
{"id":16082,"date":"2009-05-20T07:50:48","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T05:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=16082"},"modified":"2009-05-20T16:10:45","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T14:10:45","slug":"french-collection-11-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/","title":{"rendered":"French Collection #12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16083\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/attachment\/fc11a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/fc11a.jpg?fit=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"70,70\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"French Collection #11\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/fc11a.jpg?fit=70%2C70&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-16083\" style=\"margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px;\" title=\"French Collection #11\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/fc11a.jpg?resize=70%2C70\" alt=\"French Collection #11\" width=\"70\" height=\"70\" \/>[FRENCH] Victor Fox, le propri\u00e9taire du Fox Features Syndicate est l\u00e9gendaire non pas pour son apport au comic, quoique rien que le fait que nous parlions de lui ici montre qu\u2019il a \u00e9t\u00e9 un acteur important du milieu, mais le plus souvent \u00e0 cause de ses<!--more--> pratiques commerciales que nous qualifierons de \u00ab\u00a0douteuses\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Il reste ainsi unanimement connu pour \u00eatre le deuxi\u00e8me \u00e9diteur de comic \u00e0 s\u2019\u00eatre lanc\u00e9 dans le genre des super-h\u00e9ros (apr\u00e8s bien entendu National Allied Publications l\u2019\u00e9diteur de Superman). Mais ce titre de gloire est doubl\u00e9 d\u2019infamie. Car le personnage titre du premier magazine publi\u00e9 par le Fox Features Syndicate n\u2019\u00e9tait qu\u2019un plagiat de Superman. L\u2019ironie de l\u2019histoire veuille qu\u2019une autre des personnages de l\u2019\u00e9curie de Victor Fox ait \u00e9t\u00e9 impliqu\u00e9 dans une affaire de plagiat. Mais cette fois-ci en France et sans doute sans que Victor Fox ne le sache jamais.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pour se remettre dans le contexte historique, il est n\u00e9cessaire de se rappeler que comme aux Etats-Unis la publication des aventures de Superman en France marqua fortement les esprits des jeunes lecteurs (comme le prouve l\u2019introduction de Remo Forlani au volume 1 de la r\u00e9\u00e9dition du comic strip dans la collection Copyright des \u00e9ditions Futuropolis) ainsi que l\u2019app\u00e9tit des concurrents de la S.A.G.E. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">qui publiait le comic strip sous le nom de Yordi<\/a> dans son hebdomadaire \u00ab\u00a0Aventures\u00a0\u00bb \u00e0 partir de mars 1939).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16085\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/attachment\/montage-ii\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage-ii.jpg?fit=700%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HP ScanJet 5590&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Les aventures originales de Superman&amp;#8230;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage-ii.jpg?fit=700%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16085\" title=\"Les aventures originales de Superman...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage-ii.jpg?resize=700%2C560\" alt=\"Les aventures originales de Superman...\" width=\"700\" height=\"560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage-ii.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage-ii.jpg?resize=150%2C120&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les concurrents de la S.A.G.E. tent\u00e8rent leur chance avec des personnages comme Masked Marvel (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #2<\/a>), Yarko the great (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #3<\/a>), Fantom of the Fair (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-5\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #5<\/a>), Blue Beetle (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #6<\/a>), Amazing-Man (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #8<\/a>), Batman (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-10\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #10<\/a>), The Shadow, Black Condor (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11\/\" target=\"_blank\">French Collection #11<\/a>) et The Flame pour les Editions Mondiales (qui \u00e9taient son principal concurrent). Les Editions Th\u00e9ophraste Renaudot (tr\u00e8s rapidement rebaptis\u00e9 Editions de Demain) avait elles bri\u00e8vement publi\u00e9 Batman apr\u00e8s son rapide abandon par les Editions Mondiales.