Le repaire de la murène

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Spirou et Fantasio #9
Le repaire de la murène

Cover of the Belgian edition

Publisher	Dupuis
Date	1957
Series	Spirou et Fantasio

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

Original publication
Published in	Le Journal de Spirou
Issue(s)	#871 - #904
Date(s) of publication	1954 - 1955
Language	French
ISBN	ISBN 2-8001-0011-7

Chronology
Preceded by	La mauvaise tête, 1957
Followed by	Les pirates du silence, 1958

Le repaire de la murène, written and drawn by Franquin, is the ninth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, expanding the Spirou universe to underwater dimensions. After appearing in segments in Le Journal de Spirou, it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1957.

[edit] Story

In The Murena's Keep, shipping magnate Xénophon Hamadryas offers a $ 6000 reward to the inventors of a submarine innovation in order to find his sunken Le Discret off the French Mediterranean coast, and Champignac's efforts are naturally so spectacular that the competition needs to resort to sabotage. A chain of secrets need to be revealed as the maritime criminal John "the Murena" Helena lurks in the deep.

[edit] Background

The inventions of Count Champignac are everywhere in this story as the X4 mushroom elixir that increases brain activity comes into play with the Individual SubMarine Vehicle as the result. An old Fantasio invention, the Fantacopter, makes a reappearance too. New discoveries of the Marsupilami's biology are revealed, and Helena "the Murena" establishes a new breed of thug in an altogether dark and nervous adventure.