Writer: Jean d'Alvignac
Artist: Auguste Liquois (1902-1969)

Arsène Satard, a humble court recorder, is given superhuman powers by an old alchimist.  When brought in contact with fire, he turns into the super-powered crime-fighter known as Satanax.  He can only remain in this form for an hour.
 
The Stories 

1. Satanax le Superhomme [Satanax The Superman
2. [Untitled
3. Lutte contre l'Inconnu [Fight Against The Unknown
4. Satanax contre les Hommes-Lions [Satanax vs. The Lion Men
5. Le Défilé des Éléphants [The Canyon Of The Elephants
6. La Colère de Satanax [The Wrath Of Satanax
7. Zacharias contre Satanas [Zacharias vs. Satanax
8. Satanax Joue et Gagne [Satanax Plays And Wins
9. Bataille de Géants [Battle Of Giants
10. Contre ou Avec Satanax? [For Or Against Satanax?
11. Guerre à la Guerre [War To War
12. La Chute de l'Archange [The Fall Of The Archangel
13. Menace sur Vallorbe [Threat Over Vallorbe
14. Le Cauchemar est Terminé [The Nightmare Is Over
15. Satanax et les Fantômes [Satanax And The Ghosts
16. Satanax contre les Grands Maîtres [Satanax vs. The Grand Masters

 
 
 
Publishing History 
 
All sixteen issues of "Satanax" were published by Editions Mondiales in 1948 and 1949.  They were reprinted in three volumes by Ed. Prifo in 1977. 
 
 
 
The Author 

Auguste Liquois (1902-1969) was a comic book artist and illustrator from the 1930s and 1940s who took over Tarzan after the Nazis banned the import of American strips in occupied France.  Today, Liquois is fondly remembered for his science fiction series, a Flash Gordon imitation, Vers les Mondes Inconnus [Towards The Unknown Worlds] (1943), serialized in "Le Témeraire"; Guerre à la Terre [War against Earth] written by Marijac and serialized in "Coq Hardi" in 1946-47, in which Captain Veyrac fought the invading hordes of little yellow Martians and their monstrous armies; and Salvator, another super-hero, precursor of Satanax, serialized in "Tarzan" in 1947.  Liquois retired from comics in 1959. 

 
 


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