The Yellow "M": The Adventures of Blake and Mortimer Volume 1
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- Author：Edgar P. Jacobs
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Summary
London's walls resound with the incredible exploits of the 'Yellow Mark'。 The spectacular actions of this mysterious criminal are on the increase: holding up the Bank of England， robbing the imperial crown。 No one seems able to stop him。 He is so audacious that he lets the police know in advance where he will commit his crimes。
Reviews
Oliver Hewitt
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Absolutely excellent。I have loved Tintin throughout my life， despite some of it's。。。 questionable plots。 These are as good， if not better！ Absolutely excellent。I have loved Tintin throughout my life， despite some of it's。。。 questionable plots。 These are as good， if not better！ 。。。more
Stephen Theaker
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Blake and Mortimer investigate a mysterious masked marauder， his mark a yellow M。 I found these books nigh-on impossible to read in print， with their huge blocks of tiny italicised text， but reading this in the Izneo app， one panel full-screen on the iPad at a time， was great fun。 Superbly detailed。
Rory C
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Would children in this day and age enjoy this？I found myself asking this question a lot while reading this。 There certainly is lots of exposition， and it is essentially a story of middle aged men dashing around and not achieving much。 Thanks goodness for Mortimer in this duo。 The art， layout and draughtsmanship on display is superb though。I was not exposed to Tintin growing up， I was more an Asterisk kid， so maybe that may have made a difference。 I did quite enjoy the old school charm of it all。 Would children in this day and age enjoy this？I found myself asking this question a lot while reading this。 There certainly is lots of exposition， and it is essentially a story of middle aged men dashing around and not achieving much。 Thanks goodness for Mortimer in this duo。 The art， layout and draughtsmanship on display is superb though。I was not exposed to Tintin growing up， I was more an Asterisk kid， so maybe that may have made a difference。 I did quite enjoy the old school charm of it all。But do kids today enjoy it？ 。。。more
M。
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I’m so glad I found this series by long time Hergé collaborator Edgar Jacobs。 This series has a lot of the adventure elements of Tintin but with more of a James Bond/Dick Tracy vibe。 This story is about a strange， super-powered burglar who is terrorizing post-WWII London and transitions from stealing national treasures to kidnapping leaders of various national institutions。 Blake is an MI5 operative who is put in league with Scotland Yard and brings in his Scottish physicist friend Mortimer to i I’m so glad I found this series by long time Hergé collaborator Edgar Jacobs。 This series has a lot of the adventure elements of Tintin but with more of a James Bond/Dick Tracy vibe。 This story is about a strange， super-powered burglar who is terrorizing post-WWII London and transitions from stealing national treasures to kidnapping leaders of various national institutions。 Blake is an MI5 operative who is put in league with Scotland Yard and brings in his Scottish physicist friend Mortimer to investigate。 As they race against the clock， they end up studying a history of scientific squabbling and chasing the villain across the docks， wharfs， and sewers of the city in hopes of saving the victims and unearthing a history of that may include some of their own past as well。This one has definitely sold me on this duo。 There are entirely too many narration text boxes。 The story is long and convoluted and without some of the summary there might not have been enough space to visually show all the transitions。 Even so， a lot of the overlaid text is unnecessary and a bit redundant of the images and dialogue。 It fails the “don’t tell us， show us” test sometimes and tends to slow down the action with over-explanation in highly tense moments。 In this way it reflects traditional action strips more than it does Tintin。 But if you like Tintin， this will definitely be worth your time。 It is different enough to be unique but also checks all the same adventure and espionage boxes。 You won’t be disappointed。 。。。more
ISMOTU
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A contemporary of Herge， Jacobs creates his own adventurers in the form of Professor Mortimer and Captain Blake。 This adventure has the pair up against a mysterious kidnapper who taunts the police。 It's fine。 The art has the same cartoony quality of Tintin but the gigantic blocks of exposition in word balloons really grind the story to a halt in parts。 Definitely a product of its time as there are basically only white men as characters。 I don't recall even a single female character with a line o A contemporary of Herge， Jacobs creates his own adventurers in the form of Professor Mortimer and Captain Blake。 This adventure has the pair up against a mysterious kidnapper who taunts the police。 It's fine。 The art has the same cartoony quality of Tintin but the gigantic blocks of exposition in word balloons really grind the story to a halt in parts。 Definitely a product of its time as there are basically only white men as characters。 I don't recall even a single female character with a line of dialogue。 That aspect doesn't age particularly well。 Didn't wow me， or make me curious to explore the series further。 。。。more
