O Dedo do Diabo

Comanche #7

by Hermann Huppen, Greg

Alors que la ville s'apprête à accueillir son futur gouverneur, Red Dust décide de quitter la région pour de bon et d'aller vers le Nord. En arrivant dans le Montana, il sauve deux pauvres diables qui lui apprennent que le cuivre, qui se trouve en abondance dans cette région, cause la ruine de bien des fermiers au profit de quelques escrocs.  Engagé dans la ferme des Duncan, il est obligé de combattre les représentants d'une société qui veut chasser les propriétaires de leurs terres afin d'en extraire le cuivre...

Genres: Comics, Bande Dessinée, Westerns

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Hermann was born in 1938 in Bévercé (now a part of Malmedy) in Liège Province. After studying to become a furniture maker and working as interior architect, Hermann made his debut as comic book artist in 1964 in the comics magazine Spirou with a four page story. Greg noticed his talent and offered him to work for his studio. In 1966, he began illustrating the Bernard Prince series written by Greg, published in the comic magazine Tintin periodical. In 1969, also in collaboration with Greg, he began the western series Comanche. This appeared at the same time as other western series such as Blueberry.
Hermann began writing his own stories in 1977, starting the post-apocalyptic Jeremiah series, which is still produced today. In the same period, he also made three albums of Nick, inspired by Little Nemo in Slumberland, for Spirou.[1] In 1983 he began a new series, Les Tours de Bois-Maury, which is set in the Middle Ages and is less focused on action than his other works.
Hermann has also created many non-series graphic novels sometimes together with his son Yves H. One of them, Lune de Guerre, with a story by Jean Van Hamme, was later filmed as The Wedding Party by Dominique Deruddere.[2]
Hermann was characterized by a realistic style and stories that are both somber and angry, with a sense of disillusion with regards to the human character in general, and current society more specifically.


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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.