This new Blake and Mortimer, whose action is before the "Secret of the Swordfish" is a very good vintage. We learn the origin of the links between certain characters: the first meeting with Colonel Olrik, the history of the landlady Mrs. Benson Blake and Mortimer, the Chinese spy's debut Basam Damdu ... There was there holes to fill than the scenario of Yves Sente along the line of André Julliard was able to do with talent. The whole reads like a good spy novel. Following are the original volumes of the Secret Swordfish.
