Greetings vintage mates. Here are six Rahan print adverts I recently acquired to add to my main Rahan post.
Rahan. Au Pays de L’etrange. Pif Gadget 593. 1980.
Rahan is a fictional lone-warrior who wanders prehistorical earth on a journey of self-discovery and to help others. He made his first appearance in February 1969 in the French comic book Pif Gadget then later went on to feature in his own albums. Such was the character’s popularity in France that an action figure was licensed by Group Action Joe (the French version of G.I. Joe / Action Man).
Pif Gadget gave away a number of Rahan toys as ‘gadgets’ in some of their issues, and Rahan was adapted into two animated TV series (1986 and 2006). The character was created by the writer Roger Lécureux and illustrator André Chéret (with later artwork by Spanish illustrator Romero). After the death of Lécureux, his son Jean-François Lécureux, took over as writer.
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- Rahan. Fils des Braves. Pif Gadget 598. 1980.
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- Rahan. Le Lance Filet De Rahan gadget. Pif Gadget 407. 1977.
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- Rahan No 19. La Vallée des tourments. Pif Gadget 620. 1981.
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- Un Poster grand comme Rahan. Dans Rahan 21. Pif Gadget 407. 1977.
Rahan Number 17. Pif Gadget 599. 1980.
Thanks for looking!
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These ads look so cool, have a bit of a Conan vibe about them.
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Yes, I think so too. Conan and Tarzan!
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Those are great.
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Thanks 2Loud!
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Interesting, I’ve surprisingly never heard of this character (I shall be handing in my comic-book expert credentials on the way out!) he comes across as a cool compilation of Tarzan and Kirby/DC’s Kamandi.
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Agree, along with a touch of Conan. The stories and art are superb, especially when he’s made to battle prehistoric creatures!
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Hi TVTA, good to see some more classic comic artwork – we don’t see enough proper non CGI stuff nowadays.
p.s. I too found the toggle switch to turn off the dreaded “Writing Prompts”.
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Hi FT. The art and stories are great. Cool you found the toggle switch for the dreaded ‘writing prompts’ (me too, thanks to the headsup from Spira).
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Nice finds, ford!
By the way, go at your writing settings – there you can deactivate the writing prompt.
We’ll take it! lol
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Cheers Nick. Thanks for the headsup. Deactivated!
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