Michel Vaillant
Comics series about a French racing car driver / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the comics series. For the 2003 film, see Michel Vaillant (film). For the footballer, see Michel Vaillant Mbiobe Mouegni.
Michel Vaillant is a French car racing comics series created in 1957 by French[1] cartoonist Jean Graton and published originally by Le Lombard. Later, Graton published the albums by himself when he founded Graton éditeur in 1982. Michel Vaillant is the main character of the eponymous series, a French racing car driver who competes mainly in Formula One.
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Michel Vaillant | |
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Cover of Le Grand Defi, the first title of the series | |
Publication information | |
Publisher | Le Lombard, Novedi, Fleurus, Graton éditeur |
Format | Bande dessinée |
Publication date | 1957 - present |
Main character(s) | Michel Vaillant |
Creative team | |
Created by | Jean Graton |
Written by | Jean Graton, Phillipe Graton |
Artist(s) | Jean Graton, Studio Graton |
Colorist(s) | Jean Graton, Studio Graton |
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The feature first appeared in Tintin magazine, where Jean Graton had already published a number of short stories about real-life sporting heroes. The series appeared in Tintin between 1957 and 1976, in France[2] as well as in Belgium.[3] An estimated 17 million copies of the series' albums have been sold worldwide.[4]