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mais rien n\u2019y fit et, bien que tous les personnages aient eu leur succ\u00e8s, Superman restait le premier dans le c\u0153ur des lecteurs fran\u00e7ais. Profitant de <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-7\/\" target=\"_blank\">l\u2019arr\u00eat de parution d\u2019Aventures<\/a>, les Editions Mondiales d\u00e9cident de forcer le destin. Juste apr\u00e8s la reprise de l\u2019hebdomadaire Hurrah\u00a0!, son num\u00e9ro 266 voit appara\u00eetre les aventures d\u2019un nouveau personnage pr\u00e9nomm\u00e9 Fran\u00e7ois l\u2019imbattable. Cette \u00ab\u00a0p\u00e9riode\u00a0\u00bb dura jusqu\u2019au num\u00e9ro 273. Une analyse minutieuse nous permet cependant de constater qu\u2019il ne s\u2019agit que d\u2019une reprise \u00ab\u00a0maquill\u00e9e\u00a0\u00bb du comic strip de Superman.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16087\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/attachment\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3.jpg?fit=700%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,488\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HP ScanJet 5590&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tarzan et les grandes explorations r\u00e9unies 3, avec les aventures d&amp;rsquo;un certain \u00ab\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0\u00bb qui ressemblent \u00e0 celles de Superman&amp;#8230; d\u00e9calqu\u00e9es ! \" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3.jpg?fit=700%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16087\" title=\"Tarzan et les grandes explorations r\u00e9unies 3, avec les aventures d'un certain &quot;Fran\u00e7ois&quot; qui ressemblent \u00e0 celles de Superman... d\u00e9calqu\u00e9es ! \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3.jpg?resize=700%2C488\" alt=\"Tarzan et les grandes explorations r\u00e9unies 3, avec les aventures d'un certain &quot;Fran\u00e7ois&quot; qui ressemblent \u00e0 celles de Superman... d\u00e9calqu\u00e9es ! \" width=\"700\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/tarzan-et-les-grandes-explorations-reunies-3.jpg?resize=150%2C104&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Les Editions Mondiales ont visiblement demand\u00e9 \u00e0 un artiste fran\u00e7ais, le travail a \u00e9t\u00e9 attribu\u00e9 par les ex\u00e9g\u00e8tes \u00e0 Ren\u00e9 Brantonne sans \u00e0 mon sens de certitude, de refaire une grande partie des dessins. Par contre, les sc\u00e9narios et d\u00e9coupages originaux ont \u00e9t\u00e9 parfaitement respect\u00e9s. Pour se faire, l\u2019artiste a sans doute travaill\u00e9 \u00e0 partir du mat\u00e9riel originel et lui a fait subir deux op\u00e9rations de \u00ab\u00a0maquillage\u00a0\u00bb. La premi\u00e8re a \u00e9t\u00e9 de retourner chacune des cases sur un axe vertical (rotation de droite \u00e0 gauche) et la deuxi\u00e8me de redessiner dessus de mani\u00e8re \u00e0 totalement changer l\u2019apparence des personnages. Nous voici donc avec un personnage poss\u00e9dant les m\u00eames pouvoirs que Superman mais un nom typiquement fran\u00e7ais et une absence notoire de costume. L\u2019ironie du sort veuille que cette \u00ab\u00a0r\u00e9interpr\u00e9tation\u00a0\u00bb soit fid\u00e8le \u00e0 la vision originale du personnage de Joe Siegel et Jerry Schuster (personnage en simple tenue de sportif de l\u2019\u00e9poque). L\u2019exemple ci-dessous permettra de mesurer le \u00ab\u00a0travail\u00a0\u00bb qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 fait en France (\u00e0 noter que des aventures totalement in\u00e9dite du personnage de Fran\u00e7ois l\u2019imbattable ont \u00e9t\u00e9 publi\u00e9es dans Hurrah\u00a0! et Les Grandes Aventures mais nous y reviendrons dans un prochain French Collection).