipière, ont la dangereuse mission d'assurer la sécurité d'un ex-officier de la RDA en route vers les USA... La nuit du 9 au 10 novembre 1989, en assistant à la chute du Mur de Berlin, le colonel de la Stasi Wolfgang Wagemüller a compris que l'Allemagne de l'Est avait à jamais vécu. Craignant les représailles, il s'est d'abord caché en Bavière avec sa famille, mais reconnu, il a dû fuir en Hollande. Fatigué de cette existence clandestine, l'ex-colonel a finalement décidé de rentabiliser les documents secrets qu'il a emportés et il projette de vendre à la CIA, la liste complète des Américains qui ont pactisé avec la RDA durant la guerre froide. Mais cette transaction intéresse beaucoup d'autres services de renseignements. Elle inquiète surtout quelques magnats de l'industrie impliqués dans cette sombre affaire...
- GenresBande DessinéeComics
48 pages, Hardcover
First published March 1, 1999
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February 9, 2023
Unlike the previous issues, this is a one shot instead of a story arc. Alpha is sent to Amsterdam to help facilitate escape of a former STASI officer and his family in exchange for a list that everybody wants. Story is nothing new as there are dozens similar stories in a genre, but it was fun read nonetheless. Writing is improved, maybe because Mythic wrote this from a scratch instead of finishing other writer's work. One thing is sure, he sure knows how to keep the rhythm.
October 30, 2017
Πρόκειται για τον τέταρτο τόμο της σειράς Alpha, ο οποίος, δυστυχώς, είναι και ο τελευταίος που μπορεί να διαβάσει κανείς στα ελληνικά. Οι τρεις πρώτοι τόμοι συγκροτούσαν μια ιστορία και έπρεπε να διαβαστούν μαζί και με την σωστή σειρά, ενώ ο τέταρτος είναι εντελώς αυτοτελής. Η ιστορία του τόμου αυτού μου άρεσε σε πολύ μεγάλο βαθμό, έτσι γεμάτη με δράση και ένταση όπως ήταν, αν και θεωρώ ότι χρειαζόταν περισσότερες σελίδες για να αναπτυχθεί καλύτερα και να είναι πιο πειστική. Το σχέδιο παραμένει εξαιρετικό, λεπτομερές και ζωντανό και είναι αυτό που ουσιαστικά κάνει την διαφορά στην συγκεκριμένη σειρά. Για αρκετά ώρα μετά την ανάγνωση του κόμικ έκατσα και χάζεψα διάφορα καρέ.
August 6, 2022
Single shot.
Alpha and his team are tasked with saving a man who was a German higher official and who stole documents before the fall of Berlin wall.
When he is identified years later, he tries to sell a list of top class rich Americans who had supported the communistic rule.
In order to control top class of the US rich, in addition to Alpha and his team, we have the Mozzad , France and one of the rich person himself (who owns a defence company) to kill the man and get the disc.
Alpha eventually manages to save the family (but loses the man) and gets the list as well
Alpha and his team are tasked with saving a man who was a German higher official and who stole documents before the fall of Berlin wall.
When he is identified years later, he tries to sell a list of top class rich Americans who had supported the communistic rule.
In order to control top class of the US rich, in addition to Alpha and his team, we have the Mozzad , France and one of the rich person himself (who owns a defence company) to kill the man and get the disc.
Alpha eventually manages to save the family (but loses the man) and gets the list as well
June 3, 2014
Alpha’s latest task is to take a small team to Amsterdam to help extract an ex-Stasi colonel and his family. When the Berlin wall fell the colonel pre-empted the following fallout by transferring sensitive data on shady dealings between western companies and East Germany onto a disc before deleting the source data and disappearing. This was his insurance policy and he now needs to cash it in to enable his family to live without the fear of pursuit. Although he’s offering it to the Americans to save their blushes in exchange for a new life there are plenty of other interested parties willing to do whatever it takes to get it.
By the time Alpha and his teammates arrive in Amsterdam they’re already on the back-foot, and it takes a bloody gunfight to get the family out of their hotel and bundled into cars. The chase is then on, and with flights out of the question Alpha’s team are forced to consider an Atlantic sea crossing. Alpha and the family get split from the other team members, and by the time they catch up he has already put a plan into action, although because there appears to be a constant leak of information finding its way to their enemies it’s not a plan he’s willing to share.
With The List we get a little more high-level corruption, a more authoritative Alpha, and another excellent thriller. The pace is a little quicker than the previous books, and it’s self-contained nature this time means it’s easier to keep track of the supporting characters and story threads. However, I don’t know if it’s because of the serious tone or if I’m just being impatient, but I’m hoping that Alpha will get the opportunity to show a little more personality, and individuality, in the upcoming volumes and not, instead, become just another generic spook.
There’s fabulous artwork throughout that sets you down smack-bang in the middle of the action thanks to the meticulous research and rendering of Jigounov, from the streets and buildings of Amsterdam through to the interior and exterior of the cruise ship. Not suitable for younger readers, but a book older readers should enjoy and appreciate.
By the time Alpha and his teammates arrive in Amsterdam they’re already on the back-foot, and it takes a bloody gunfight to get the family out of their hotel and bundled into cars. The chase is then on, and with flights out of the question Alpha’s team are forced to consider an Atlantic sea crossing. Alpha and the family get split from the other team members, and by the time they catch up he has already put a plan into action, although because there appears to be a constant leak of information finding its way to their enemies it’s not a plan he’s willing to share.
With The List we get a little more high-level corruption, a more authoritative Alpha, and another excellent thriller. The pace is a little quicker than the previous books, and it’s self-contained nature this time means it’s easier to keep track of the supporting characters and story threads. However, I don’t know if it’s because of the serious tone or if I’m just being impatient, but I’m hoping that Alpha will get the opportunity to show a little more personality, and individuality, in the upcoming volumes and not, instead, become just another generic spook.
There’s fabulous artwork throughout that sets you down smack-bang in the middle of the action thanks to the meticulous research and rendering of Jigounov, from the streets and buildings of Amsterdam through to the interior and exterior of the cruise ship. Not suitable for younger readers, but a book older readers should enjoy and appreciate.
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