Xiii 10 – El Cascador

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By (author) Van Hamme, Jean

Short /annotation:
El Cascador: Loving husband and folk hero-or a traitor and the pawn of big business interests?

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Captured and imprisoned in the Roca Negra fortress, XIII is being tortured by the sinister Colonel Peralta. But, for all his pain and suffering, he”s also in the same building as Maria, the woman who may be his wife. And they have plenty of dedicated, resourceful friends outside – as well as at least one traitor. Still unsure of his past, Jason McLane will have no choice but to become the man known asEl CascadorA” to clean up Costa Verde once and for all.

Biographical note:
Initially serialized in Spirou magazine in 1984,XIIIA” was created by Jean Van Hamme, the author behindThorgalA” andLargo WinchA”-the latter in comic and book form as well as on the big screen-and William Vance, illustrator of the bestsellersHoward Flynn,A”Bruce Hawker,A”Bruno Brazil,A”Bob MoraneA” andMarshall Blueberry.A”