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Le num\u00e9ro 275 voit l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Blue Beetle (toujours appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Le Fant\u00f4me d\u2019acier\u00a0\u00bb) en remplacement pour trois aventures jusqu\u2019au num\u00e9ro 283. Cependant, la carri\u00e8re du \u00ab\u00a0Fant\u00f4me d\u2019acier\u00a0\u00bb ne cesse pas pour autant, elle se modifie. En effet, la derni\u00e8re case du num\u00e9ro 283 de Hurrah\u00a0! indique\u00a0:<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0Pour \u00e9viter toutes complications, Manigan d\u00e9cide de quitter la police et de d\u00e9velopper son activit\u00e9 dans un nouveau milieu, le journalisme\u2026\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Outre le fait que si Blue Beetle devait quitter la police se serait son alter ego Dan Garret qui le ferait et non Mike Mannigan qui est son co-\u00e9quipier, ceci n\u2019est jamais arriv\u00e9 dans le comic originel. Cette case de transition a \u00e9t\u00e9 rajout\u00e9e par les \u00e9ditions Mondiales afin de permettre de garder une certaine continuit\u00e9 avec les \u00e9pisodes de Superman qui vont \u00eatre publi\u00e9s \u00e0 la suite et maquill\u00e9s en \u00e9pisodes de Blue Beetle. En effet, la deuxi\u00e8me case n\u2019est pas tir\u00e9e des aventures de Blue Beetle mais est la premi\u00e8re case de l\u2019\u00e9pisode The Unknown Strikes tir\u00e9e des comic strips de Superman. Les deux exemples qui vous trouverez ci-dessous donnerons une id\u00e9e du travail de recr\u00e9ation qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 n\u00e9cessaire pour \u00ab\u00a0maquiller\u00a0\u00bb les comics strips de Superman afin qu\u2019ils deviennent des \u00e9pisodes de Blue Beetle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16084\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/attachment\/montage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage.jpg?fit=700%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,368\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HP ScanJet 5590&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Regardez bien cette page o\u00f9 Superman arr\u00eate une tentative de suicide&amp;#8230;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage.jpg?fit=700%2C368&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16084\" title=\"Regardez bien cette page o\u00f9 Superman arr\u00eate une tentative de suicide...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage.jpg?resize=700%2C368\" alt=\"Regardez bien cette page o\u00f9 Superman arr\u00eate une tentative de suicide...\" width=\"700\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/montage.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Concernant les raisons de ce \u00ab\u00a0maquillage\u00a0\u00bb, il est probable que les Editions Mondiales ont \u00e9t\u00e9 oblig\u00e9es de g\u00e9rer une p\u00e9riode de transition afin de ne pas avoir de probl\u00e8me juridique avec la S.A.G.E.. En effet, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019apparition des \u00ab\u00a0aventures\u00a0\u00bb de \u00ab\u00a0Fran\u00e7ois l\u2019imbattable\u00a0\u00bb puis du \u00ab\u00a0Fant\u00f4me d&rsquo;acier\u00a0\u00bb, les comic strips de Superman \u00e9taient publi\u00e9s, comme nous l\u2019avons indiqu\u00e9, dans l\u2019hebdomadaire Aventures de la S.A.G.E.. Cet \u00e9tat de fait s\u2019arr\u00eate dans le num\u00e9ro 10 du 15 mars 1941 avec le comic strip # 378. Bien qu&rsquo;Aventures continuera \u00e0 publier les aventures de Superman, il ne s\u2019agira plus des comic strips mais de reprise d\u2019Action Comics et ce jusqu\u2019\u00e0 la fin (au moins jusqu\u2019au num\u00e9ro 39 de 1941).