A 1940s young Black woman from Tuskegee who works her way into becoming an international pilot/adventurer.

Ariane de Troïl aka Damasque/Masquerouge is the heroine of a classic series of French swashbuckling graphic novels, halfway between the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo and Zorro.

From a classic Francophone modern thriller/action/espionage saga. XIII operates in a fairly realistic genre, but within these limits he’s rather badass.

A superbly competent and resourceful military intelligence operative from the XIII espionage/adventure graphic novels. Best read after our XIII character profile.

The heroine of a 1970s French graphic novels series about moto racing. Featuring many things that have two wheels and go “vroom”.

Gil Jourdan is a minor but classic character from French/Belgian mystery and adventure comics. This two-part profile explains a bunch of things, and covers much 1950s/1960s material.

The heroine of French graphic novels set within the RAF during World War Two.

This first half of our article about the Streamliner graphic novels describes the world, mostly for TTRPG purposes.

A pure, glittery and two-fisted super-heroine from a 1985 RPG scenario in a French magazine. So yeah, we can do that too. If we want.