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Thorgal #23
La Cage
Réfugié dans le château de la princesse Syrane, Thorgal est impatient de retrouver les siens et reprend donc la route. Enfin arrivé sur son île, il devra faire preuve d'obstination et de courage pour retrouver sa place auprès des siens...
48 pages, Hardcover
First published November 8, 1997
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March 15, 2025
PT Mais uma fantástica aventura de Thorgal!
Thorgal recuperou a memória e está finalmente a regressar para junto de Aaricia e dos seus filhos.
Gostei de cada momento—um excelente álbum!
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EN Another fantastic Thorgal adventure!
Thorgal has regained his memory and is finally returning to Aaricia and their sons.
I enjoyed every moment of it—an excellent album!
Thorgal recuperou a memória e está finalmente a regressar para junto de Aaricia e dos seus filhos.
Gostei de cada momento—um excelente álbum!
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EN Another fantastic Thorgal adventure!
Thorgal has regained his memory and is finally returning to Aaricia and their sons.
I enjoyed every moment of it—an excellent album!
July 28, 2022
Najpierw się szukają, potem mijają, potem ona nie chce mu wybaczyć, choć to absurdalne, bo przecież on stracił pamięć, aż wreszcie łączy ich walka ze wspólnym wrogiem. To już telenowela, choć nawet przyjemna. Na zakończenie - po raz kolejny - nowe otwarcie
November 16, 2024
Ale te relacje rodzinne potrafią być problematyczne…
Najpierw Aaricia wyrusza na poszukiwanie Thorgala, mijają się dosłownie statkami, potem wychodzi, że Thorgal jednak wrócił, ale Aaricia zamyka go w klatce wmawiając sobie, że to nie jej mąż. O co tu chodzi? Thorgal musi dopiero rozwalić cały gang piratów żeby Aaricia z powrotem uznała go za swojego męża. No ale mimo wszystko przyjemnie się czytało. Jestem ciekawa jak tam kriss się trzyma bo ona chyba tak łatwo sobie nie odpuści
3,7
Najpierw Aaricia wyrusza na poszukiwanie Thorgala, mijają się dosłownie statkami, potem wychodzi, że Thorgal jednak wrócił, ale Aaricia zamyka go w klatce wmawiając sobie, że to nie jej mąż. O co tu chodzi? Thorgal musi dopiero rozwalić cały gang piratów żeby Aaricia z powrotem uznała go za swojego męża. No ale mimo wszystko przyjemnie się czytało. Jestem ciekawa jak tam kriss się trzyma bo ona chyba tak łatwo sobie nie odpuści
3,7
November 19, 2017
Le grand retour officiel du couple Thorgal & Aaricia se fait avec fracas, à la hauteur de leur forte personnalité respective. J'ai aimé le traitement de l'ambivalence de leurs sentiments, réalistes et sensés. Les choses ne sont pas présentées à la légère, étant donnée la gravité de la situation. Les auteurs ont su le gérer, ce qui est un exploit. En même temps, il y a un genre de récapitulatif des grands albums précédents. Cet album est un une histoire clé dans la série.
January 4, 2020
'De kooi' vormt het sluitstuk van een zeven albums lang durend verhaal dat met 'De sleutelbewaarster' begon. Met het volgende verhaal, 'Arachnéa' begint weer een heel nieuwe cyclus. In 'De kooi' komt Thorgal na vele omzwervingen eindelijk thuis, terug bij zijn familie, maar zijn thuiskomt is minder hartelijk dan hij had gehoopt...
'De kooi' bevat weer genoeg spanning en dreiging, maar is toch vooral een album over liefde, rouw en vergeving. Het is daarmee een van de meest emotionele albums van de reeks, en dus een van de sterkste. Helaas raakte scenarist Van Hamme na dit verhaal ogenschijnlijk een beetje de weg kwijt, want geen van de vervolgverhalen haalt het nog hierbij.
'De kooi' bevat weer genoeg spanning en dreiging, maar is toch vooral een album over liefde, rouw en vergeving. Het is daarmee een van de meest emotionele albums van de reeks, en dus een van de sterkste. Helaas raakte scenarist Van Hamme na dit verhaal ogenschijnlijk een beetje de weg kwijt, want geen van de vervolgverhalen haalt het nog hierbij.
June 12, 2025
One of the most heartbreaking comic volumes ever. Perfect conclusion to the Invisible Fortress cycle. The amount of subtext and emotion that is communicated through the art and paneling is astounding and the depth of character writing for Aaricia and Thorgal is leagues greater than the first issue. Such perfectly developed characters, beginning as caricatures of fantasy archetypes to becoming some of the most complex and well written characters I have ever seen. Simply beautiful to say the least.
September 4, 2021
I think this is now my favorite of about six "Thorgal" titles. He nearly dies ->less<- than a handful of times so it's not too ridiculous. There are great relationship dynamics as well! My qualm? "Wolf Cub" is as dumb a name as I've heard. Unless it's for a pet wolf.
The art is masterful even though Cinebook shrunk it.
