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La Fille de Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain, vol. 8. Cover illustration by Gino Starace. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1911 (1920s reprint). Author’s Collection. In the eighth Fantômas novel, Souvstre and Allain added a new core character to the series, Hélène, the “Daughter of Fantômas.” Born in South Africa and ignorant of her parentage,…
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Fantômas by Pierre Souvestre and Marcel Allain. Anonymous Cover Illustration. Paris: Arthème Fayard, 1911. Author’s Collection. Fantômas burst upon the scene on February 10, 1911. The book’s cover portrays a man dressed in tuxedo, top hat, and ball mask looming over the Paris landscape, concealing a bloody knife behind his back. He stares impassively at…
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“A Railway Drama: The Montmoreau Affair.” In Le Petit Journal, Supplément Illustré, Saturday, May 16, 1891. Author’s collection. From his prison cell, the celebrated “gentleman burglar” Arsène Lupin had been taunting Sûreté Inspector Ganimard for several weeks.[1] Charged with multiple counts of grand theft, Lupin declared he would not be attending his trial. When the…
Shady Detectives, Elegant Criminals & Dark Avengers 