Valerian and Laureline: Vol. 1 - The City of Shifting Waters TPB

Volume 1 in the French comic book (or ) science fiction series Valérian and Laureline created by writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières. It was originally published in the French comics periodical Pilote as covering issues #455 through #468 from July 25 to October 24, 1968. The French publisher Dargaud collected the issue and published it in 1970 in graphic novel form. Dargaud made it a point to state frequent reference to the “prediction” this album made about a nuclear accident in 1986 and the coincidence that the Chernobyl incident that happened the same year. This is the English translation published by Cinebook.
Galaxity, capital of the Terran Empire in the 28th century. Valerian and Laureline are agents who protect mankind from rogue time travellers. Now they are sent to New York in 1986 to intercept Galaxity's worst megalomaniac, Xombul–except that in 1986, the world is in ruins and New York is about to be swallowed by the ocean. The two agents must navigate the shifting waters of the past to make sure that the future will exist. – product description


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