La boîte noire

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Creative team
Spirou et Fantasio #31 La boîte noire
Cover of the Belgian edition
Publisher	Dupuis
Date	1983
Series	Spirou et Fantasio
Writer(s)	Cauvin
Artist(s)	Nic
Original publication
Published in	Le Journal de Spirou
Issue(s)	#2322 - #2343
Date(s) of publication	1982
Language	French
ISBN	ISBN 2-8001-0994-7
Chronology
Follows	La ceinture du grand froid, 1983
Precedes	Les faiseurs de silence, 1984

La boîte noire, by Nic & Cauvin, is the thirtyfirst album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, and the second of the authors. The story was initially serialised in Spirou, before released as a hardcover album in 1983.

[edit] Story

In The Black Box, Fantasio opened the mysterious box that Jefferson, Boris and Karl left them (see La ceinture du grand froid), and he discovers there the plans of thousands of inventions. When he tests one in company of Spirou, it draws the attention of the commander Alexander, who removes it with Kalloway. Spirou is obliged to yield to them the block box in exchange of Fantasio. Thanks to Jefferson, they discover that the gangsters hid in a stronghold of the Sahara, where they are protected by natives. They go there and succeed in taking again the box to them, while being made pass for deaths.