''Julie Wood'' was a Franco-Belgian comics series drawn and written by French cartoonist

Jean Graton Jean Graton (10 August 1923 – 21 January 2021) was a French comic book author and cartoonist. Graton created the famous character Michel Vaillant and the eponymous series in 1957. Biography Graton was born in Nantes, France, in 1923. He m ...

between 1976 and 1980. It centered around a young female motorcyclist, Julie Wood. When the series ended the character was introduced in Graton's other, more famous, comics series ''

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''. The character was portrayed by German actress

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in the 2003 film adaptation of ''Michel Vaillant''.

Overview

Founded in 1976 by Jean Graton, these series found an audience among bikers and other comics fans. ''Julie Wood'' was regularly published in the comics magazine ''Super As''. The

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were published from 1976 to 1979 by

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, and in 1979 and 1980 by

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. The series consists of 8 albums plus 2 advertising albums. After 1980 the heroine was featured in the series ''Michel Vaillant'' in 1982, in which she becomes the bride of Steve Warson from the album ''Paris-Dakar''.

Albums

*''Une fille nommée Julie Wood'' *''Défends-toi Julie'' *''500 fous au départ '' *''Pas de cadeau pour Julie'' *''Le motard maudit'' *''Un ours, un singe...et un side-car'' *''Ouragan sur Daytona '' *''Bol d'or''

External links

Graton éditeur official website
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