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Reading order

Blake and Mortimer reading order

Jean Van Hamme

  1. Le Secret de l'Espadon Tome 1/21950
  2. The Secret of the Swordfish 2/21954
  3. Le secret de l'espadon Tome 31953
  4. The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus
  5. The Mystery of the Great Pyramid Volume 2: The Chamber of Horus
  6. The Yellow "M"
  7. Atlantis Mystery
  8. S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris
  9. The Time Trap1962
  10. The Necklace Affair1967
  11. Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo1977
  12. Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer1990
  13. Every volume in order (28) ↓
27 volumes
Volumes
1950–2019
Published
Completed
Status

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Le Secret de l'Espadon Tome 1/2
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Publication order

27 volumes1950–2019Completed

  • Edgar P. Jacobs drew the first eleven albums himself, from The Secret of the Swordfish in 1950 to the first half of Professor Sato's Three Formulae; he died before finishing the second half, which Bob de Moor completed in 1990.
  • Everything from The Francis Blake Affair in 1996 onward is by later teams working in his style.
  • The albums are self-contained adventures, so the numbering below is publication order rather than a plot you have to follow — with two exceptions that are single stories split across albums: the three parts of The Secret of the Swordfish, and the two of The Mystery of the Great Pyramid.
  • The Yellow M is the one most readers are told to start with.

Every volume in order

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  1. Le Secret de l'Espadon Tome 1/2
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  2. The Secret of the Swordfish 2/2
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  3. Le secret de l'espadon Tome 3
    Le secret de l'espadon Tome 31953Buy
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  4. The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus
    The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus
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  5. The Mystery of the Great Pyramid Volume 2: The Chamber of Horus
    The Mystery of the Great Pyramid Volume 2: The Chamber of Horus
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  6. The Yellow "M"
    The Yellow "M"
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  7. Atlantis Mystery
    Atlantis Mystery
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  8. S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris
    S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris
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  9. The Time Trap
    The Time Trap1962
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  10. The Necklace Affair
    The Necklace Affair1967
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  11. Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo
    Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo1977
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  12. Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer
    Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer1990
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  13. The Francis Blake Affair
    The Francis Blake Affair1996
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  14. The Voronov Plot
    The Voronov Plot2000
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  15. The Strange Encounter
    The Strange Encounter2001
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  16. The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat
    The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat2003
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  17. The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 2: The Duel of Spirits
    The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 2: The Duel of Spirits2004Buy
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  18. The Gondwana Shrine
    The Gondwana Shrine2008
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  19. The Curse of the Thirty Denarii
    The Curse of the Thirty Denarii2009
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  20. The Oath of the Five Lords
    The Oath of the Five Lords2014
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  21. The Septimus Wave
    The Septimus Wave2013
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  22. Le Bâton de Plutarque
    Le Bâton de Plutarque2014
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  23. The Will of William S.
    The Will of William S.2016
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  24. The Valley of the Immortals
    The Valley of the Immortals2018
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  25. La Vallée des Immortels - Tome 2 - Le Millième Bras du Mékong
    La Vallée des Immortels - Tome 2 - Le Millième Bras du Mékong2019Buy
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  26. The Last Pharaoh
    The Last Pharaoh2019Buy
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  27. The Cry of Moloch
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  28. Huit Heures à Berlin
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Order checked by hand · Order and years: Wikidata (CC0). Spotted an error? Tell us. · Data updated October 28, 2026