''Alpha'' is a Franco-Belgian comics series about a

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operative written by Pascal Renard, illustrated by

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and published by

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in French and

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in English.

Volumes

#''L'échange'' (May 1996) #''Clan Bogdanov'' (May 1997) #''Le salaire des loups'' (April 1998) #''La liste'' (April 1999) #''Sanctions'' (October 2000) #''L'émissaire'' (April 2002) #''Snow White, 30 secondes!'' (October 2003) #''Jeux de puissants'' (November 2004) #''Scala'' (September 2006) #''Mensonges'' (May 2007) #''Fucking patriot'' (September 2009) #''Petit tour avec Malcolm'' (August 2013) #''Le syndrome de Maracamba'' (September 2015) #''Dominos'' (2019)

Translations

Since July 2008,

Cinebook Ltd Cinebook Ltd is a British publishing company that publishes comic albums and graphic novels. It describes itself as "the 9th art publisher," the 9th art being comics in continental Europe, especially France, Belgium and Italy. They typically tr ...

has been publishing ''Alpha''. Four albums have been released so far: #''The Exchange'' (includes 'The Bogdanov Clan'; July 2008) #''Wolves' Wages'' (April 2009) #''The List'' (July 2010) #''Sanctions'' (January 2014)

References

Belgian graphic novels Bandes dessinées Belgian comic strips 1996 comics debuts Spy comics Lombard Editions titles {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub