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Ric Hochet is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Tibet (drawings) and André-Paul Duchâteau (scripts). It first appeared on March 30, 1955, in the Franco-Belgian comics magazine Tintin.

Synopsis

The series features the adventures of Ric Hochet, a reporter for the newspaper La Rafale in Paris.

Characters

  1. Ric Hochet

  2. A journalist from Paris with a strong sense of justice who takes huge risks to see a culprit brought to justice. His first name "Ric" is a diminuitive; but while Duchâteau has stated that Ric's first name is "Frédéric", while Tibet has insisted on "Richard".

  3. Commissaire Sigismond Bourdon

  4. Ric's close friend and most important contact with the Paris police department.

  5. Nadine

  6. Bourdon's grandniece and later on Ric's girlfriend.

  7. Richard Hochet

  8. Ric's father, a former gentleman thief and fugitive from the police who appears sporadically in the series, mostly to help Ric (or for Ric to help him) out of sticky situations.

  9. Inspector Ledru

  10. Bourdon's assistant, and mostly a rival to Hochet and his superior. He later becomes the captain of an anti-terrorism unit.

  11. Bob Drumond

  12. First a journalist, later editor of La Rafale, and a close friend of Ric.

  13. Professor Hermelin

  14. A bad-tempered and cowardly but genius scientist with a dislike for Bourdon.

  15. "Le Bourreau" ("The Executioner")/"B"

  16. A sadistic, overweight spy for a foreign power and a long-term enemy of Ric. He is habitually exchanged for another prisoner to haunt his nemesis anew. After trying to get revenge in Ric by having him implicated for several murders, he finally dies in Dernier Duel when he gets shot with a blank cartridge by Ric.

  17. Lambert

  18. An unscrupulous journalist, formerly working for La Rafale before taking a new job at the rival newspaper agency Paris-Night. However, in tough cases he is able to provide Ric with essential informations.

  19. Lamberto

  20. A flamboyant, sensationalist Italian movie director.

Translations

The series' name deviated as translations were published across Europe, with the result that it is known as Rick Master in Germany, Rik Ringers in The Netherlands and Flanders, Riku Oksa in Finland and Allan Falk and Rick Hart in Scandinavia. Ric Hochet's stories were also published in South India in Tamil Language by Prakash Publishers. Ric Hochet is known as "Reporter Johnny" in Tamil. Ric Hochet's stories were published in Egypt in the Arabic version of the magazine Tintin (magazine) (تان تان), which was issued between 1971 and 1980.

Albums

  1. Traquenard au Havre

  2. Mystère à Porquerolles

  3. Défi à Ric Hochet

  4. L'ombre de Caméléon

  5. Piège pour Ric Hochet

  6. Rapt sur le France

  7. Suspense à la télévision

  8. Face au serpent

  9. Alias Ric Hochet

  10. Les 5 revenants

  11. Cauchemar pour Ric Hochet

  12. Les spectres de la nuit

  13. Les compagnons du diable

  14. Ric Hochet contre le Bourreau

  15. Le monstre de Noireville

  16. Requiem pour une idole

  17. Épitaphe pour Ric Hochet

  18. Enquête dans le passé

  19. Les signes de la peur

  20. L'homme qui portait malheur

  21. Alerte! Extra - Terrestres

  22. Le trio maléfique

  23. La ligne de mort

  24. La piste rouge

  25. Coups de griffes chez Bouglione

  26. L'ennemi à travers les siècles

  27. L'épée sur la gorge

  28. Hallali pour Ric Hochet

  29. Opération 100 milliards

  30. Le fantôme de l'alchimiste

  31. K.O. en 9 rounds (short stories)

  32. Tribunal noir

  33. Le scandale Ric Hochet

  34. La nuit des vampires

  35. La mort noire

  36. La flèche de sang

  37. Le maléfice Vaudou

  38. Face au crime

  39. Le disparu de l'enfer

  40. Le double qui tue

  41. La maison de la vengeance

  42. La liste mortelle

  43. Les messagers du trépas

  44. Ric Hochet contre Sherlock

  45. Le triangle Attila

  46. Les témoins de Satan

  47. Les jumeaux diaboliques

  48. Le secret d'Agatha

  49. L'exécuteur des ténèbres

  50. Le crime de l'an 2000

  51. La bête de l'apocalypse

  52. Le maître de l'illusion

  53. Meurtre à l'Impro

  54. Le masque de la terreur

  55. Qui a peur d'Hitchcock

  56. Un million sans impôt

  57. L'heure du kidnapping

  58. Premières armes (comics)|Premières armes (Reprinted)

  59. La main de la mort

  60. Crime sur Internet

  61. Le jeu de la potence

  62. B.D. meurtres

  63. La sorcière mal aimée

  64. Le contrat du siècle

  65. Panique sur le Web

  66. Penthouse story

  67. Le nombre maudit

  68. Le collectionneur de crimes

  69. L'homme de glace

  70. Silence de mort (Ric Hochet)|Silence de mort

  71. La dernière impératrice

  72. Le trésor des Marolles

  73. On tue au théâtre ce soir

  74. Puzzle mortel

  75. Code pour l'au-delà

  76. Dernier duel

  77. Ici, 77

  78. A la poursuite du griffon d'or

Ric Hochet is among the many Belgian comics characters to jokingly have a Brussels street named after them. The Galerie du Roi/ Koningsgalerij has a commemorative plaque with the name Rue Ric Hochet/ Rik Ringers Straat placed under the actual street sign.

In 1994, as part of the Brussels' Comic Book Route, a wall was designed in the Rue du Bon Secours/ Bijstandsstraat in Brussels. The wall was designed by G. Oreopoulos and D. Vandegeerde.

Sources

  • and French BDoubliées

  • Bedetheque

  • Footnotes