In 1966 the reissued "Suske en Wiske" (UK: "Bob &
Bobette" or "Spike and Suzy", US: "Willy and
Wanda") album "De vliegende aap" ("The flying
monkey") was published. The series “Suske en Wiske” was
created by Willy Vandersteen in 1945.
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| No 65: "De vliegende aap" |
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| No 2: "De vliegende aap", original cover from 1948 |
No 65: “De
vliegende aap”
- two-coloured
- first published
in 1948 in blue and brown
- never published
in English
- story and
drawings by Willy Vandersteen
- published in
French ("Bob et Bobette") as "Le singe volant"
- the album was
completely redrawn
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Arthur (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw)
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| Banana and Suske (Spike) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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| Boumbala (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
The story was
pre-published in the newspaper "De Nieuwe Standaard" from
28 September 1946 until 12 February 1947. The main characters are
Suske (Spike), Wiske (Suzy), aunt Sidonia, Lambik
(Ambrose), Arthur, Putifar the donkey, Boumbala, Serpentos, Banana,
and Kanga the snake. The locations for this story are Belgium, and
Dongo (parody of Congo). The album was reedited in 1968 as No 87 in
the coloured series.
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| Kanga and Lambik (Ambrose) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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| Lambik (Ambrose) and Putifar (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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| Lambik (Ambrose) and Wiske (Suzy) (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
Synopsis
When Lambik
(Ambrose) is reading the newspaper he becomes suddenly very excited
about a photograph of a strange creature at the top of a tree in the
forests of Dongo. It's a photograph of his brother Arthur who knows
the secret of flying...
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| Kanga and Serpentos (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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| Aunt Sidonia (left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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Suske (Spike), Lambik (Ambrose) and Wiske (Suzy)
(left 1948 original, right 1966 redraw) |
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