MÉZIÈRES (Jean-Claude) & CHRISTIN (Pierre), VALÉRIAN, ag - Lot 284

MÉZIÈRES (Jean-Claude) & CHRISTIN (Pierre), VALÉRIAN, agent spatio-temporel. The Empire of a Thousand Planets 1974 reprint - with original dedication Publisher: Dargaud Year : 1974 Collection : Valérian Format : Large-format hardback album Printing : Printed in Italy - F.lli Pagano, Genoa Legal deposit: 2nd quarter 1974 Mention : Reissue (later than the original 1970 edition) L'Empire des Mille Planètes is one of the founding albums in the Valérian series, marking the full entry into the great political and humanist science-fiction of Christin and Mézières. Valérian and Laureline discover Syrte, the decadent capital of a galactic empire steeped in tradition, a limpid satire of imperial and bureaucratic societies. The album is considered a major milestone in European science-fiction comics, as much for its script as for Mézières' graphic and architectural richness. This copy features an original dedication by Jean-Claude Mézières, accompanied by a full-page drawing on a double-page spread, a major asset to the collection. A very good copy.