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Valérian and Laureline #6-8

Valérian et Laureline l'Intégrale, volume 3

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inda og Valentins samlede eventyr 3 indeholder foruden spændende forord om serien og originalforsider følgende klassiske historier: Skyggernes ambassadør, I den falske verden og Jævndøgnets helte

164 pages, Hardcover

First published October 26, 2011

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Pierre Christin was a French comics creator and writer.

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Profile Image for Ignacio.
1,443 reviews302 followers
May 17, 2022
Este tomo se beneficia de que el último álbum, "El embajador de las sombras", es una maravilla. No tanto por la historia que desarrolla, un ir de un lugar hacia otro estirando un argumento más de la cuenta, como por la plenitud de Mezières; página tras página deslumbra con sus civilizaciones y sus paisajes alienígenas. Además está protagonizado por Laureline, que tiene toda la sangre en el cuerpo que le falta a Valerian. Los dos anteriores son historias más infantojuveniles con un encanto menor, particularmente "Los malos sueños", que con un trazo más cartoon es pura fórmula de Pilote. "La ciudad de las aguas movedizas" en ese sentido se siente como un avance, más propio de cuando se publicó (los 70) al plasmar unos EE.UU. postapocalípticos y paisajes muy trabajados.
Profile Image for Diz.
1,861 reviews138 followers
February 15, 2022
I enjoyed reading these science fiction stories, but for some reason I kept feeling that Valerian and Laureline were characters that things happened to. In other words, they reacted to the strange situations they were in, but weren't ever really in control of anything. I would have enjoyed the stories more if they had more agency. I did enjoy the old 70s style art, though.
Profile Image for Carlex.
752 reviews177 followers
July 20, 2017
4 1/2 stars

Tres aventuras de Valerian y Laureline.

"Los malos sueños" Buen argumento de fantasía y magia. Valerian viaja al siglo X.

"La ciudad de las aguas movedizas" La Tierra del 1986 arrasada por tsunamis y cambio climático "avant la lettre". Muy buena.

"El embajador de las Sombras". ¡Excelente! Sense of Wonder a raudales. La historia en la que se basa la próxima película "La ciudad de los mil planetas". Laureline es la verdadera protagonista de la aventura y la que "saves the day" como dicen en inglés.
Profile Image for Andrew.
2,539 reviews
November 9, 2019
and so on to the third of the hardback collected stories of Valerian - it also contains the third and final part of the Luc Besson interview which acted as the link to the film. There are also interviews with the creative team that brought the original comics although their presence is played down (which I think is a bit of a shame considering how more important they are than promoting the film)

However it all leads to a beautiful book which contains the next 3 chapters in the story of Laureline and Valerian one of which was the basis of the film (although it is only loosely).

These stories were published chronologically and you can see how the story, artwork and even characters have developed and evolved. You can certainly start to see things mature and in the process their influence on the whole genre becoming more pronounced

this book definitely deserves being a collectors edition (although the price can be a bit of a shock) and this is still relatively early - the series has 7 books in total spanning their career the question is where will they go next
Profile Image for Fredrik Strömberg.
Author 15 books56 followers
April 8, 2015
Valérian and Laureline is without a doubt THE classic science fiction comic of all times. Christin writes intelligent yet exciting scripts that are full of social commentary, and Mézières has an exquisite ability to create a seemingly endless range of innovative and strange but still believable alien cultures.

Fortunately, we now get the whole classic series in beautiful hardcover collections, with three albums in each volume. With this the third volume, we have come to the serie's real highlight in my opinion, the second half of the 1970s, when large-scale and innovative science-fiction drama was combined with inventive allegories of what was happening in the present day. The last album of this collection, Heroes of the Equinox, is an excellent example of this. A planet where the population is aging and infertile invite four representatives of different planets to fight for the right for their genes to renew the world. In addition to Valérian, the three others come from totally different alien worlds, while at the same time being representatives of fascism, communism, and spiritualism respectively. An exciting, beautiful and sophisticated graphic novel that includes an analysis of the political situation of the late 1970s, complete with a humanist/feminist message.

