Buck Danny

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Buck Danny is a Belgian/French comic strip created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon, which chronicles the adventures of a trio of pilots in the United States Navy.

The first half dozen albums recounted Buck Danny's exploits in the Pacific war. He dueled over Midway, was parachuted into Burma, and fought the Japanese all over the Pacific ocean, while advancing in rank. Buck was later joined by two other main characters, Tumbler and Sonny Tuckson, with the latter becoming the comic relief figure of the trio.

The adventures of the three mainstays continue to this day, and although Colonel Danny and his comrades have never aged, they have advanced in history, and the series has always remained faithful to the most recent technology, such as having its heroes fly F-14 Tomcats on modern aircraft carriers.

[edit] History

The series was created for the magazine Spirou shortly after World War II. After Hubinon's 1978 death, the artistic part of the series was taken over by Francis Bergèse, who also took over the writing after Charlier passed away 11 years later.

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• Jean-Michel Charlier and Victor Hubinon
  • Les Japs attaquent (The Japs Attack)
  • Les Mystères de Midway (The Mysteries of Midway)
  • La Revanche des fils du ciel (The Revenge of the Sky-Children)
  • Les Tigres Volants (The Flying Tigers)
  • Dans les griffes du dragon noir (In the Talons of the Black Dragon)
  • Attaque en Birmanie (Attack in Burma)
  • Les Trafiquants de la Mer Rouge (The Traffickers of the Red Sea)
  • Les Pirates du désert (The Desert Pirates)
  • Les Gangsters du pétrole (The Oil Gangsters)
  • Pilote d'essai (Test Pilot)
  • Ciel de Corée (Korean Sky)
  • Avions sans pilote (Planes Without Pilots)
  • Un avion n'est pas rentré (A Plane has not Returned)
  • Patrouille à l'aube (Dawn Patrol)
  • NC 22654 ne répond plus (NC 22654 No Longer Answers)
  • Menace au Nord (Northern Menace)
  • Buck Danny contre Lady X (Buck Danny Versus Lady X)
  • Alerte en Malaisie (Alert in Malaysia)
  • Le Tigre de Malaisie (The Tiger of Malaysia
  • SOS soucoupes volantes (SOS flying Saucers)
  • Un prototype a disparu (A prototype has Disappeared)
  • Top secret (Top Secret)
  • Mission dans la vallée perdue (Mission in the Lost Valley)
  • Prototype FX 13 (Prototype FX 13)
  • Escadrille ZZ (Squadron ZZ)
  • Le Retour des Tigres Volants (The Return of the Flying Tigers)
  • Les Tigres Volants à la rescousse (The Flying Tigers to the Rescue)
  • Tigres Volants contre Pirates (Flying Tigers versus Pirates)
  • Opération Mercury (Operation Mercury)
  • Les Voleurs de satellites (Satellite Thieves)
  • X-15 (X-15)
  • Alerte à Cap Kennedy (Alert at Cape Kennedy)
  • Le Mystère des avions fantômes (The Mystery of the Ghost Planes)
  • Alerte atomique (Atomic Alert)
  • L'Escadrille de la mort (Death Squadron)
  • Les Anges bleus (The Blue Angels)
  • Le Pilote au masque de cuir (The Pilot with the Leather Mask)
  • La Vallée de la mort verte (The Valley of Green Death)
  • Requins en Mer de Chine (Sharks in the China Sea)
  • Ghost queen (Ghost Queen)

• Jean-Michel Charlier and Francis Bergése
  • Mission "Apocalypse" (Mission "Apocalypse")
  • Les Pilotes de l'enfer (The Pilots from Hell)
  • Le Feu du ciel (Fire from Heaven)
  • Les Agresseurs (The Agressors)

• Jacques De Douhet and Francis Bergèse
  • Les Secrets de la Mer Noire (Secrets of the Black Sea)

• Francis Bergèse
  • L'Escadrille fantôme (Ghost Squadron)
  • Zone interdite (Restricted Zone)
  • Tonnerre sur la cordillère (Thunder on the Cordillera)
  • La Nuit du serpent (The Night of the Serpent)
  • Sabotage au Texas (Sabotage in Texas)
  • Mystère en Antarctique (Mystery in Antarctica)