In the great tradition of 1950s science fiction stories, a space age action-adventure with expressive, dynamic art.
Artist Zimny provides both the line art and color to create wonderfully stylized artwork. With a limited palette and flat color, he often foregoes contain lines and creates shapes and volume with color alone to great effect. Think Antonio Lapone or Alexandre Clérisse ("Souvenirs de l'empire de l'atome").
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1956, somewhere above the Amazon rainforest. A small reconnaissance plane flies over the thick vegetation and seems to have found what it came looking for when, suddenly, it is shot down... On board, two American inspectors were taking photographs of capital importance.
Three months later, after a fruitless search, the United States dispatches a rather surprising commando to investigate this strange disappearance. Captain Wallace Webster, who prefers "smashing Bolsheviks" to the subtle art of military strategy, and Betty Jones, a liaison officer for the Department of Defense, are forced to collaborate. While scrambling through the heart of this hostile jungle, the duo discovers the wreckage of the plane and the corpses of the reconnaissance agents. And just a stone's throw away... an abandoned secret base that was apparently used to launch spacecraft before being the target of an enemy attack.
Suddenly, a giant and absolutely futuristic robot, adorned with an immense swastika, attacks Webster and Jones. Narrowly escaping, they realize that, having failed to conquer the world, the Nazis are trying to conquer space!
Resume:
1956, quelque part au-dessus de la forêt amazonienne. Un petit avion de reconnaissance survole l'épaisse végétation et semble avoir trouvé ce qu'il était venu chercher quand, soudainement, le voilà abattu... À son bord, deux inspecteurs américains prenaient des clichés d'une importance capitale.
Trois mois plus tard, après des recherches infructueuses, les États-Unis dépêchent sur place un commando plutôt étonnant pour enquêter sur cette étrange disparition. Le capitaine Wallace Webster, qui préfère « casser du bolchévique » à l'art subtil de la stratégie militaire, et Betty Jones, agente de liaison du département de la défense, se voient obligés de collaborer. Tandis qu'il crapahute au coeur de cette jungle hostile, le duo découvre la carcasse de l'avion et les cadavres des agents de reconnaissance. Et à deux pas de là... une base secrète abandonnée qui a visiblement servi au lancement d'engins spatiaux avant d'être la cible d'une attaque ennemie.
Soudain, un robot géant et absolument futuriste, frappé d'une immense croix gammée, prend Webster et Jones en chasse. Il ne fait aucun doute : les nazis n'ont pas encore dit leur dernier mot et sont partis... à la conquête de l'espace!
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