This book also contains a comprehensive fact based section that adds new dimensions to the reading of these old classics. It just doesn't get any better than this.
Profile Image for Ady Weasley.
1,777 reviews45 followers
October 31, 2017
Más bien es un 4.5⭐️

En este tomo nos encontramos tres historias nuevas.
1. EL EMBAJADOR DE LAS SOMBRAS: Si no estoy mal, está historia es en sí la que se tomo como base para hacer la película, unas cosas concuerdan sin embargo como es obvio tiene modificaciones para poder llevarla a la pantalla grande.
En esta historia la que lleva la trama es Laureline quien está buscando a Valerian el que fue secuestrado por un grupo de alienigenas.
La verdad no entendí bien el motivo por que el embajador de la tierra y Valerian fueron secuestrados pero aun así la historia estuvo bien.


2. EN LAS TIERRAS ARTIFICIALES: este tomo vemos nuevamente a Laureline como la protagonista ella junto a Jarda una historiadora de Galaxity están en una misión viajando en el tiempo.
En esta misión muere Valentine.... Pero no pasa mucho cuando descubrimos que en la misión están usando clones de él.
Al final descubrimos que Jarda está obsesionada con el Diseñador de las épocas a las que están viajando y su finalidad era conocerlo más no detenerlo.

3. LOS HÉROES DEL EQUINOCCIO: Valerian es enviado como vencedor de la tierra a Simlane un planeta en el cual la gente es vieja e infertilidad, y él junto con otros tres vencedores de otros planetas deben de recorrer un camino largo en una hila de donde provienen los jóvenes del planeta.
Después de un arduo camino con diversas pruebas difíciles Valerian sale vencedor. El premio ...Fertilizar a la madre suprema de esa isla y así poder dar vida a la nueva generación. Algo que molesta a Laureline.

Un buen tomo para continuarla saga
Profile Image for Anetq.
1,305 reviews74 followers
November 30, 2017
3 fantastiske bind: Skyggernes ambassadør, I den falske verden og Jævndøgnets helte. Universets uendelige muligheder og folkeslag - og som altid er Linda skarp, antiautoritær og redder Valentins røv, når han får rodet sig ud i at redde verden...
Profile Image for Cesar Leon.
419 reviews12 followers
December 10, 2020
Este tomo contiene la historia en que se basaron para hacer la película , luego de leer la historia puedo decir que hicieron un buen trabajo con la adaptación del mismo.

Poder ver como manejan ese balance entre el romance de los protagonistas y como cada cual tiene protagonismo en las diversas historias me parece un trabajo sobresaliente para todos los años que llevan publicadas estas historias.


Es una buena eleccion para todo amante del sci-fi que este abierto a ver un sinfín de historias que se toman algunas libertades pero nos llevan en cada una un producto totalmente diferente.
Profile Image for Christopher.
609 reviews
October 22, 2021
Wow this was mostly forgettable. Sure it has the story the movie is based on but that's not enough. I mean, especially considering how little is here and they used that for the inspiration? whew.
Profile Image for Marlene Bentsen (Boggrippen).
737 reviews25 followers
August 5, 2020
Det tredje samlebind med Linda og Valentin indeholder min absolutte favorit historie - nemlig Skyggernes Ambassadør.

Det er helt klart den jeg har læst flest gange og den jeg fandt mest eventyrlig af dem alle.

Der er mange forskellige skabninger med og illustrationerne er så fantasifulde, at man næsten kammer over af begejstring😃

Det er også Linda og Valentins tegner, der bliver fortalt om i forordet.

Jean-Claude Mézières har haft sin sag for med de fantastiske historier, som Christin rystede ud af ærmet.

Han sprang aldrig over, hvor gærdet var lavest. Mézières opfandt alting selv og det var ikke helt nemt. Ofte måtte Christin også skrive om, fordi tingene ikke var så Mézières kunne arbejde med det.

Det er ret sjovt at læse om de 'hårde fødsler', der har været undervejs😊

Som sagt er Skyggernes Ambassadør en af historierne i samlebindet. Her er vi på besøg hos det galaktiske FN, hvor jordens ambassadør bliver kidnappet.

En anden historie hedder I Den Falske Verden, som er en lidt spøjs fortælling om en masse Valentin kopier.

Den sidste historie hedder Jævndøgnets Helte. En pragtfuld historie, hvor Valentin skal i kappestrid med tre andre for at redde en døende planet.
Profile Image for Mateen Mahboubi.
1,585 reviews19 followers
May 24, 2018
A really excellent collection of three great Valerian stories. Less reliant on action set pieces, Chistin is able to explore more more political topics and get more sci-fi. Really cool world building, as is expected and strong stories. The best volume so far and a great introduction section with interviews and lots of background.
230 reviews10 followers
November 29, 2017
Inhalt
Der Jubiläumsband versammelt zwei Alben von Valerian und Veronique zum günstigen Preis. Der spannende Comic um die Raum-Zeit-Agenten hat längst Kultstatus erreicht. Dies ist die Chance, in die Serie hineinzuschnuppern. Große Funnyklassiker – kleiner Preis!

