Sammy: Two Bodyguards in Danger – Danger Room –

Since the beginning of the Fuera Borda series in Dolmen Editorial, the Mallorcan publishing house has not been idle. Titles like Hombrecitos, Natacha, Bill y Bolita, Lampil, Tif y Tondu or Casacas Azules are just a few essential series that Spanish readers can enjoy. The French-Belgian teenage BD classics we haven’t been able to read for years are trickle down after the famous Spirou Ardilla magazine, published by Mundis, was shut down through the SEEP agency. Happy Out Borda catalog is gradually being expanded with new serieslike the last case of the series sammy. A series that was first published in its 12th issue, samba of gorillasand number 20’s next adventure, From twins and gorillas; to end his career in the #2 Super Spirou Squirrel rum is gone. The creators of this series bore fruit with the legendary Raoul Cauvin (Lampil, Blue Coats) and Berck (Mulligan, Lombok), whose professional relationships began hesitantly, and then the stories that have fed them since the early 1970s. He signed 31 albums until 1994.

sammy It tells the story of two supposed bodyguards in the 1920s. “Wild Twenties” in the crazy Chicago of that time. First, determined boss Jack Ataway and his lieutenant, the jovial and impulsive Sammy Day. wrong name “gorillas” From the moment they provide protection to the client in need: from gangsters to landlords, boxers or mad scientists. A complete snapshot of the human fauna that will take them through the strangest and most devious ways to fulfill the task entrusted to them.

In this first integral sammy we met Six stories (two unpublished) with plenty of adventure, action and humor on each page. Vignettes full of jokes where the mess Sammy and Jack have to deal with is unique. In the first story, Mr. The children of Harris and his nemesis Rocco… “gorillas” they need to be sure that they are saving their lives; Sammy is finally in control of the man in question, who bets $100,000 on the grand piano.

In the second story, our friends are responsible for taking care of twins Cecilia and Julieta and preventing their abduction, with an advance of $10,000 for the mission. A job Sammy volunteered for; with the disappointment that followed to see that the girls were really just two little girls. They are then hired as a last resort to care for dangerous grandmothers in a nursing home. Alongside the Italian protector named Giuseppe, he faces gangster Tonio Rossi: a fugitive who has escaped from prison and is sentenced to death. It doesn’t end there when Sammy and Jack unexpectedly have to make peace between two scientific twins, Booley and Dooley, in front of their two robots, Euclid and Socrates. The integral ends with a story of a fight between two boxers, Kid Amapola and Kid Azucena, against their two rival representatives. Notable in this adventure are the first page of Popeye and Olivia and later Traveler Pete (Pedro Harapos in Jaimito magazine or Sinforoso Pirindolo in Mickey magazine), by Clarence D. Russell.

We are ahead of one of the most promising series in the Outboard series.. Professional work by Cauvin and Berck that exudes humor, good illustrations and the most entertaining stories, for a well-kept edition of Dolmen full of very interesting extras. Admittedly, some nice incentives to spend more than an enjoyable afternoon reading.

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