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XIII #20

Le jour du Mayflower

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Alors qu'il tente de percer les mystères de sa mémoire, XIII se trouve confronté au mythe du Mayflower, le bateau des premiers pèlerins américains partis d'Angleterre, en 1620 pour la terre promise. La légende des pères fondateurs de la démocratie sert de paravent à une société secrète obnubilée depuis 400 ans par le mythe de la pureté de la nation.

46 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 2010

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Yves Sente

111 books30 followers
Yves Sente was born in Brussels in 1964. When he was little, he read La Marque Jaune, Jacobs' masterpiece, over and over again. Little did he know at that age that The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer would determine his destiny...!
In 1998, while he was working for Le Lombard, he worked with the cartoonist André Juillard on the script of La machination Voronov, a new episode of the Blake and Mortimer, a Cold War story acclaimed by critics and the public. Yves Sente then went on to write Les Sarcophages du 6e continent, where he reveals the young life of Professor Mortimer. He confirmed his writing talents with La Vengeance du Comte Skarbek (Dargaud; The Revenge of Count Skarbek, Europe Comics) and then Thorgal (Le Lombard; Cinebook/Europe Comics in English), taking over for Jean Van Hamme alongside Rosinski.

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Profile Image for Chad.
10.7k reviews1,087 followers
June 15, 2021
XIII is framed and involved in some kind of new conspiracy that's an offshoot of XX. Somehow it involves the Mayflower. The creative team bends over backwards to somehow try and tie Jason McLane back to the Mayflower. I honestly couldn't even follow the logic. McLane's a secret agent. Couldn't we just have him go on a mission instead of this convoluted nonsense? How many conspiracies can one person be involved in?
Profile Image for Simon Chadwick.
Author 52 books9 followers
April 18, 2015
Without a doubt, the original 18 volume run of XIII by Vance and Van Hamme was possibly the most involved and ambitious thriller I’ve read in comics. Now a new creative team have been handed the title to extend the mysterious life of Jason Mclane - a Herculean task, but judging from this first volume in the new story arc one they just might pull off.

Jason’s been vindicated and is living a quiet life in Maine where he’s still attempting to piece together his memories. Following a suggestion by his psychiatrist he undergoes a procedure that stimulates buried memories and gains a glimpse of his childhood, including the identity of a childhood friend. Jason’s able to track him down and they arrange to meet, but before he arrives at his long-lost friend’s house someone else moves in to eliminate him. However, the assassin is not thorough enough and Jason’s timely arrival means he’s able to gather some information, including the knowledge that this friend has been investigating something to do with the Mayflower.

Meanwhile, the conspirators from the first story arc, all locked away in an Arizona jail, are all murdered in an apparent act of revenge that looks like it’s been committed by Jason, although in fact it’s a bold set-up that has also been used to spring one of the inmates. Before long Jason is once again being hounded by the law and a mysterious clandestine group, and all he has to rely on are his wits, his skills, and a few close friends.

Make no mistake, this is no lightweight read. Not only does it build upon the many layered stories of the past 18 volumes, it’s also laying down many fresh story threads and characters to build this new conspiracy. Sente does a grand job in recapping the past and leading you gently through it, but there’s still plenty to absorb and keep track of, and he very successfully captures the spirit of adventure and danger that made Van Hamme’s scripts so captivating. Jigounov’s art is also spot on, perfectly complementing Vance’s that went before with it’s clean lines and finely detailed depictions of people and places.

As an opening salvo, this has bags of promise, so here’s hoping the new creative team can maintain it throughout. So far, so good.
Profile Image for Vincent Riopel.
79 reviews
April 17, 2026
Wow, j’anticipais énormément ce nouveau cycle sans trop savoir à quoi m’attendre, et j’ai été agréablement surpris. On retrouve une énergie qui rappelle les meilleurs moments de la série, avec un retour aux complots, à l’amnésie et à une action bien dosée. Les nouveaux dessins sont excellents et s’intègrent parfaitement, au point de ne pas faire regretter l’ancien style. On sent un vrai respect pour le travail de Jean Van Hamme et William Vance, tout en apportant quelque chose de frais. Après quelques tomes plus redondants, celui-ci relance complètement mon intérêt. Une lecture que j’ai dévorée et qui me donne très hâte à la suite.
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204 reviews
December 27, 2022
Suite de la grande saga de mon adolescence,toujours aussi captivant de suivre les péripéties de Jason Maclane en quête de son histoire
Profile Image for Taneli Repo.
444 reviews7 followers
March 29, 2025
Aloitin XIII:n toisen tarinakokonaisuuden keskeltä sarjaa, ja nopeasti kävi ilmi, että juoni on sen verran kiemurainen, että oli pakko palata aikaisempiin osiin päästäkseen kärryille. Olen ehkä lukenut tämän albumin julkaisuaikaan (2011), mutta mitään en siitä muistanut.

