Comanche - Tome 7 - Le Doigt du Diable

Comanche #7

by Greg

Red Dust quitte son poste de shérif et part s'installer dans le Montana.

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Westerns

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Pseudonym 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.

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen]

Bit of a slow meandering start, but picks up speed greatly towards the end and sticks the landing. I'm starting to wonder what's up with the name "Comance", though, when she doesn't much show up at all anymore.

[Walter]

Red Dust can't handle the new civilized town, so he resigns as deputy sheriff and heads into still wild Montana, where he finds work on the Duncan farm
Duncan in a previous life was known as Devil's Finger, a gunslinger. Devil's Finger promised his daughter he'd retire, but his past is catching up with him.

[Frédéric]

As civilisation advances in Wyoming, Red Dust heads for Montana, where copper is worth more than gold...

The gradual disappearance of the great outdoors, carnivorous capitalism and the impossibility of escaping one's past are the focus of this masterpiece by the Greg/Hermann duo.
A solid plot and excellent drawings wrapped in extraordinary storytelling. A pure little gem...

[Vincent Saint-Cyr]

Le Doigt du diable est un album de Comanche qui m’a particulièrement plu. Le scénario est extrêmement riche par la diversité des sujets abordés en un seul épisode, sans jamais perdre le rythme ni la cohérence du récit.

J’ai aussi beaucoup apprécié le travail graphique de Hermann : la couverture est remarquable, le découpage très efficace, et les couleurs participent pleinement à l’ambiance de l’album. T

[Timo]

Kauniin kauniilla kuvituksella, hyvin väritettynä ja mainiolla juonella onnistuu.

[Sanna-Mari]

Itselle kumisi hieman tyhjää, kun taakse jätettiin Greenstone Falls ja Wyoming. Comanche ei ole mukana albumissa ja Montanassa kohdataan ihan omanlaisiaan vigilanteja ja entisiä pyssysankareita.

[Math le maudit]

Face aux transformations de la ville de Greenstone Falls, Red Dust décide de quitter le 666 pour aller en des endroits ou l' ouest est encore sauvage.

Reprenant donc LE thème de la série, cet album met en scène Dust dans le cadre intimiste d'une famille vivant à l'écart du monde. Jusqu'au jour où un mystérieux individu arrive pour provoquer le père de famille en duel...

Encore un bon album, qui joue sur l'impossibilité pour les pistoleros d'échapper à leur passé.