'The Bleiberg Project #1: Ghosts of the Past; by Serge Le Tendre with art by Frederic Peynet is a graphic novel based on a book by David S. Khara.

Jeremy Corbin is not a happy person, and he hasn't heard from his father in years, so when he hears some bad news, it doesn't seem to move him. What does move him is the mystery that gets revealed including a safety deposit box in Switzerland and a key with a swastika on it. There are suddenly people who want to kill him, and new people that want to help. Now he is on the run.

I liked this thriller of a man who doesn't know who his father is. The art is pretty solid. It is only the first volume in the story, so further volumes will have to be read to find out what happens.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Europe Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.

This is actually an adaption of the novel by David S. Khara. I liked the general setup of the trope of the common man pulled into the spy game due to a dead family member. What I didn't get is why you set him up as such a scumbag at the beginning. The dude ran over a baby due to his gross negligence. Can a reader really grow to root for that character? Peynet's art is really good. I'd love to see him do some American comics.

I have only recently got into graphic novels and I'm still finding my way through the oeuvre. I read this book three times, to get the idea first, then to really understand all the nuances, and then just to look at the drawings and especially the expressions of the characters. There is a lot of angst in this book and it is beautifully captured in the drawings.

The lead character kills a child with his car on a drunken night out and starts to look more closely at the life he has led since being abandoned by his father. The story develops into a Nazi conspiracy thriller and has the unfortunately named Jeremy Corbin racing across the world with a beautiful CIA Agent.

Book One of a trilogy and I'll be looking out for the next two. Well drawn, well written and complex enough to keep you interested.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley in return for an honest review.

I read The Bleiberg Project a few years ago and wasn’t particularly impressed. It isn’t a bad novel, but it isn’t as compelling as other Nazi conspiracy novels that have covered the same ground. Judging from the first of this two-issue series, the graphic novel is actually somewhat better, if only because it keeps the essential parts of the story and jettisons the filler.

Hitler is approached by the Consortium with an offer to assist his rise to power as a means of furthering a mutual interest in Aryan supremacy. The Consortium will also fund certain scientific and medical research. Later, one of the researchers, Bleiberg, is ready to create supermen (ubermenchsen) via genetic mutations. His plan has been approved by Himmler, but an assassination attempt on Himmler cuts short Bleiberg’s career.

In the present, a Mossad agent named Eytan Morg interrogates a CIA traitor who is selling stolen files from the Nazi era that pertain to Bleiberg’s project. At the same time, Wall Street trader Jeremy Corbin gets a key and a bank code from his mother after his father’s death. His father was missing for decades, a fact that Jeremy always resented, but his father may have had a good reason to disappear. The key is to a safe deposit box that contains secrets that Mossad (and others) would love to have. An attractive CIA agent is assigned to protect Jeremy, while Morg may or may not be doing the same.

In the meantime, a pandemic is sweeping across Mexico. That will eventually be explained, but readers will need to await the second volume, or read the original book, to understand why.

The art is straightforward, consistent and attractive. It plays a key role in telling the story, as art should in a graphic novel. The text and art are nicely balanced, eliminating some of the confusion that accompanies the original novel. I don’t think readers will miss anything by reading the graphic novel rather than the text novel. I wouldn’t say that about most condensations of a novel into a graphic format, but this one captures what’s good about the original while eliminating its flaws, including all of the moping that Corbin does in the original because of an unfortunate death he caused. That’s overplayed in the novel but nicely underplayed in the adaptation.

Goodreads Synopsis:
The life of Jeremy Corbin, an unhappy, alcoholic Wall Street trader, takes a drastic turn when he learns shocking news about his long-lost father. He soon finds himself headed to Switzerland to pick up a mysterious safe deposit box whose contents hold the key to a terrible secret: horrific experiments carried out by the Nazis during WWII in their quest to create the Superman. With modern-day Nazis on his tail, a pretty, wise-cracking CIA agent assigned to protect him, and a deadly spy from Israeli intelligence blasting onto the scene at the most critical moments, his early-morning cocktail is suddenly the last thing on Jeremy’s mind.

My Review:
I want to just say first of all, that I really love the art in this book. It's unlike any of the other comics I've read lately and I think it just looks really beautiful, it stands out from the others I've read lately. The characters are well developed and thought out, and the book is a smooth ride from start to finish.

The story follows Jeremy, as he's chased by modern day nazi's after discovering some of their secrets. It's an exciting story and I'm really glad I got the chance to read it. Definitely check it out and see what you think.

Here's a link to the book on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.ca/Projet-Bleiberg...

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A graphic novel alternative WWII history thriller, this has some disturbing elements which may not be for every reader, but do add to the realistic element that these things would have happened. This first part of the story takes its reader on a grand journey which leaves the reader wanting to continue in the next part to find out what will happen to its characters. I can easily see this as a blaxploitation-style film, the spies, hitmen and nazi give you a real idea of what to expect.