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16086\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/articles\/french-collection-11-2\/attachment\/superman-i\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/superman-i.jpg?fit=700%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"700,348\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HP ScanJet 5590&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Et comparez cette autre tentative de suicide stopp\u00e9e net par le \u00ab\u00a0Fant\u00f4me d&amp;rsquo;Acier\u00a0\u00bb&amp;#8230;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/superman-i.jpg?fit=700%2C348&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16086\" title=\"Et comparez cette autre tentative de suicide stopp\u00e9e net par le &quot;Fant\u00f4me d'Acier&quot;...\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/superman-i.jpg?resize=700%2C348\" alt=\"Et comparez cette autre tentative de suicide stopp\u00e9e net par le &quot;Fant\u00f4me d'Acier&quot;...\" width=\"700\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/superman-i.jpg?w=700&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/superman-i.jpg?resize=150%2C74&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Par une heureuse co\u00efncidence, la publication des comic strips de Superman maquill\u00e9s commence avec le comic strip #378 sous le nom de Fran\u00e7ois l\u2019imbattable. La publication continue sous ce nom d\u2019emprunt jusqu\u2019au comic strip # 414 dans le Hurrah\u00a0! n\u00b0 273 du 12 f\u00e9vrier 1941. La publication des comic strips de Superman reprend apr\u00e8s une br\u00e8ve interruption (du num\u00e9ro 274 au 282) sous l\u2019identit\u00e9 d\u2019emprunt du \u00ab\u00a0Fant\u00f4me d&rsquo;acier\u00a0\u00bb jusqu\u2019au comic strip # 533 dans le Hurrah\u00a0! n\u00b0 310 du 29 octobre 1941. Par une autre heureuse co\u00efncidence, Aventures cessera de para\u00eetre le 5 octobre 1941, laissant les droits du personnage compl\u00e8tement libre en France. Hurrah\u00a0! se lancera alors dans la publication \u00e0 \u00ab\u00a0visage d\u00e9couvert\u00a0\u00bb du comic strip de Superman jusqu\u2019au num\u00e9ro 320.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Toutes ces co\u00efncidences de dates nous am\u00e8ne donc penser, comme Eric Vignoles l\u2019a d\u00e9j\u00e0 esquiss\u00e9 dans le n\u00b0 10 du fanzine Back Up, que la raison de ce maquillage pourrait \u00eatre le r\u00e9sultat, non de la censure mais de la publication \u00ab\u00a0frauduleuse\u00a0\u00bb des aventures de Superman par les Editions Mondiales. Du fait de ces circonstances, l\u2019audience de Blue Beetle a donc \u00e9t\u00e9 plus importante que la simple publication de ses aventures propres comme nous l\u2019avions indiqu\u00e9 dans French Collection #9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cet article ne serait pas complet sans \u00e9voquer l\u2019autre plagiat auquel se livra involontairement Blue Beetle en France. A partir du num\u00e9ro 264 de juin 1940 de Hurrah\u00a0!, Blue Beetle perdit sa couleur originel. Il devient ce que les am\u00e9ricains aurait appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0Red Beetle\u00a0\u00bb, pr\u00e9c\u00e9dant ainsi le Scarlet Scarab de Roy Thomas de plusieurs d\u00e9cennies. En effet, les Editions Mondiales d\u00e9cident avec ce num\u00e9ro de coloriser le costume de Blue Beetle en rouge. Et ceci pour deux raisons, la premi\u00e8re technique. En effet, la couleur bleu est difficile \u00e0 reproduire sur le mat\u00e9riel de l\u2019\u00e9poque. L\u2019effort de guerre de la France rendant certains produits chimiques, comme certaines encres, indisponibles il \u00e9tait plus simple de changer la couleur du costume dans une teinte plus simple \u00e0 produire (la m\u00eame chose arriva aux Etats-Unis, ce qui explique la pr\u00e9sence d\u2019un Superman rouge dans certaines Sunday Pages). La deuxi\u00e8me, plus bassement mat\u00e9rielle, est qu\u2019un autre personnage de la S.A.G.E. \u00e9tait aussi populaire que Superman. Il s\u2019agit du Phantom (devenu du Bengale en France) dont le costume est tr\u00e8s proche de celui de Blue Beetle \u00e0 une diff\u00e9rence pr\u00eat\u00a0: la couleur. En devenant rouge, les Editions Mondiales esp\u00e9raient sans doute qu\u2019un peu du succ\u00e8s du Phantom d\u00e9teigne sur leur prot\u00e9g\u00e9.<\/p>\n[<em>Jean-Michel Ferragatti<\/em>]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[FRENCH] Victor Fox, le propri\u00e9taire du Fox Features Syndicate est l\u00e9gendaire non pas pour son apport au comic, quoique 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