Blake et Mortimer – La Marque Jaune

Blake and Mortimer is a comic strip series created by Belgian cartoonist Edgar P. Jacobs in 1946. Captain Francis Blake and his friend Professor Philip Mortimer are British investigators who tackle international crimes. La Marque jaune (The Yellow Mark) is the third adventure and sixth album in the series, so called because of the signature the criminal leaves in yellow chalk at the scene of his crimes. The action takes place entirely in the United Kingdom, hence the beefeater (JH) and the crown on the red Joker. The twelve characters depicted on the single-ended court cards are unnamed • See the box

Above: ‘Blake et Mortimer – La Marque jaune’ playing cards published by Éditions du Lombard, 1985. Printed by Carta Mundi, Turnhout, Belgium. 52 cards + 4 (2 x 2) Jokers in tuck box. Size: 56 x 87 mm. © Lombard Jacobs 1985