MÉZIÈRES (Jean-Claude) & CHRISTIN (Pierre), Valérian, ag - Lot 269

MÉZIÈRES (Jean-Claude) & CHRISTIN (Pierre), Valérian, agent spatio-temporel. On the frontiers Dargaud, original edition, 1988 Hardcover album from the famous science-fiction series created by Jean-Claude Mézières and Pierre Christin. Sur les frontières plunges Valérian and Laureline into an intrigue involving political tensions, forbidden zones and civilizations with fragile balances, in a graphic universe both pure and powerful, emblematic of Mézières' style of the late 1980s. This 1988 first edition, published by Dargaud, conforms to the first print run: legal deposit August 1988, printed in France (Ouest Impressions Oberthur), ISBN 2-205-03542-8. The copy presented is complete, with well-preserved boards, solid spine, fresh interior, with no missing parts or restoration reported. Very good overall condition for an album from this period. An important album in the chronology of the series, Sur les frontières fully illustrates the narrative maturity of the Mézières/Christin duo, and remains sought-after by collectors of Valérian, a major series in European science-fiction comics, whose influence extends far beyond the ninth art.