pencil and story: Guido Crepax

Valentina is almost run over by a mysterious old woman.
Only the intervention of Philip Rembrandt, with the power of Neutron, prevents the car from killing her.
The woman apologizes and offers them a ride, speaking of a premonition.
She acts like a witch and asks Valentina for a personal item, taking a hook from her stockings.
The next day the woman visits her in the studio and invites her to visit her home.
her model, Tony, immediately recognizes her as an "old dyke".
The witch's house is full of old and strange objects and the woman is waiting for her naked.
Valentina gives her a strange photo shoot, obeying her every request.
Valentina is increasingly conditioned by the woman.
When two mysterious men attack her and Philip, they inject her with a mysterious drug.
Valentina begins to see strange things, like the doll that the witch gave her, Annette, come to life.
A man dies after she takes a picture of him on the street and the same fate falls to his model Rowena.
When Philip believes her and wants to inspect her camera, the latter disappears.

pencil and story: Guido Crepax

Valentina dreams of being Barbablù's last wife.
Upon awakening, he begins to confuse the Annette doll with Annuska, Philip's Russian lover.
The witch lures her back into her house and has Annette whip her (so she makes Valentina believe).
Valentina's suggestion continues and the photographer becomes Baba Yaga's lover.
The witch invites Philip to save her, in exchange he will have to give her a son.
Neutron defeats her with his power and puts her to flight, freeing Valentina.

pencil: Georges Pichard

story: Jacques Lob

Blanche Epiphanie is about to lose her virginity in a brothel.
When all seems lost, she is rescued by a passing Arab prince, who takes her to Arabia.
Her guardian angel, Defendar, arrives shortly after and pursues her.

pencil: Georges Pichard

story: Jacques Lob

Blanche Epiphanie is taken to the prince's harem and discovers that her fate is sealed.
The other wives prepare her for the prince, but his father anticipates him and takes her to his rooms.
While father and son vie for her virginity, Defendar finally arrives and helps her escape.

pencil: Georges Pichard

story: Jacques Lob

Blanche Epiphanie and Defendar escape by bicycle into the desert.
When everything seems lost, they cross a convoy.
Defendar is beaten and Blanche kidnapped by the convoy of slavers.
At the slave market, Blanche Epiphanie is bought by Adolphus, the evil banker.
Blanche's character is fun, but the stories lack Pichard's classic pepper.

story: Claude Molitarni

pencil: Robert Gigi

Orion is a terrestrial who has just been hired by a planet cleaning company.
His first assignment ends badly and he is the only survivor.
He meets Roana, an alien princess, who is also the only survivor.
They find that their survival is due to the fact that they both have colds.
Together they hunt down the Crobbi, the alien invaders who have decimated the population.
Using the spaceship vacuum cleaner they manage to stop them.
Beautiful designs, but a bit of a weak story.

pencil and story: Enric Siò

Small pearl well designed by the Spanish artist (1942-1998).
An old woman directs the perverse games of a woman and a little girl.
The little girl uses a candle to pour melted wax onto the woman's naked back.
The woman applies leeches on the girl's back.

pencil and story: Leonard Starr

Short collection of strips published in the 1950s in the United States, in the Chicago Tribune.
Considering the type of newspaper, the story is chaste and very reminiscent of a photo novel, but the drawings are pleasant.
Mary Perkins inspires a pianist to write a piano concerto.
The pianist falls in love with her, but is not reciprocated.
When she turns down his marriage proposal, he collapses.
Eventually they clear up and remain friends, each following their own career.