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Benoît Brisefer #4
Tonton Placide
Benny's uncle has a very important job: he guards the treasury of a very tiny -- but very rich -- neighboring country. Uncle Placid has his work cut out for him, with thieves of every stripe always plotting to break in and steal the money, but he never expected a thief to try and steal the machines that make the money! While traveling back home with Benny during a school break with the printing plates on board, it looks like super-strong Benny might be the only one able to fend off a daring raid!
64 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1969
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1,187 books143 followersPierre Culliford, known as Peyo, was a Belgian comics artist, perhaps best known for the creation of The Smurfs comic strip.
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October 7, 2020
It's your typical Benoit Brisefer adventure but funnier that usual and we are introduced to Benny's bodyguard uncle.
August 4, 2008
kadang gue kangen sama komik2 eropa kayak gini ini, karena suka ada translate-an nya yg menurut gue agak2 ajaib... contohnya singkatan "YAKHUPER WARNA JURA" yayasan khusus perlindungan warga negara asing kunjung negara...
October 7, 2020
Υπάρχει μια συγκεκριμένη φόρμα στις περιπέτειες του Πίκου του Τρομερού (ελληνική μετάφραση του Benoit Brisefer, λολ), από την οποία ψιλοξεφέυγει (ελάχιστα) η συγκεκριμένη ιστορία.
July 12, 2025
Très mignon, merci maman pour le cadeau à Noël hihi
August 24, 2014
It’s the start of the summer holidays and so Benny is off to stay with his Uncle Placid out in the country. Uncle Placid is a bodyguard by trade but has taken some time off so he and Benny can go fishing and relax. However, no sooner has Benny arrived when Uncle Placid’s boss turns up with an urgent assignment for him - to accompany the finance minister of Fürengrootsbadenschtein back to his own country with the plates for printing his country’s banknotes. Uncle Placid is assured it’ll be an easy job, so taking Benny along won’t be a problem.
What none of the realise is that a gang of crooks are well aware of the impending transfer and are already in place to steal them, starting with a daring heist at the Central Bank where the plates are to be handed to the finance minister in a briefcase. And they almost get away with it but for a last minute intervention from Benny, which includes him speeding down the road after a fast car, ripping off the boot, and snatching the case.
It’s obviously going to be a more dangerous trip than first thought, but this doesn’t appear to concern any of the adults that a small child is along for the ride. Benny even goes as far as to tell Uncle Placid several times about his astounding strength, but each time Uncle Placid is distracted and fails to hear. Naturally, it’s Benny’s abilities that dig them out of trouble again and again as the crooks make more and more attempts to steal the case, before Uncle Placid and Benny finally deliver the rather ungrateful finance minister across the border intact.
There’s a smidgen of peril here, but you know Benny’s not really going to come unstuck, and having his burly Uncle along for the adventure offers an interesting double act that could easily be explored further. The gags are good too, not least the final page where Benny’s only flaw shows itself at the worst possible moment. A well put together humorous adventure comic suited to any age group.
What none of the realise is that a gang of crooks are well aware of the impending transfer and are already in place to steal them, starting with a daring heist at the Central Bank where the plates are to be handed to the finance minister in a briefcase. And they almost get away with it but for a last minute intervention from Benny, which includes him speeding down the road after a fast car, ripping off the boot, and snatching the case.
It’s obviously going to be a more dangerous trip than first thought, but this doesn’t appear to concern any of the adults that a small child is along for the ride. Benny even goes as far as to tell Uncle Placid several times about his astounding strength, but each time Uncle Placid is distracted and fails to hear. Naturally, it’s Benny’s abilities that dig them out of trouble again and again as the crooks make more and more attempts to steal the case, before Uncle Placid and Benny finally deliver the rather ungrateful finance minister across the border intact.
There’s a smidgen of peril here, but you know Benny’s not really going to come unstuck, and having his burly Uncle along for the adventure offers an interesting double act that could easily be explored further. The gags are good too, not least the final page where Benny’s only flaw shows itself at the worst possible moment. A well put together humorous adventure comic suited to any age group.
July 18, 2014
Benny is on vacation and staying with his uncle, the security expert. Who is called away to an assignment-protecting an annoying and ungrateful banking minister-a completely "safe" job that he is encouraged to bring Benny to. Of course, it's not safe and Benny needs to save the day. Plenty of adventure and humor.
January 12, 2016
Fun reading with my five-year old. The further adventures of superpowered but well-mannered Benny Breakiron. More episodic than the earlier books in the series, being built around a series of incidents as Benny and his bodyguard uncle flee some bandits, but still a nicely drawn piece of 1960s European comic book art from the creator of the Smurfs.
May 29, 2023
Another solid Benny Breakiron tale, the book says #5 Bodoni Circus is coming soon, now nearly a decade later it still isn’t out, and instead of quality titles like this, Papercutz is pushing out slop.
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