Return of the Nyctalope
RETURN OF THE NYCTALOPE
The King of the Night by Jean de La Hire adapted by Brian Stableford
Return of the Nyctalope by J-M. & R. Lofficier
cover by Arnaud Hascoët
US$22.95/GBP 14.99
5x8 tpb, 304 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1-61227-211-5
In Jean de La Hire's original 1943 novel, The King of the Night, translated by Brian Stableford, the Nyctalope travels to Rhea, a wandering planetoid inhabited by two warring races of ape-men and bat-men, and forces the two species to make peace.
In its all-new sequel, Return of the Nyctalope, by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier, the Nyctalope returns to Rhea as it is about to leave the Solar System, and comes to grips with his own past while charting out a bold map for the future of Humanity.
Leo Saint-Clair, alias the Nyctalope, was created in 1911 by Jean de La Hire, one of France's most prolific serial writers. Gifted with night vision, hypnotic powers and an artificial heart, Saint-Clair was a fearless hero who battled a gallery of colorful super-villains. His adventures, which spanned 30 years, created a template that was later adopted by other pulp and comic-book heroes, and continue today in new stories, of which this is the most recent.
Contents:
Introduction by Jean-Marc Lofficier
Jean de La Hire: The King of the Night [Le Roi de la Nuit] (1943)
Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier: Return of the Nyctalope (2013)
Timeline