Zare
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Well this one was quite a surprise。 Unlike its contemporary Tintin Blake and Mortimer adventures are more adult story and without that much humor and comedy。 Art is excellent， so called "clear line" schools is truly great。 So if you like Tintin， early Tanguy and Laverdure you will truly enjoy it。Story wise this reads more like graphical novel than standard comic - there are blocks and blocks of text。 But while sometimes actions of villains seem very much like parodies （you now that ominous cackl Well this one was quite a surprise。 Unlike its contemporary Tintin Blake and Mortimer adventures are more adult story and without that much humor and comedy。 Art is excellent， so called "clear line" schools is truly great。 So if you like Tintin， early Tanguy and Laverdure you will truly enjoy it。Story wise this reads more like graphical novel than standard comic - there are blocks and blocks of text。 But while sometimes actions of villains seem very much like parodies （you now that ominous cackle and monologue describing what their evil plan is） overall story is pretty good。 You have thrills， chase， mystery and very interesting characters。Recommended to all fans of thrillers and adventure stories。 。。。more
Rocky Sunico
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My first venture into the world of Blake & Mortimer was a slightly rough one as the art style naturally evokes memories of Tintin but the characters are very different。 Maybe this isn't the best example of what Blake & Mortimer can bring to the table since the larger story was pretty busy。 But then again， it was a fairly impressive mystery with a lot of clever twists and turns and all brought to life with some beautifully detailed art。I've purchased many of the ComiXology compilations in an effo My first venture into the world of Blake & Mortimer was a slightly rough one as the art style naturally evokes memories of Tintin but the characters are very different。 Maybe this isn't the best example of what Blake & Mortimer can bring to the table since the larger story was pretty busy。 But then again， it was a fairly impressive mystery with a lot of clever twists and turns and all brought to life with some beautifully detailed art。I've purchased many of the ComiXology compilations in an effort to finally read these comics， so let's see how this adventure goes。 。。。more
Bc Beats
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A little wordy at times， and the plot perhaps unnecessarily complicated， but an enjoyable read nonetheless。 The art， as with all books in this series， is outstanding。
Ronan Mcdonnell
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The book was a mix of 3 things for me。1。 The artwork is stunning at times。 The foggy London docks are night were particularly well rendered。2。 Ruarc read it and adored it。 I wanted to share that。 It has a lot of dense text， especially for a comic book。 I'm amazed he read it， and not sure how much of it he took in。 Most， by all accounts。3。 The writing was at times hamfisted and unsophisticated。 But that's kind of the allure in a mid 20th century BD。 It was fun。 Certainly the dark Victorian mood o The book was a mix of 3 things for me。1。 The artwork is stunning at times。 The foggy London docks are night were particularly well rendered。2。 Ruarc read it and adored it。 I wanted to share that。 It has a lot of dense text， especially for a comic book。 I'm amazed he read it， and not sure how much of it he took in。 Most， by all accounts。3。 The writing was at times hamfisted and unsophisticated。 But that's kind of the allure in a mid 20th century BD。 It was fun。 Certainly the dark Victorian mood of brooding docks， fog and gentlemen's clubs was evocative。 。。。more
Ishtiaque Alam Russel
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After Tintin and Asterix， I have come to learn about this amazing comic series。 Rich storyline and mind blowing artwork certainly put this series to a newer height。
Diego
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3。3No he leído mucho de Blake y Mortimer， pero más o menos mi crítica es igual para todos。 Bien， entretenidos。 Normalmente prometen más al principio， y luego las resoluciones se basan en magias o tecnologías imposibles que me gustan menos que el desarrollo de la historia。
Alessandro
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Semplicemente notevole。 Avventura allo stato puro come si vuole da un fumetto di questo calibro。 Storia solida， ovviamente per i tempi in cui è stata scritta ancor di più， ma valida anche ai nostri， e godibilissima。 Non per niente Jacobs era， è e sarà sempre considerato un maestro。 Imperdibile per tutti gli amanti delle belle storie， della linea chiara franco belga。。。 e dell’avventura。
Carlos Cuba
