VALERIAN AND LAURELINE BY… SHINGOUZLOOZ INC. – WILFRID LUPANO-MATHIEU LAUFFRAY

An apparently simple mission – apprehending a speculator-droid – turns into a race against time when the Shingouz drop in uninvited mid-arrest, begging Valerian and Laureline for protection against someone who means to kill them. To the agents surprise, it s an old friend who soon pops up in hot pursuit, guns blazing. The ensuing shoot-out does little to simplify an already complicated situation: our heroes favourite information brokers have managed to… lose Earth in a card game!