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Spirou et Fantasio #17 Spirou et les hommes-bulles
Cover of the Belgian edition
Date	1964
Series	Spirou et Fantasio
Publisher	Dupuis
Creative team
Writers	Franquin
Artists	Franquin with Jean Roba
Original publication
Published in	Le Parisien Libéré, Spirou magazine
Issues	Unknown, #1272 - #1302
Date of publication	Late 1958 - 1960 1962 - 1963
Language	French
ISBN	2-8001-0019-2
Chronology
Preceded by	L'ombre du Z, 1962
Followed by	QRN sur Bretzelburg, 1966

Spirou et les hommes-bulles (Spirou and the bubble-men), written and drawn by Franquin, is the seventeenth album of the Spirou et Fantasio series. The title story appeared sequentially (in black & white) in Le Parisien Libéré, and only the accompanying story Les petits formats was serialised in Spirou magazine as well,^{[clarification needed]} before both were published in a hardcover album in 1964.

Story

In Spirou et les hommes-bulles, memories of Le repaire de la murène are invoked as John Helena, "the Moray", escapes from captivity, and Spirou, Fantasio and the Count suspect he is going after the gold that is still in the wreckage of Le Discret. A sudden trend of mini-submarine sabotage prompts the heroes to investigate, and the mystery becomes no more clear when Helena is discovered barely conscious, with gold, feebly warning of an attack by the "Bubble Men".

In Les Petits Formats, Marsupilami playfully exposes Fantasio's unused film, forcing him to go to Mr. Flashback's photo store to buy replacements. When Spirou next meets Fantasio, he is reduced to a palm-sized, paralyzed miniature statue, which causes Spirou to question his own sanity. In a setting of other similar incidents involving Mr. Flashback, and a suspicious collector of miniatures, Spirou is set on a desperate mission to somehow restore his friend back to normal.

Background

Uniquely, Spirou et les hommes-bulles was never published in the Spirou magazine, but only in Le Parisien Libéré, uncoloured, and subsequently the later colour treatment of the two stories in this album is distinctly different from that of other Spirou albums. In comparison to its "prequel", Le repaire de la murène, hailed for its rich and atmospheric colour-use, it is criticized for falling short in this respect, as well as other, more typical, sequel disgruntlement.

References

Franquin publications in Spirou BDoubliées (in French)

External links

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

Spirou & Fantasio

Comic albums

Jijé (1948)	Spirou et l'aventure
André Franquin (1948-1968)	Spirou et Fantasio Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio Il y a un sorcier à Champignac Les chapeaux noirs Spirou et les héritiers Les voleurs du Marsupilami La corne de rhinocéros Le dictateur et le champignon La mauvaise tête Le repaire de la murène Les pirates du silence Le gorille a bonne mine Le nid des Marsupilamis Le voyageur du Mésozoïque Le prisonnier du Bouddha Z comme Zorglub L'ombre du Z Spirou et les hommes-bulles QRN sur Bretzelburg Panade à Champignac Tembo Tabou
Jean-Claude Fournier (1970-1980)	Le faiseur d'or Du glucose pour Noémie L'abbaye truquée Tora Torapa Le gri-gri du Niokolo-Koba Du cidre pour les étoiles L'Ankou Kodo le tyran Des haricots partout
Nic & Cauvin (1983-1984)	La ceinture du grand froid La boîte noire Les faiseurs de silence
Tome & Janry (1984-1998)	Virus Aventure en Australie Qui arrêtera Cyanure? L'horloger de la comète Le réveil du Z La jeunesse de Spirou Spirou à New York La frousse aux trousses La vallée des bannis Spirou à Moscou Vito la Déveine

Characters

v t e André Franquin
Series	Spirou et Fantasio Gaston Lagaffe Marsupilami Idées noires Le Petit Noël Modeste et Pompon Isabelle
Spirou et Fantasio characters	Fantasio Gaston Lagaffe Marsupilami Le Petit Noël Seccotine Spip Spirou Zantafio Zorglub
Spirou and Fantasio albums	Spirou et Fantasio Quatre aventures de Spirou et Fantasio Il y a un sorcier à Champignac Les chapeaux noirs Spirou et les héritiers Les voleurs du Marsupilami La corne de rhinocéros Le dictateur et le champignon La mauvaise tête Le repaire de la murène Les pirates du silence Le gorille a bonne mine Le nid des Marsupilamis Le voyageur du Mésozoïque Le prisonnier du Bouddha Z comme Zorglub L'ombre du Z Spirou et les hommes-bulles QRN sur Bretzelburg Panade à Champignac Tembo Tabou
Gaston Lagaffe albums	Gaffes et gadgets Gala de gaffes à gogo Le bureau des gaffes en gros Gare aux gaffes du gars gonflé En direct de la gaffe Le lourd passé de Lagaffe Des gaffes et des dégâts Un gaffeur sachant gaffer Lagaffe nous gâte Le cas Lagaffe Le géant de la gaffe Gaffes, bévues et boulettes Le gang des gaffeurs Lagaffe mérite des baffes La saga des gaffes Gaffe à Lagaffe ! Gaston 19
Marsupilami albums	Capturez un Marsupilami La Queue du Marsupilami
Other albums	Idées noires
Collaborators	Delporte Jidéhem Greg Goscinny Roba
Publishing houses	Dupuis Marsu Productions
Magazines	Spirou Tintin
Other	Champignac

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