Space Pirate Captain Harlock #1

Space Pirate Captain Harlock, #1. First printing. Published by Ablaze Publishing, 11222 SE Main St. #22906 Portland, OR 97269. Capitaine Albator — Mémoires de l’Arcadia 1 © 1977 Leiji Matsumoto (AKITASHOTEN). © 2019-2021 Leiji Matsumoto (AKITASHOTEN). © 2019–2021 Alquié — KANA (Dargaud — Lombard S.A.) All rights reserved. For the English edition: © 2021 ABLAZE, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Ablaze and its logo TM & © 2021 Ablaze, LLC. All Rights Reserved. All names, characters, events, and locales in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events or places, without satiric intent is coincidental. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means (digital or print) without the written permission of Ablaze Publishing except for review purposes. Printed in Canada. For advertising and licensing email: info@ablazepublishing.com ablazepublishing.com @ablazepub @ablazepub /ablazepub ABLAZE PRESENTS STORY LEIJI MATSUMOTO, JÉRÔME ALQUIÉ ART JÉRÔME ALQUIÉ LETTERS DEZI SIENTY COVER ARTISTS DERRICK CHEW, KENDRICK LIM, LEIRIX, YANICK PAQUETTE, MIGUEL MERCADO, ANDIE TONG, JÉRÔME ALQUIÉ FOR ABLAZE MANAGING EDITOR RICH YOUNG EDITOR KEVIN KETNER DESIGNER RODOLFO MURAGUCHI SPECIAL THANKS LEIJI MATSUMOTO & JEROME ALQUIE EMILIE VEDIS, SOPHIE CASTILLE & TIMOTHEE GUEDON AKITA SHOTEN

PROLOGUE

Memories of the Arcadia, year of our lord 2977, day 43.

The humans that still inhabit southern earth have grown torpid. They let a handful exploit the resources to ensure their livelihood.

Weak and cowardly and preoccupied solely with pleasure, they live in opulence and shameful idleness.

Unaware of the threat hanging over them.

To

You would be saddened to see what has become of the Earth, our planet you cherished so much…

…as sad as the lament that Mimay plays on her harp…

The oceans are drying up. The riches that nature once offered us are gradually exhausted.

you, my friend, who travels with us on this sea of stars, alongside the 40 crew members of our pirate ship Arcadia…

From the depths of space, the omnipotent Mazon began their exodus to their former colony, Earth. A world they inhabited long before the appearance of man.

No longer having a place to live, these humanoids know the blue planet represents their only chance of survival.

From

to guide the Mazon royal armada towards this Eden, Queen Lafresia sent a gigantic black sphere… …that crashed in the middle of our capital, the center of the Terran government. Radiation emitted by this enormous orb awakened one by one the Mazon on Earth who had been sleeping for millennia. the four corners of the globe, emerging from their million-year sleep, they rise to prepare for this future invasion.

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