La corne de rhinocéros

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Spirou et Fantasio #6
La corne de rhinocéros

Cover of the Belgian edition

Publisher	Dupuis
Date	1955
Series	Spirou et Fantasio

Creative team
Writer(s)	Franquin
Artist(s)	Franquin

Original publication
Published in	Le Journal de Spirou
Issue(s)	#764 - #797
Date(s) of publication	1952 - 1953
Language	French
ISBN	ISBN 2-8001-0008-7

Chronology
Preceded by	Les voleurs du Marsupilami, 1954
Followed by	Le dictateur et le champignon, 1956

La corne de rhinocéros, written and drawn by Franquin, is the sixth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, consisting of the title story, as well as a directly linked prequel, Spirou et la turbotraction. After sequential appearances in Le Journal de Spirou, they were both released as one complete hardcover album in 1955.

[edit] Story

In Horn of the Rhinoceros, Fantasio's journalistic career with Le Moustique is in a slump. Desperate to find a scoop, he decides to manufacture one and persuades Spirou to help. Trouble at the Turbot factory (from Spirou et les héritiers) who have designed a car so spectacular that the industry competition need to destroy it, changes all the plans, as does getting acquainted with Fantasio's journalistic nemesis Seccotine. A search for fleeing racecar driver Martin and a microfilm takes them to Africa, and close contact with rhinoceri.

[edit] Discourse

The introduction of Seccotine brings a new dimension to the Spirou universe, and makes it a more interesting one. Also the first of many classy design vehicles Franquin was to create, appears in the Turbotraction:Turbot-Rhino I.