NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Le Canon de Kra

Le Canon de Kra (The Cannon of Kra) is the fifteenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1985. (ISBN 2-8001-1092-9) Comics (or, less commonly, sequential art) is a form of visual art consisting of images which are commonly combined with text, often in the form of speech balloons or image captions. ... Roger Leloup (born Nov. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A publisher is a person or entity which engages in the act of publishing. ... Dupuis is a Belgian editor of comic books and magazines. ... Look up genre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Tintin, one of the most famous Belgian comics Franco-Belgian comics are comics or comic books written in Belgium and France. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... La Fille du Vent Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Roger Leloup (born Nov. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Yoko is hired by Colonel Tagashi of the Japanese Secret Service and businessman Peter Hertzel to discover the whereabouts of giant cannon shells shipped to the Kra Isthmus. The shells are actually meant for a giant German World War II cannon, and a despotic madman is not hesitant to use it against the government of the small state of Kampong to underscore his demands. Yoko uses her motorised glider Colibri to locate the cannon and collaborates with a group of resistance fighters to disable the weapon. A shell is a projectile, which, as opposed to a bullet, is not solid but contains an explosive or other filling, though modern usage includes large projectiles without a filling which are properly termed shot. ... The Isthmus of Kra The Kra Isthmus is the narrow landbridge which connects the Malay Peninsula with the mainland of Asia. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...

Categories: Franco-Belgian comics stubs | Yoko Tsuno La Fille du Vent Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup. ... Roger Leloup (born Nov. ... Yoko Tsuno Yoko Tsuno is a comic book character created by Belgian writer Roger Leloup. ... LOrgue du Diable (The Devils Organ) is the second book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1973. ... La Forge de Vulcain (Vulcans Forge) is the third book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1973. ... Aventures Ã©lectroniques (Electronic Adventures) is the fourth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1974. ... La FrontiÃ¨re de la vie (The Frontier of Life) is the seventh book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1977. ... La Fille du vent (The Daughter of the Wind) is the ninth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1979. ... La LumiÃ¨re dIxo (The Light of Ixo) is the tenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1980. ... La Spirale du temps (The Time Spiral) is the eleventh book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1981. ... La Proie et lombre (The Prey and the Shadow) is the twelfth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1982. ... LOr du Rhin (The Rhine Gold) is the nineteenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1993. ... LAstrologue de Bruges (The Astrologer of Bruges) is the twentieth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1994. ... La Porte des Ã¢mes (The Gate of Souls) is the twenty-first book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1996. ... La Jonque cÃ©leste (The Celestial Barge) is the twenty-second book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1998. ... La Pagode des brumes (The Pagoda of the Mists) is the twenty-third book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 2001. ... The two suns of Vinea regressing Vinea is a fictional planet that appears in the Yoko Tsuno comic book series by Roger Leloup. ... LÃ©cume de laube (The Foam of the Dawn) is a novel written by Roger Leloup published in 1991 at Casterman, which relates the childhood and youth of Yoko Tsuno, main character of the Yoko Tsuno comic book series. ...

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