Lefranc, formerly The Adventures of Lefranc (1954-1961) or Guy Lefranc (1977-1982), is a character of Franco-Belgian comics and a series of comic adventure Franco-Belgian created by Jacques Martin.
The series features the hero, the journalist - see Guy Lefranc in 1952. The first adventure The Great Menace sold over a million and a half copies until 2002, 2 - appeared in Tintin in Belgium on 21 May 1952 and in France the 3 July 1952 establishing the main characters of the series: the journalist Guy Lefranc, his protégé the young Jeanjean (in a relationship reminiscent linking Alix and Enak), the Commissioner Renard, and the eternal villain of the series, the mysterious Axel Borg.
The author only provides the realization of two albums: Hurricane The Fire and The Mystery Borg, who are among the best in the series, before devoting himself only to the scenario and leave the designs to Bob de Moor. He then says the designer Gilles Chaillet following nine albums.