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Lo primero que leo de estos personajes míticos del tebeo franco-belga y me ha encantado。 Un tebeo que tiene un ritmo perfecto y por sus páginas pasan una sucesion de imagenes que recuerdan a mil peliculas de cine negro como El tercer hombre， M o Sed de mal， y si encima eso lo aderezamos con un cientifico loco y ciencia ficción alocada， pues queda un tebeo acojonante。 Eso sí， los textos de apoyo son totalmente innecesarios y abundantes， por lo visto， segun los fans， es una de las firmas de identi Lo primero que leo de estos personajes míticos del tebeo franco-belga y me ha encantado。 Un tebeo que tiene un ritmo perfecto y por sus páginas pasan una sucesion de imagenes que recuerdan a mil peliculas de cine negro como El tercer hombre， M o Sed de mal， y si encima eso lo aderezamos con un cientifico loco y ciencia ficción alocada， pues queda un tebeo acojonante。 Eso sí， los textos de apoyo son totalmente innecesarios y abundantes， por lo visto， segun los fans， es una de las firmas de identidad de la obra a pesar de que no le gustan a nadie。 。。。more
Israel Perez
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Un comic entretenido con buenos giros en el trama， para mi nada resaltante
Joana
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Took me a while to finish this one because I was reading it in French， with the Portuguese one on hand to check any words or expression I didn't know。My favourite story so far， even though （view spoiler）[Olrik shows up yet again as the villain （sort of）， which is a bit goofy at this point。 （hide spoiler）] Took me a while to finish this one because I was reading it in French， with the Portuguese one on hand to check any words or expression I didn't know。My favourite story so far， even though （view spoiler）[Olrik shows up yet again as the villain （sort of）， which is a bit goofy at this point。 （hide spoiler）] 。。。more
Daniel Zonneveld
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Interessante。 O estilo à época que torna a leitura inicialmente arrastada， muita descrição do que o próprio quadrinho já relata， mas a narrativa é muito boa。
Arjun Rajkumar
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Art work was good。。 decent rek
Faisal
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Presented in a wonderful art style very reminiscent of Tintin， which is no real surprise as EPJ worked with Herge on that strip。 This is very much a "spiffing" and derring-do adventure story set in a 1950s London that takes you back to the films of the 30s/40s/50s that used to be ever present when there was only four TV channels to choose from :-） Unlike the comics of today the book is super verbose and definitely not a quick read。 This might put some people off but for me it added to the vintag Presented in a wonderful art style very reminiscent of Tintin， which is no real surprise as EPJ worked with Herge on that strip。 This is very much a "spiffing" and derring-do adventure story set in a 1950s London that takes you back to the films of the 30s/40s/50s that used to be ever present when there was only four TV channels to choose from :-） Unlike the comics of today the book is super verbose and definitely not a quick read。 This might put some people off but for me it added to the vintage charm。 。。。more
Mark
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In order to understand the continuation story "the Septimus - wave" which was released in 2013 one has to read the original story as written by Edgar P。 Jacobs called the "Yellow sign" from 1956 in which a series of sheer impossible crimes seem to plague the United Kingdom and a group of people that were great friends and somebody seems bound to take revenge on them as one by one get taken by this unknown superhuman creature。 Colonel Blake is one of the friends and so it is inescapable that his In order to understand the continuation story "the Septimus - wave" which was released in 2013 one has to read the original story as written by Edgar P。 Jacobs called the "Yellow sign" from 1956 in which a series of sheer impossible crimes seem to plague the United Kingdom and a group of people that were great friends and somebody seems bound to take revenge on them as one by one get taken by this unknown superhuman creature。 Colonel Blake is one of the friends and so it is inescapable that his friend Mortimer is involved。 Of course the always inescapable character of Olrik shows his face as expected。 It is a great story that is interesting and fun， and its has been of great interest to various movie companies to film this particular story and it might actually be a great movie when they stick to the time era it is set in 1952。As Always an original Blake & Mortimer story is something great and a mad professor thrown into the mix is a tasty as it gets。 。。。more
Benjamin Hare
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A rather boring， dated mystery with just a touch of light science-fiction。 The illustrations by Edgar P。 Jacobs are indeed lovely， but strike me as stoic which is undoubtedly a slander against such a fine artist。 This work was first published in 1953 and certainly feels like a story from a bygone age， but not in a good way。 It's incredibly slow， with an exhausting amount of dialog and narration that brings to mind the radio serials of of my youth。 The illustrations are the best part for Jacobs h A rather boring， dated mystery with just a touch of light science-fiction。 The illustrations by Edgar P。 Jacobs are indeed lovely， but strike me as stoic which is undoubtedly a slander against such a fine artist。 This work was first published in 1953 and certainly feels like a story from a bygone age， but not in a good way。 It's incredibly slow， with an exhausting amount of dialog and narration that brings to mind the radio serials of of my youth。 The illustrations are the best part for Jacobs has a draftsman-like attention to the details of scene layout， decor， and costume。 In fact， the costumes are what I enjoyed most。 His heroes—and his villain—are smartly tailored， dapper men of action， which I certainly enjoy in films， but apparently not so much in my comics。 This comic is a very good example of how much the medium has changed over the years and is a worthy addition to any collector's library on that basis alone。 。。。more
