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n the 22nd Century, a State weakened by
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the fight against crime to special private "security and detective" agencies.
Nathan Never works for one of these, the Agenzia Alfa. A special agent may be
entrusted with almost any type of job - the recovery of stolen software,
discovering who has tampered with a valuable robot, investigating into who
is responsible for the illegal dumping of toxic waste, protecting an orbital
station against terrorist raids…. Nathan came to the Agenzia Alfa following a
dramatic event. A former sergeant in the Metropolitan Police, he was indirectly
responsible for the death of his wife Laura, killed by a ruthless |
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criminal called Ned Mace. His daughter
Ann became autistic because of the sudden shock. The child needed expensive
treatment for years and this is the only reason why Nathan accepted the job as
a private agent. Nathan fights with the determination of one who wants to keep a
spark of humanity alive in a world which is increasingly inhuman.
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"Legs" Weaver is Nathan's friend and colleague. Between them
there is a feeling of comradeship but no emotional involvement. Tall and dark,
with a sharp tongue, Legs knows how to fight in any sort of one-to-one combat
and how to use all sorts of weapons.
Legs Weaver
has actually had her very own monthly cartoon since 1995. Together with her friend
May Frayn, her adventures take place in the same world
as Nathan's but the narrative tone of her series is very different. The Legs stories
are action-packed and often spiced up with a bit of eroticism, but their main feature
is their lively humor.
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Sigmund
Baginov is a computer nerd. Short and as blind as a bat, it would seem
that he prefers machines to human beings… but when we get to know him better we
find out he's not really like this. The head of the Agenzia Alfa is Solomon Darver.
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Darver has replaced the previous head, Edward Reiser,
who was killed by a terrorist group… but there are some who suspect
that Darver is really Reiser in disguise….
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Other Alfa special agents who sometimes
back Nathan Never up during his missions are the meek Al Goodman,
the cynic Andy |
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Havilland, the very attractive May Frayn, a former robber
now working for the Law, Branko, a huge mutated who fights
to defend the rights of his people and Link, the robot. Besides
the Alfa agents, Nathan Never's authors periodically bring in
many other characters : the astronaut Jerry Lone, the
hacker Igor, the lawyer Olivia Olling, and District Attorney
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and Mary Mather,
who is pregnant by a creature of the Shadow Brotherhood.
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HIS ENEMIES |
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Aliens, hackers, cyberpunks, technodroids, cruel
beings who
dominate the future world. |
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