Le Feu de Wotan

Le Feu de Wotan (Wotan's Fire) is the fourteenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1984. (ISBN 2-8001-1029-5)

Story

During her research in Burg Eltz, Ingrid has by chance discovered a few strange devices, which turn out to be parts of a fearsome weapon. In the suspension railway of Wuppertal, a group of criminals blackmail Yoko and Ingrid into yielding the key part of the weapon to them. These men plan to install the weapon in an abandoned lighthouse in Brittany and disable a passing supertanker with it, coating a large part of the coast in crude oil. After this demonstration, they plan to sell the weapon. With the help of Prof. Zimmer, one of the designers of the contraption, and Peter Hertzel, a German businessman, Yoko and her friends build another, lightning-based weapon along the same design and install it on the tanker as defence.However, during the building, Yoko is struck by an electric charge and faints, dangling unconscious over the weapon.The cover of the comic shows Yoko fainting after being struck by an electric charge.








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