Mohammad Hosein
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یادش بخیر！
João Pires
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I enjoyed every page of this storie。 I'm not reading Blake & Mortimer in the right order， but it isn't a problem in following the stories。 At some point you start ti guess what is happening （because of that I didn't give the 5 stars） but you cant stop reading it。 It is very addictive。 I enjoyed every page of this storie。 I'm not reading Blake & Mortimer in the right order， but it isn't a problem in following the stories。 At some point you start ti guess what is happening （because of that I didn't give the 5 stars） but you cant stop reading it。 It is very addictive。 。。。more
Giekes
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Een klassieker， maar om nu te zeggen dat dit 'de beste Belgische strip ooit' is。。。De situering van het verhaal in Londen is erg sfeervol。 Het opgebouwde mysterie heeft soms iets Dr。 Jeckyll and Mr Hyde-achtig。 De tekeningen zijn top， beredeneerd en vloeien goed in elkaar over。 De tekst vertraagt het verhaal echter， soms ergerlijk。 Al te vaak wordt er in de tekst verteld wat er te zien is in de plaatjes。 De plot wordt vaak ook te kunstmatig uitgewerkt door te grote tekstballonnen。 Een klassieker， maar om nu te zeggen dat dit 'de beste Belgische strip ooit' is。。。De situering van het verhaal in Londen is erg sfeervol。 Het opgebouwde mysterie heeft soms iets Dr。 Jeckyll and Mr Hyde-achtig。 De tekeningen zijn top， beredeneerd en vloeien goed in elkaar over。 De tekst vertraagt het verhaal echter， soms ergerlijk。 Al te vaak wordt er in de tekst verteld wat er te zien is in de plaatjes。 De plot wordt vaak ook te kunstmatig uitgewerkt door te grote tekstballonnen。 。。。more
Matti Karjalainen
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Telekefaloskooppi on huima vimpain！ Kaikessa pöhelyydessään viihdyttävää ja oikein hyvin piirrettyä seikkailusarjakuvaa， jossa ei anneta realismin kahlita mielikuvituksen lentoa。
Hossein
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این سومین کتاب از مجموعه بلیک و مورتیمر هست که شاید معروفترینش هم باشه و تک جلدی هم هست。از جمله معدود نسخه هایی هست که در ایران ترجمه شده و کارتونش رو بارها و بارها از تلویزیون دیدیم。
Green Jazz Blues
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Well！ I thought this was going to be similar to the idea of the old psychological trick which has repeatedly been recounted in such stories as "Clifton - The Laughing Thief。" Boy！ Was I ever wrong！This story is not like that at all。 It's quite a nice little mystery。 Starting with some rather spectacular robberies including the Crown， the feats of the mysterious "Yellow M" then turns to kidnapping which prompts Mortimer to question， Why the change？Some spectacular science fiction involved here an Well！ I thought this was going to be similar to the idea of the old psychological trick which has repeatedly been recounted in such stories as "Clifton - The Laughing Thief。" Boy！ Was I ever wrong！This story is not like that at all。 It's quite a nice little mystery。 Starting with some rather spectacular robberies including the Crown， the feats of the mysterious "Yellow M" then turns to kidnapping which prompts Mortimer to question， Why the change？Some spectacular science fiction involved here and a top rip roaring read。 。。。more
Marcel Uljee
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‘Ik heb zoiets als een embryo van een idee。 Maar het is nog zo pril en zo ver gezocht， dat ik me niet graag belachelijk maak door er nu al over te praten。。。’
Bert van der Vaart
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I just re-read this splendid Graphic Novel--first published in 1956。 It is a great blend of mid-20th century London life where scientists develop new technology with the potential for megalomaniacal schemes in the context of a very conservative and skeptical establishment。 Into this the combined duo of Professor Mortimer and the dashing Captain Blake team to do some superior sleuthing， and in Sherlock Holmes fashion， do what Scotland Yard cannot。 A great read to keep one's French up。 I just re-read this splendid Graphic Novel--first published in 1956。 It is a great blend of mid-20th century London life where scientists develop new technology with the potential for megalomaniacal schemes in the context of a very conservative and skeptical establishment。 Into this the combined duo of Professor Mortimer and the dashing Captain Blake team to do some superior sleuthing， and in Sherlock Holmes fashion， do what Scotland Yard cannot。 A great read to keep one's French up。 。。。more
Johan
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Het is een goede Blake & Mortimer strip in die typische strakke tekenstijl van Jacobs。 Het minpunt is dat het verhaal te lang is voor 1 strip en dat er veel met tekst moet uitgelegd worden。 Het gevolg: een overdaad aan tekstballonnetjes en tekstkaders。
Lillian Francis
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