The art is masterful even though Cinebook shrunk it.
March 29, 2020
A story of redemption after Thorgal's memory is back. Aaricia is pissed off and that is pretty much a family feud with a bit of action to spice it up. This series can read like a cruel soap opera at times.
May 28, 2021
5 of Shaigon arc:
In this final arc we see Thorgal who travels across to reunite with Aaricia and his children in their island but fate has villains who try to stop that from happening..
This concludes the Shaigon arc 🔥🔥
In this final arc we see Thorgal who travels across to reunite with Aaricia and his children in their island but fate has villains who try to stop that from happening..
This concludes the Shaigon arc 🔥🔥
November 29, 2021
Kolejna historia jak poprzednie. Kolejna księżniczka, która chce zatrzymać Thorgala. Zauważyłem też, że Aaricia się zmieniła (jej rysunek). Czyżby twórcy przestała się podobać dawna wybranka Thorgala?
May 7, 2018
Thorgal torna alla sua famiglia. Ovviamente non tutto può filare liscissimo, ed è giusto che sia così. Bellissimo il momento in cui Aaricia gli dice “sei tornato”. Ma bellissimo anche tutto il resto
July 2, 2018
Thorgalov povratak kući.
September 30, 2019
eutopos i outopos
February 11, 2020
3,5/5; Wyjaśnianie akcji z poprzednich tomów
January 30, 2021
Przemoc wobec kobiet, w tym obraźliwy język, bicie i molestowanie. Prostytutki uliczne. Okropne groźby okaleczeń. Próba uwiedzenia Thorgala przez rozebraną kobietę. Czy to komiks dla dzieci?
May 17, 2022
El regreso de Thorgal para sus seres queridos.
November 2, 2022
Otra excelente historia muy ligada a lo que pasó en el numero anterior. Veremos donde se asientan para el futuro, seguro que no faltaran aventuras, pero que no me lo separen de Aaricia!
April 23, 2023
6eme et dernier opus du cycle SHAÏGAN-SANS-MERCI (6 tomes 18-23), Thorgal de retour de son exile, doit reconquerir la confiance de sa femme...
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October 28, 2023
le retour de thorgal ! pas team aaricia mdrr mais j’aime jolan louve darek et lehla
January 3, 2025
tez fajny tom, chociaz sama akcja nie byla jakas mega ciekawa to milo ze w koncu cos sie pozytywnie konczy
April 8, 2014
After years of being separated from his family, not even remembering who he once was, Thorgal is now returning home, but what he doesn’t know is what he’ll find there, if anything at all.
With the assistance of Galathorn from volume 3 Thorgal is sent on his way with a well-stocked boat and a small bag of silver, but he has also left Galathorn’s sister frustrated and angry by spurning her advances and now she wants retribution. While at sea, Thorgal is hunted down by a swifter boat and the small crew overwhelm him, but not to kill him but to leave him stranded at sea in a disabled craft. Naturally, this doesn’t end well for them.
Meanwhile Aaricia is planning to leave the island and seek an ally in rescuing Thorgal, who she still believes is living as Shaigan the Merciless. Taking Jolan, they sail to a port seeking Sardaz the Flayed, but although his interest is at first piqued, he turns on Aaricia and it’s only Jolan’s intervention that sees them clear.
Having passed his wife on the sea without realising it, Thorgal arrives on his island home to find it deserted, and walks into a trap in his own home that knocks him out and leaves him trapped in a wooden cage. When he comes to he meets Darek, Lehla, and his daughter Wolfcub, who he’s not seen since she was a toddler, and he struggles to convince them of who he is. Wolfcub insists that their dog, Muff, says it’s Thorgal, but they’re cautious, and Thorgal is willing to wait and win their trust. It’s only when Aaricia returns with Jolan that things become tense as she refuses to acknowledge that he is indeed who he says he is.
Unfortunately Sardaz and his men have followed Aaricia to the island although they believe it is just home to one woman and some children. Thorgal slips out of his cage, collects his weapons, and proceeds to thin the numbers of Sardaz’s men, although Lehla and Aaricia do their best to even the odds too. It’s through these actions that Aaricia is able to believe that her husband has returned and that they are a family once more.
For all it’s hope and reuniting, this is a rather melancholy tale of distrust, fear, anxiety and loss, and it’s only the dogged determination of the various members of the family that overcome it. We know Aaricia is still in love with Thorgal, despite the life he’s been living, because she’s seeking a way to extricate him, but even when he’s right before her she needs more than the physical presence - she needs the father, husband, warrior and friend and these qualities have to be shown by actions.
It’s good to see them altogether again, but all the joy at being reunited is tainted by the knowledge that they must leave their island home and seek out somewhere new, and so Rosinski and Van Hamme open a new chapter in Thorgal’s life as the family prepare to sail south.
I was particularly pleased to see a further five volumes shown on this book’s back cover, so plenty more Thorgal on the way. If you’re reading this and weighing up whether or not Thorgal may be for you, then if you’re a fan of the richly developed world in Game of Thrones then your going to appreciate the subtle blurring of history and fantasy here - a consistently excellent series infused with the exceptional imaginative talents of its creators.