Meine Meinung
Zeichenstil
Der Stil ist etwas älter und für mich auch etwas veraltet. Die Farben sind sehr blass und eher unauffällig. Außerdem ist der Zeichenstil sehr ruhig und authentisch, jedoch ist es manchmal etwas sehr überladen.

Geschichten
Die Geschichten sind sehr authentisch und fantastisch erzählt. Außerdem ist es eher ruhiger und auch sehr lehrreich. Des Weiteren war es leider nicht ganz so interessant. Und doch ist es abwechslungsreich.
Zu den Autoren
Pierre Christin, geboren 1938 in Paris, Hochschullehrer, Schriftsteller und Journalist, gehört zu den profiliertesten und engagiertesten Comic-Autoren Europas. Nach dem Studium der Politik, Sozial- und Literaturwissenschaften ging er als Dozent für Französisch an die Universität von Salt Lake City. Dort besuchte ihn 1965 sein Jugendfreund Jean-Claude Mézières, der damals schon seit zehn Jahren als Zeichner arbeitete. Mézières überredete ihn, ein Comic-Szenario zu schreiben. So entstand die Kurzgeschichte "Le Rhum du Punch", die 1966 in "Pilote" veröffentlicht wurde. Nach dieser ersten Publikation entwickelte Christin unter dem Pseudonym Linus im Jahr darauf für Mézières die Serie "Valerian und Veronique" (dt. bei CARLSEN COMICS), die sich bereits nach wenigen Episoden zum bedeutendsten europäischen Science-Fiction-Comic entwickelte. Seit dem Erscheinungsjahr der ersten Folge hat Christin einen Lehrstuhl für Journalistik an der Universität zu Bordeaux inne. Neben "Valerian und Veronique" wurde Christin vor allem durch die "Legende von heute" berühmt, die er - abgesehen von der ersten, von Jaques Tardi 1972 gestalteten Episode - für Enki Bilal schrieb. In diesem Werk wir die folgende Zielsetzung Christins besonders deutlich: "Es ist meine Brechtsche Seite, dass ich finde, dass die aktuelle Kunst nicht mit Gestalten spielen soll, mit denen versucht wird, den Leser zu assimilieren oder umzuerziehen - aber man soll versuchen, bewusst zu machen. Es geht nicht darum, ins andere Extrem zu verfallen, sondern mit sozialen Kräften und Strömungen zu spielen. Hier haben Comics eine aussergewöhnliche Stärke - etwas ähnliches kann im Theater nicht und in Filmen nur schwer gemacht werden, Eisenstein und ein paar andere ausgenommen, nämlich die Massen und die sozialen Kräfte und nicht nur den Helden in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen." Aus seinem erfolgreichen Gesamtwerk ragen außerdem mehrere in sich abgeschlossene Alben für Annie Goetzinger heraus. Weiterhin schrieb Christin mehrere Romane, Theaterstücke und Filmdrehbücher. Er schreibt nicht nur Szenarien für "Valerian und Veronique", sondern auch für andere Zeichner, besonders bemerkenswert ist dabei sein Engagement für aufstrebende, junge Zeichentalente.

Empfehlung
Wenn ihr Comics in einem etwas älteren Zeichenstil mögt, dann seit ihr hier auf jeden Fall richtig. Außerdem ist er etwas für Star Wars Fans.
Profile Image for Óscar López.
169 reviews1 follower
September 9, 2019
This volume collects three albums: "On False Earths" is the weakest story of the book, a time-travelish adventure with lots of Valerian clones to keep the action going.

"Heroes of the Equinox" pays homage to American-style superheroes, with an epic narrative split in four simultaneous timelines and an unexpected, hilarious ending. The political overtones on this one are quite evident, as the authors pit communism, fascism and ecofascism against each other.

"Ambassador of the Shadows" is the true jewel. This is one of the best Valerian tales so far, structured as a detective story where Laureline really shines. The amount of critters, places and cultures depicted is staggering, it's easy to see why this was selected as the inspiration for Luc Besson's (poor) film adaptation. And by the end we discover Earth's true imperialist intentions!

