''Adler'' is a Belgian comic series written and drawn by the Belgian author

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(1952–2006) and colored by his wife Chantal De Spiegeleer. The comic was initially serialized in ''

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'' magazine beginning in 1985 and was published as ten albums by

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from 1987 to 2003. It was reissued in 2008 in two omnibus volumes collecting five albums each. Executed in classic ''

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'', the series's drawings are characterized by a stylized but realistic portrayal of the background and a highly stylized, nearly caricatural character design. ''Adler'' is named after the protagonist, Adler von Berg, a German pilot who deserts the

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in 1942 and founds an airfreight company in Delhi with his Irish girlfriend Helen. The albums recount, with a humorous tone, their action-laden adventures in exotic locations such as India, Latin America, the Caribbean or a Soviet

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Albums

;Individual albums # ''L'avion du Nanga'' (1987, ) # ''Le repaire du Katana'' (1988, ) # ''Muerte transit'' (1989, ) # ''Dernière mission'' (1992, ) # ''Black Bounty'' (1995, ) # ''L'île perdue'' (1996, ) # ''La jungle rouge'' (1997, ) # ''Les maudits'' (1998, ) # ''La force'' (2000, ) # ''Le goulag'' (2003, ) ;Collections #''Adler: Intégrale 1'' (2008, ) #''Adler: Intégrale 2'' (2008, ) ;Special editions *''Noël en malaisie'' (1998, ''hors-série'', 500 copies published by ''B.D. Club de Genève'')

References

Belgian comics titles Belgian comic strips Belgian comics characters Comics characters introduced in 1985 1985 comics debuts Fictional aviators Fictional German people Fictional German military personnel Comics set during World War II Humor comics Aviation comics Action-adventure comics Lombard Editions titles {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub