This follow-up album shows Spirou, Fantasio and the Count de Champaignac returning home from their latest adventure, and coping with the chaos of the villainous Zorglub's Zorgulwave and his hypnotized servants, the Zorgulmen. Their efforts will lead them to an economically troubled Republic of Palombia, where they must thwart a wicked scheme that is deeper than it looks.

Having not read the preceding album in this story, I did feel a bit wrong-footed and thrown in at the start of this book, but on the whole, this was an enjoyable adventure: albeit not the best one I've read. I also wouldn't recommend this album to a series newcomer, as you may struggle to understand the characters and their motives without that previous familiarity.

Still, having a snarky, back-sassing version of Spip the squirrel is always a delight, and his interactions with the Marsupilami are adorable: someone give these two their own album already! The twist "reveal" towards the album's end was clever too, although I would have liked to see more of the revealed character in question.

All in all, this is a fun little story with some lovely artwork and a wacky sci-fi premise, but sadly not my favourite Spirou album.

Spirou! Fantasio! Marsupilami! Oh my goodness!! And Spip ❤️ Comics just don't get better than this! I have a pile of them, but could it really be that I haven't read this particular album..? I'll save it for Saturday morning, this'll make the weekend a vot more special. Thank you, thank you, thank you LittleRedHat!

Have to admit, the whole Zorglub series is an over-stretched storyline, that isn't as entertaining as Spirou albums usually are. Thank heavens for Spip and Marsupilami, they bring a lot of quirky moments to the pages! Finnish translations have a great flow, and it's really weird to read about Champignac when you've grown with something more mushroomy.. Reading Zorglub's backwards lines was a great brain excersise, since things look a lot more obvious in Finnish.
I've read Marsupilami albums, but he plays best together with the human characters when it comes to humour. Shame his tail didn't have as much use here as it usually does.

Thanks for the book. I'm not familiar with these characters at all - so basically, I really don't know what to expect.