The plot thickens... this series has taken full flight now, the next volumes hold great promise and will definitely be part of my reading list.
1,181 reviews18 followers
December 28, 2020
Another collection of three stories, these are a bit odder, a bit more political than the previous books. And all three seem to feature a lot less of Valerian, a lot more of Laureline (with the exception of the last story).

"Ambassador of the Shadows" was the best of the bunch, with Laureline on a quest to find the Earth's ambassador and Valerian, travelling through strange environments. "On False Earths" is quite strange, with clone Valerians chasing an unknown interloper through time. And finally we get "Heroes of the Equinox", where Valerian completes against other heroes to win the right to save a civilization.

Not a bad collection.
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474 reviews6 followers
June 12, 2018
So, the comics are interesting, if a little, well, predictably dated, but I thought the interviews were mostly pretty frustrating (oh, to have the confidence and self-importance of white men). The art's great, the story lines, well, they're definitely from their time (there's a straw feminist in one of them! ooooooooohoooo).

If you've seen the movie, Valerian, (Personally, I thought it was bad, but not entertaining bad, boring bad) the comic that it was (loosely) based on is the first of the three in this book.
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432 reviews2 followers
June 5, 2025
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Profile Image for Greg Enslen.
Author 34 books68 followers
September 17, 2018
Another great collection of Valerian comics, including the inspiration for the lackluster film. I can see why they tried to make a film from it - the story is great and the visuals astounding. Too bad they chose such forgettable and humorless leads. Anyway, these comics are great and the attention to detail is amazing. Loved it, although the third and final story was a little too trippy for my taste...
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611 reviews8 followers
December 15, 2018
What I love most about Valerian is the strength of the characters and its ability to relate to current events. Laureline has become one of my favorite protagonists. I like that she was the lead in “Ambassador of the Shadows.” All three stories were great. Valerian’s seemingly simple nature made him the hero in “Heroes of the Equinox.” I like that he was obviously not a classic super hero, but he was chosen as the victor. Overall a good read!
Profile Image for Viggo Pedersen.
282 reviews4 followers
May 3, 2022
Volume 3 - books 8, 9 and 10 continues the adventures of Valerian and Laureline through space and time.
Ambassador Of The Shadows 1975
On The False Earths 1977
Heroes Of The Equinox 1978

The first book: Ambassador Of The Shadows is the story that Luc Besson chose to adapt into the film: Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets. Which came out in 2017, 50 years after the very first Valerian story was published!
Profile Image for Rolando Marono.
1,944 reviews20 followers
December 29, 2017
The good:
-The complexity of the stories improved a lot.
-The plots! The second and the third story were really good sci fi stories.
-I like a lot to see Laureline as protagonist of the first story, it was good as a change of pace.

The bad:
-I guess the translation of some of the dialogues made sometimes confusing to know the motivations of some characters.
Profile Image for Liz H {Redd's Reads}.
494 reviews
September 5, 2017
This volume holds the story that was used as the basis for the recent movie, Valerian. It was interesting to see what was kept, what was changed, and what was left out. This isn't my style of art, but it was great to check out the source material.
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312 reviews4 followers
February 18, 2018
A nice, solid ending to a three-volume collection. This contains the story the movie was based on. I still really enjoy the juxtaposition of whimsical art with serious, beyond-the-time commentaries. An overall fun and lighthearted collection.
Profile Image for Christoph Segers.
622 reviews32 followers
September 10, 2018
Was vooral het middelste verhaal een meevaller, de twee andere konden me minder overtuigen. Elk nieuw avontuur is zo anders van toon dat het elke keer een verrassing is en dat kan enorm meevallen of ietwat tegenvallen.
1,897 reviews9 followers
September 7, 2020
I ran through this so quickly, I forgot to add it as "reading"!

I think this is my favorite so far out of these "Complete Collection" volumes. The library doesn't have any more, so I'll have to interlibrary loan the rest, I guess.
Profile Image for James.
4,303 reviews
October 28, 2025
Fun stories. Some focus on Valerian and others focus on Laureline.

A quest with unlimited resources.

A virtual world with infinite drones and trying to escape or join with the higher power.

A quest of four to bring a future vision to the next generation. The odd man out 'wins'.
Profile Image for Garrett.
583 reviews9 followers
January 9, 2018
I love this series. I can't get enough of Valerian and Laureline. This collection in particular is fantastic. So imaginative and fun. The characters are only getting better, too.
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