Bob Morane is the hero of a series of novels created in 1953 by the Belgian writer Henri Vernes. Originally conceived as a kind of adventurer mid-vigilante mid spook, the character evolved in half a century and now lives more varied adventures, exotic trip to espionage tale or science fiction. The author himself has adapted his novels into scripts comics, and wrote untold stories for that media. The artists who designed Bob Morane are Dino Attanasio, Gérald Forton, William Vance and Coria. French bony face, hair cut short and gray eyes nyctalope, adroit in jujitsu and weapons handling, Morane said Robert "Bob" is eternally 33 years old. Adventurer practicing espionage on occasion and is not afraid to attend underworld, it has relations in the secret services (such as the American spy Herbert Gains CIA or agent to gold teeth Roman Orgonetz ), among the most colorful representatives of demobilized soldiers and all pègres the world.
Bob Morane also grows with a blue flower gallantry and meritorious reward enough, a number of female friendships. Among these, the most remarkable are the journalist in Chronicles London Sophia Paramount, Tania Orloff, niece of the yellow shade, and heady Miss Ylang-Ylang, omnipotent leader of the Organisation Smog.The nature of these relationships is based on case gruff, tender or condescending, but always platonic. The great love of his life is Tania Orloff, but they love in the way of Romeo and Juliet, resigned representatives of two rival clans.
René Follet, who illustrated the covers of novels republished in Lefrancq and Nautilus, also designed in this editor a few album covers Forton. Subsequently, Patrice Sanahujas realized the comics cover illustrations published by Lefrancq. Before appearing on albums, the series was pre-published in 1959 in Women of Today, Driver and Tintin.
