Tintin magazine. First edition 1960. Michel Vaillant. The Faceless Driver. Jean Graton. Original French edition. Vintage motor racing. F1 sixties

The exploits of Michel Vaillant. The faceless pilot
Published by Dargaud, hidden behind a "Les Éditions du Lombard" cover.
Original French edition. 1960.
2nd blue checkered dish.
Latest title "The enigmatic Mr. Barelli.
Imp. Astra n.78.
2nd album in the Michel Vaillant series.
Presence of the Tintin point.

Rubbed corners and edges (see photos).
Back glued back at the bottom for 3 cm (see photos).
Junction 1st endpaper split at the bottom for 8 cm (see photos).
Name of the previous owner on the title page (see photos).
Bottom of pages 2 to 5 detached at the bottom (see photos).
Out-of-frame circles at the bottom of pages 59 to 63.
P. 63-64 and last endpaper split on the right outside the frame for 14 cm (see photos).
Missing at the top of the 2nd plate and to the right of the titles on that same plate (see photos).
Value according to BDM (2017-2018) 200 euros.

Author of the LABOURDET and JULIE WOOD series, and with the MICHEL VAILLANT series, JEAN GRATON transposes the golden age of motor racing in the second half of the 20th century into comic strip form, while describing its sporting, human and industrial aspects.
In the Michel Vaillant series, the storylines emphasize the importance of family. Michel is just one member among many in the Vaillant family.

Jean Graton incorporates real-life figures into his comics. (Alain Prost, François Cevert, Jacky Ickx, Dan Gurney).
His sense of composition and movement are the foundation of his success. The numerous cover pages of TINTIN MAGAZINE drawn by JEAN GRATON attest to his talent for highlighting sport.
Having started in the SPIROU magazine with the STORIES OF UNCLE PAUL, he was really discovered in 1957 in the TINTIN MAGAZINE.
Author of more than 70 albums, JEAN GRATON made it his duty to go to all the circuits of the world to convey, with the greatest possible accuracy, the races and their respective environments.
The MICHEL VAILLANT series was one of the best-sellers of the famous LOMBARD COLLECTION.

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