With the assistance of Galathorn from volume 3 Thorgal is sent on his way with a well-stocked boat and a small bag of silver, but he has also left Galathorn’s sister frustrated and angry by spurning her advances and now she wants retribution. While at sea, Thorgal is hunted down by a swifter boat and the small crew overwhelm him, but not to kill him but to leave him stranded at sea in a disabled craft. Naturally, this doesn’t end well for them.
Meanwhile Aaricia is planning to leave the island and seek an ally in rescuing Thorgal, who she still believes is living as Shaigan the Merciless. Taking Jolan, they sail to a port seeking Sardaz the Flayed, but although his interest is at first piqued, he turns on Aaricia and it’s only Jolan’s intervention that sees them clear.
Having passed his wife on the sea without realising it, Thorgal arrives on his island home to find it deserted, and walks into a trap in his own home that knocks him out and leaves him trapped in a wooden cage. When he comes to he meets Darek, Lehla, and his daughter Wolfcub, who he’s not seen since she was a toddler, and he struggles to convince them of who he is. Wolfcub insists that their dog, Muff, says it’s Thorgal, but they’re cautious, and Thorgal is willing to wait and win their trust. It’s only when Aaricia returns with Jolan that things become tense as she refuses to acknowledge that he is indeed who he says he is.
Unfortunately Sardaz and his men have followed Aaricia to the island although they believe it is just home to one woman and some children. Thorgal slips out of his cage, collects his weapons, and proceeds to thin the numbers of Sardaz’s men, although Lehla and Aaricia do their best to even the odds too. It’s through these actions that Aaricia is able to believe that her husband has returned and that they are a family once more.
For all it’s hope and reuniting, this is a rather melancholy tale of distrust, fear, anxiety and loss, and it’s only the dogged determination of the various members of the family that overcome it. We know Aaricia is still in love with Thorgal, despite the life he’s been living, because she’s seeking a way to extricate him, but even when he’s right before her she needs more than the physical presence - she needs the father, husband, warrior and friend and these qualities have to be shown by actions.
It’s good to see them altogether again, but all the joy at being reunited is tainted by the knowledge that they must leave their island home and seek out somewhere new, and so Rosinski and Van Hamme open a new chapter in Thorgal’s life as the family prepare to sail south.
I was particularly pleased to see a further five volumes shown on this book’s back cover, so plenty more Thorgal on the way. If you’re reading this and weighing up whether or not Thorgal may be for you, then if you’re a fan of the richly developed world in Game of Thrones then your going to appreciate the subtle blurring of history and fantasy here - a consistently excellent series infused with the exceptional imaginative talents of its creators.
December 14, 2025
Podcykl: Shaigan Bezlitosny, 6 z 6
Epilog podcyklu o Shaiganie, który zarazem mógłby być całkiem przyzwoitym epilogiem całej serii, szkoda, że ta szansa nie została wykorzystana. Ogólnie jest tu trochę odgrzewania starych motywów (pośrednio nawiązuje do "Wilczycy", tylko tam było lepiej), a powrót Thorgala wprowadza zrozumiały rozdźwięk między nim, a Aaricią.
Grzegorz Rosiński na niektórych kadrach wydaję się już zmęczony swoim dotychczasowym stylem.
Scenariusz: ***
Rysunki: ***
Epilog podcyklu o Shaiganie, który zarazem mógłby być całkiem przyzwoitym epilogiem całej serii, szkoda, że ta szansa nie została wykorzystana. Ogólnie jest tu trochę odgrzewania starych motywów (pośrednio nawiązuje do "Wilczycy", tylko tam było lepiej), a powrót Thorgala wprowadza zrozumiały rozdźwięk między nim, a Aaricią.
Grzegorz Rosiński na niektórych kadrach wydaję się już zmęczony swoim dotychczasowym stylem.
Scenariusz: ***
Rysunki: ***
July 29, 2011
Thorgal est de retour parmi les siens ! mais est-ce bien lui ? Aaricia semble ne pas le reconnaître...
Belle histoire qui met l'accent sur la relation amoureuse du couple et la douleur de la séparation. Il était temps que ce cher Thorgal morfle un peu quand même ! juste retour des choses...
Belle histoire qui met l'accent sur la relation amoureuse du couple et la douleur de la séparation. Il était temps que ce cher Thorgal morfle un peu quand même ! juste retour des choses...
May 2, 2021
Det här var en av de första fantasy serierna jag läste som blandade in science fiction i allt det magiska. Det var en ögonöppnande upplevelse som gjort det här en mycket minnesvärd serie! Har den åldrats? Absolut, men jag kan inte låta bli att älska den trots detta.
July 18, 2009
Thorgal i jego rodzina została obdarzona mnóstwem mniej lub bardziej niebezpiecznych przygód. Jednak dla mnie wypadają lepiej niż serial Klan.
February 3, 2016
Rambromance.
April 25, 2025
Cet opus aurait pu/du clore la série.
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