Le repaire de la murène

Spirou et Fantasio #9 Le repaire de la murène
Cover of the Belgian edition
Date	1957
Series	Spirou et Fantasio
Publisher	Dupuis
Creative team
Writers	Franquin
Artists	Franquin
Original publication
Published in	Spirou magazine
Issues	871 - #904
Date of publication	1954 - 1955
Language	French
ISBN	2-8001-0011-7
Chronology
Preceded by	La mauvaise tête, 1957
Followed by	Les pirates du silence, 1958

Le repaire de la murène, written and drawn by Franquin, is the ninth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series, adding underwater adventure to the Spirou universe. After serial publication in Spirou magazine, it was released as a complete hardcover album in 1957.

Story

In The Moray's Keep, shipping magnate Xénophon Hamadryas offers a $6000 prize to the makers of a submarine innovation in order to find his sunken ship Le Discret off the French Mediterranean coast. The Count of Champignac's mini-sub invention is so spectacular that the competition must resort to sabotage. A chain of secrets need to be exposed while the maritime criminal John "the Moray" Helena lurks in the deep.

Background

The inventions of the Count of Champignac are central to this story as the X4 mushroom elixir that increases brain activity comes into play, resulting in the "Véhicule sous-marin individuel".

An old Fantasio invention, the "Fantacopter", makes a reappearance.

A new discovery in the biology of Marsupilami is revealed, as he demonstrates amphibious qualities.

References

• Franquin publications in Spirou BDoubliées (in French)

External links

• Spirou official site album index (in French)
• Franquin site album index (in French)