Hostages of Ultralum [Paperback]

Two agents of 24th century Earth patrol space and time to safeguard both the planets future and its past. The 16th volume of Valerian and Laureline, one of the most influential science-fiction comic series of the past 40 years!Valerian and Laureline take a break from adventuring and go on a cruise, but Valerian feels uncomfortable among the idle and the powerful. Hes not bored for long, though, because when a quartet of mercenaries board the cruise ship to kidnap the son of the Caliph of Iksaladam, they end up taking Laureline as well. With the almighty Caliph offering a massive reward for his sons return, Valerians quest to rescue his girl is suddenly hindered by every bounty hunter in the galaxy&Jean-Claude M?zi?res and Pierre Christin created Valerian in 1967 after working in the USA together, one as a cowboy, the other a teacher. While Valerian is M?zi?res only comic series, he has worked as an illustrator in many other areas, including designs and sets for The Fifth Element, and he was awarded the Grand Prix du festival dAngoul?me in 1984. Christin also works in collaboration with other artists such as Tardi and Bilal and writes novels and film scripts