Agent secret X-9

A French series from Futuropolis, Agent secret X-9 ran from 1980 to 1984 across four issues, revisiting the classic newspaper strip detective. The collection is most associated with the work of artist Jacques Tardi, whose distinctive ligne claire style brought a gritty, period-specific Paris to the character’s shadowy world. This short run matters as a European reinterpretation of an American pulp icon, distilling hard-boiled espionage into a taut, visually striking series.