S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris
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S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris (S.O.S. Meteores: Mortimer à Paris) |
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| Series | Blake and Mortimer |
| Publisher | Les Editions Blake et Mortimer (Dargaud-Lombard) |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Edgar P. Jacobs |
| Artists | Edgar P. Jacobs |
| Original publication | |
| Published in | Tintin magazine |
| Language | French |
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| Publisher | Cinebook Ltd |
| Date | September 2009 |
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| Translator | Jerome Saincantin |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Atlantis Mystery |
| Followed by | The Time Trap |
S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris is the eighth comic book in the Blake and Mortimer series by Edgar P. Jacobs. It was first published in Tintin magazine.
The world’s weather has gone mad, Professor Mortimer responds to an invitation by his friend Professor Labrousse, while travelling to see his friend, Mortimer's cab crashes and he finds himself a new adventure right on his friends doorstep.
While Western Europe suffered for several months from weather disasters, Mortimer arrives in Paris to meet his French friend meteorologist Professor Labrousse. In a taxi that takes him to Gare des Invalides through the Rue Royale, Mortimer and the driver witness a serious accident caused by a blue Ford Custom. Then at the station of Versailles - Rive Gauche, a taxi sent by Labrousse and led by a certain Ernest takes him to the destination, the teacher's house in Jouy-en-Josas.
However, on the road, the headlights of the car failed while the black night fell. Fortunately, a postman named Louis offers them to follow him, but ends after a few minutes. Ernest confused the headlights of the postal truck with those of the Blue Custom. The excessive speed of the car bandits causes an accident with the taxi that plunged it into a pond. Ernest then tries to find relief, Mortimer falls in the water and narrowly escapes drowning. Having reached the mainland, hitchhiking allows him to reach his destination. There, after reports of his adventures to his friend, he gives his hypothesis about the causes of climate events: having noticed that only Western Europe is affected by these disasters, he deduces that it is the work of enemies of the West and not from nature.
The next day, the two characters learn of the police that the taxi was found in Étang de la Geneste and Ernest was not found. Mortimer, Labrousse and he then travel to a place where people are mysterious. Mortimer then identifies the blue Ford Custom prowlers hear the Rue Royale. Then, after a brief investigation, he discovers that the accident could not have happened in Geneste Pond and therefore concludes that someone sought to move the location of the accident. He finally discovers that the taxi returned to the park at the castle of Troussalet. There, he recognizes the pond of the accident, before being kidnapped by masked men.
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