Jason MacLane, joka kärsii edelleen muistinmenetylsestä, hakee apua Julianne-nimiseltä naiselta ja pääsee kokeelliseen terapiaan muistinsa palauttamiseksi. Muistoja alkaakin pulpahdella, ja Jason lähtee etsimään lapsuudenystäväänsä Jim Drakea.

Valitettavasti on niin, että joku kulkee Jasonin edellä ja käy murtamassa Draken niskan ennen kuin tämä ehtii kertomaan juuri mitään. Kuolinvuoteellaan Drake höpisee jotakin ”toukokuun kukasta”.

Kuten asiaan kuuluu, Jasonia syytetään taas kaikesta, mukaan lukien erään vankilan räjäyttämisestä. Hän pakenee ystäviensä luo, missä saa kuulla, että ”toukokuun kukka” saattaa liittyä Mayflower-laivaan, jolla puritaanit tulivat Amerikkaan. Jason tähän, että mitä ihmeen höpötystä tämä on. Lukija kenties samoin.

Käy kuitenkin ilmi, että Mayfloweriin liittyy vaikutusvaltaisten ihmisten salaliitto, joka on osallinen ensimmäisessä tarinakokonaisuudessa käsiteltyyn presidentin murhaan ja myös Jasonin uusiin vaikeuksiin.

Jatkuu seuraavassa osassa…

Tästä albumista alkaen siis uusi käsikirjoittaja (Yves Sente) ja uusi piirtäjä (Juri Jigunov). En suoraan sanoen huomannut eroa edelliseen piirtäjään, vaan sama teknisesti tarkka tyyli jatkuu.
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Profile Image for Pedro.
189 reviews1 follower
April 6, 2020
Some characters and history's have a time and place. XIII is one of those, I read the some books as a kid and reread all in college for fun. The original history is good european BD, and it has aged relatively well. But this continuation seams out of place and mostly a must goo on, that was not much needed
98 reviews3 followers
June 30, 2024
Het eerste deel van de "doorstart" van XIII. Nog niet zeker wat ik ervan vind. Het tekenwerk mag er zijn, dat is zeker. Het scenario lijkt me tot nu toe een beetje al te veel op dat van de eerste negentien albums. De "doorstart" zou dus een "doorslag" kunnen zijn, maar ik geef ze het voordeel van de twijfel.
Profile Image for Santiago Gª Soláns.
933 reviews
December 28, 2018
Empieza una nueva etapa en las aventuras de XIII y la verdad, salvo una casualidad traída un tanto por los pelos, la cosa pinta muy bien. El dibujo es muy adecuado para la historia, siendo un gran sustituto para Vance (quien colabora con algunas páginas). Buen inicio
Profile Image for Javi.
677 reviews26 followers
June 27, 2020
Aunque este nuevo arco es claramente estirar el chicle, es un inicio prometedor.
174 reviews5 followers
December 11, 2022
The best thing happening in graphic novels today!

This story sequence just about keeps up the good work of Jean van Hamme.
Profile Image for Roland Kermarec.
Author 1 book15 followers
August 17, 2012
Ce nouvel opus de la série XIII, le premier sans ses "pères fondateurs" William Vance et Jean Van Hamme, relève le challenge qui se présentait à lui : prendre la suite d'un récit qu'on pensait terminé dans le tome précédent. Le volume 20 relance la saga de manière originale et intéressante, en rattachant l'intrigue à la "conjuration des XX", avec deux nouvelles pistes, l'une plus captivante que l'autre : un concept médical permettant à Jason MacLane d'explorer une partie de ses souvenirs oubliés et, sans doute moins convaincant tout de même, la mise en place d'une nouvelle conspiration inspirée de l'histoire du Mayflower (la conclusion généalogique de cette nouvelle "branche" du récit peut laisser un peu sceptique...) Pas déshonorant toutefois.
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188 reviews
January 22, 2026
This is the start of a new chapter for XIII, new writer, new artist and a new mystery related to Jason Maclane's forgotten past, and a new shadowy organisation that is more than happy to keeping piling up the bodies to keep Jason from learning the truth. A slow setup of a story, but propped up by some beautiful artwork and colouring.
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76 reviews40 followers
April 12, 2017
Der erste Teil von Zyklus II. War es wirklich nötig, die Reihe mit dem Geheimagenten XIII alias Jason Mac Lane alias Jason Fly fortzusetzen?

Dieser Band gibt noch keine Antwort darauf, denn leider entwickelt sich die Story rund um die Verschwörung der "Mayflower Foundation" etwas zäh und verworren.

Daher nur 4 von 5 Sternen, und diese nur als "Vorschuss" ****
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