This comic was not what I had expected from the cover, although seeing as this is only volume 1 it may develop into what I expected in the future. I'll definitely be finding out as I am 100% continuing with this series! Jeremy Corbin's (the direct contrast between this character and Jeremy Corbin the MP in Britain makes me laugh!) life is suddenly turned upside down when he is told that his father has passed away, and what he had believed was his fathers' life story is shown to be false. Suddenly he is involved with the CIA, Nazis and his life is in almost constant danger. There is a Steve Rodgers aspect to this, very much getting a little bit of Hydra feels, but not in a bad way. I'm enjoying the plotline and looking forward to seeing how it develops in the future, really hoping that it will be a unique storyline which will just make this comic series so much better. Fingers crossed! Thanks to NetGalley for an eCopy of this comic in return for an honest review.

Firstly thank you to Net Galley for the free ebook, 4/5 stars I did love this book. An intriguing journey into conspiracy theories following Jeremy Corbin into the world of Nazi war crimes and experiments. This book also has a brilliant female agent and a very funny cynical male character from the Israeli execution section. The art work is beautiful and the characters are amazing and the story looks like its going to be interesting as well, its dark and weird but also has the right amount of humour to make it enjoyable. I will definitely be interested in reading the next instalments.

I really enjoyed the start to this trilogy and can't wait to get my hands on the rest. I'm especially interested to see how nazi Germany will end up tying in to the current epidemic they are experiencing in this book. As anyone who has read my reviews can tell you, I love mysteries, especially those with a twist in them. I have a good feeling about this one, and not just because is being done by some amazing talent. For my family-minded readers, this definitely has some stuff in it that I wouldn't want just any kid to see. There's violence, nothing overly graphic, but there is talk about a baby being killed in an accident. There is some swearing but it's not on every page but there's not really any sexual content (unless you want to count low-cut tops and flirting). I'd save this for the mid to older teens personally but that's up to you. Overall though, is a great start to the trilogy and I'm excited to see what's next!

4 stars
I don’t typically read graphic novels, but I do enjoy mysteries and thrills, so thought I would try. Lovely, detailed artwork. The story was very retro… spy thriller with flashbacks to Hitler and Nazi Germany. And the infamous “super” human experiments… definitely need to suspend belief, but if you can do that, this is a lot of fun. I enjoyed and hope the story will continue.
Thank you NetGalley and publisher, Europe Comics, for the opportunity to read this ARC.

A man lost to despair after a terrible accident finds an unexpected reason to live.

Beautiful artwork.
This is a story with dark, serious elements which are delivered with absolute perfection. The story pulled me right in. I loved how it's an origin story that manages to be unique and fun. It does this by cleverly rewriting a certain period of history. I thoroughly enjoyed the twists and turns thrown my way. It's a heck of a ride.
I'm hooked. I can't wait for more.

Great start to an engaging story, love to read part 2.
If you’re a fan of ‘Y The Last Man’ you’ll enjoy this book.
Great artwork, well paced story, keen to know what happens next.
Easily imagine this as a movie

The artwork in this volume is fabulous. Incredible landscapes and facial expressions that mimic photographs while being internally consistent. Just wow. Interesting, suspenseful story. I'm ready for the next episode!,

A graphic novel that takes the reader back to the darker times Nazism and scientific experimentation.
Against something of a doomsday scenario Corbin’s dad a pilot in the military goes rouge to investigate and ensure his family’s safety.
The biggest loser is Jeremy who feels his dad has abandoned him. Becoming close to his mum he becomes a workaholic until a dreadful accident wishing he were dead.
Not a stable platform perhaps to build a story but certainly intriguing and almost anything goes.
Great introduction to what promises to be a trilogy;this format backed up by throwaway dialogue and detailed illustrations provides a wonderful format for progressing this strange story.

A very interesting graphic novel. The story jumping was interesting, but not so much for me.

"I'm a piece of shit," admits Jeremy Corbin - but no, not that one. This one is a self-loathing shares trader with a guilty past, and who has actually changed his name (as any other person with that name would, these days) in disgust at his absent father. But when he's told his dad is finally dead, a huge can of worms is opened, complete with many more guilty pasts - right back to the days of Hitler's eugenics and medical research...

It's clearly hokum to pretend there were people pulling Hitler's strings to get him into power to get their way, but as far as the grand conspiracy behind this book goes, little is told here. But then this is the first third of an adaptation of a French thriller which itself is part of a trilogy, so you're supposed to be here for the long term. And that wouldn't be too disagreeable - the look of the book is reasonable, the story zips along (if the narrator does like to recap his lot too often, as if we have no memory), and its cheesy qualities aren't too badly delivered. I have no idea if we'll get more than the three books made of the opening novel, but either way the creators are off to a reasonable start.