Cinebook’s May Titles: More Of The Best In Euro Comics

Continuing to look at the best of Euro comics coming from Cinebook, here’s a trio of books for May – three tales of WWII, from the exploits of Buck Danny to friendships torn apart in Bear’s Tooth..

Three books across two titles for May’s Cinebook offering, two volumes of the WWII Buck Danny Classic series and the fourth volume in another WWII series, Bear’s Tooth.

Bear’s Tooth is a fascinating one, a tale of war but far more a tale of friendship. Three children, Max the Polish Jew, Werner and Hanna the Germans, all dream of becoming pilots but their paths will take them far from home. Max becomes a US Navy flyer whilst Hanna is one of Germany’s top test pilots, their paths will cross once more as Max is tasked with a mission to kill Hanna.

Buck Danny is a far more gung-ho thing, created by Georges Troisfontaines, Victor Hubinon and Jean-Michel Charlier for Spirou magazine in 1947, with Francis Bergèse later taking over writing and drawing. These Buck Danny Classics feature the writing of Frédéric Zumbiehl and Frédéric Marniquet and the art of Jean-Michal Arroyo. The Buck Danny saga features aviator Buck Danny and his colleagues from their adventures in WWII’s Pacific campaign to more recent moments in aviation history, covering half a century of American military action.

So, enjoy, cover reveals and Cinebook PR below…

Bear’s Tooth 4 – Amerika Bomber

By Yann & Alain Henriet

Published on 18 May 2023

Allied bombers have flattened the secret base that housed the Amerika Bomber project, destroying both the infrastructures and the prototype flying wing that was to annihilate New York City. They did not, however, manage to kill either Anna Reitsch or Max/Werner. Much to the latter’s horror, though, it turns out there is a second prototype – and the operation is still a go. Meanwhile, Americans and Soviets begin a frantic race to get their hands on the best German rocket and nuclear scientists

Buck Danny Classics 3 – Ghosts of the Rising Sun

By Frédéric Zumbiehl and Frédéric Marniquet; illustrated by Jean-Michal Arroyo

Published on 25 May 2023

September 1945. Japan has just capitulated, and World War Two is officially over. Buck, Tumb and Sonny find themselves on a flight to Tokyo where they are to receive a well-deserved medal. But while the Emperor himself ordered his country to surrender, there are still die-hards in the Japanese military determined to continue fighting. Among them, members of the terrifying Unit 731, guilty of horrific war crimes and specialists in bacteriological warfare – among other things

Buck Danny Classics 4 – Devil’s Island

By Frédéric Zumbiehl and Frédéric Marniquet; illustrated by Jean-Michal Arroyo

Published on 25 May 2023

While searching the Sea of Banda with his friends, hoping to find the third American atomic bomb stolen by the Japanese die-hards, Buck finds himself marooned on a small island. The good news is that it he has, in fact, found the secret base he was looking for. The bad news is that Devil’s Island is crawling with Japanese soldiers, Dayak headhunters and all the dangers found in an untamed jungle. With all this arrayed against him, how is one man supposed to save America from a nuclear strike?