John Lord / Het Weeshuis / De Schakel / Atom{ka} - 6 Album - First edition

Two thrilling and complete stories in Topstaat!

“John Lord”, a complete story in 3 parts, HC, first edition and in Nieuwstaat (see photos).

An original noir story set in 1920s New York, where an unlikely pair of detectives pursues a mysterious killer. Ex-detective John Lord, just back from WWI, is convinced to revive a special investigative bureau, known as the UPI, to investigate the gruesome death of its founder. While John is accompanied by Clara, a headstrong psychology student, the duo is followed on their wild ride from the Big Apple to the Bayou of Louisiana...

“Het Weeshuis”, “De Schakel” and “Atom{ka}”, a complete story in 3 parts, HC, first edition and in Nieuwstaat (see photos).

Verstripping of the eponymous novel by Franck Thilliez by Sylvain Runberg (Optic Squad) • A crazy thriller, inspired by true events • The film rights for the story have been sold in America; adapted into a six-episode TV series • Limited hardcover edition! Ludo Sénéchal clears out the attic of a certain Wlad Sziplman, a collector of espionage films and curiosities, who died after a fatal fall from a ladder. Wlad's son, Luc, also gives him the last film reel that the old man was about to put in his projector when he died. At home, in Marq-en-Baroeul, Ludo watches the film and… is instantly blind. He seeks help from his ex, police inspector Lucie Henebelle. In the hospital, Ludo tells her everything: about the film reel, the terrible images and his sudden blindness. Lucie also watches the film, but nothing happens to her. A close-up of an eye being worked on with a scalpel, girls slaughtering rabbits, another that throttles a bull… but nothing that would blind. Lucie calls on Claude Poignet, a video specialist, to analyze the film reel. He finds subliminal images on it…