''Spirou à Moscou'', written by Tome and drawn by Janry, is the forty-second album of the ''

Spirou et Fantasio ''Spirou & Fantasio'' (french: Spirou et Fantasio, wa, Spirou eyet Fantasio) is one of the most popular classic Franco-Belgian comics. The series, which has been running since 1938, shares many characteristics with other European comics, European ...

'' series, and the tenth of the authors. The story was serialised in '' Spirou'' magazine before it was released as a hardcover album in 1990.

Story

Moments before their departure on holiday to the tropics, Spirou and Fantasio are taken by the

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for the

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which needs them. They're told that Moscow is being terrorised by the mysterious 'White Prince of the Russian Mafia', Tanaziof. According to the KGB's information this man is an old enemy of the two heroes. If Spirou and Fantasio help to solve the case, Russia will free a French journalist who they've taken custody. In Moscow, Spirou and Fantasio discover that Tanaziof is none other than Zantafio, Fantasio's evil cousin. Zantafio's inept second-in-command, Nikita Vlalarlev, tries to assassinate the two heroes by crushing them with a part of monument, but fails. Zantafio is planning to abduct the body of

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and to ask the Russian government for a huge ransom for its return. Spirou and Fantasio succeed in thwarting these plans. Zantafio manages to escape.

References

Tome publications in ''Spirou''
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External links

Spirou official site album index
Spirou et Fantasio albums Works originally published in Spirou (magazine) Literature first published in serial form 1990 in comics Comics set in Russia Moscow in fiction Cultural depictions of Vladimir Lenin {{FrancoBelgian-comics-stub