Classiques Illustrés #17
"La machine à explorer le temps" delivers a thrilling, early adaptation of H. G. Wells’ classic tale, co-written by Wells and Lorenz Graham and brought to life by Lou Cameron’s dynamic art and inks. The story follows a disheveled Wells arriving late to dinner, recounting his journey through time, his encounter with the fragile Weena, and his harrowing struggle against the subterranean Morlocks—backed only by a single, fragile flower as proof. George Wilson’s striking cover captures the eerie wonder of the tale, perfectly framing the timeless mystery of the time machine.
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Wells is late to dinner with his friends but shows up, clothes tattered, and he tells them the story of his time machine, travel into the very distant future, falling in love, battling the Morlocks, and his arrival back into the present. His only proof to them were flowers given to him as a present from Weena.
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