Cuba, 1958: El Presidente General Batista rules the Caribbean island south of Florida with the help of the USA and corrupt friends. Lily, who comes to visit her father, has barely landed on the cruise ship when she is immediately drawn into the kidnapping of an actress diva. Her father, who runs a private detective agency, is heavily in debt to Don Alfonso, a gang leader, due to his betting addiction. And he finally wants his 50,000 dollars – or, in lieu of payment, the kidnapping of Concepción Milagros, a beautiful actress of her time and also the lover of his rival.
Together with John, ex-CIA, and José, both employees of her father’s private detective agency, Lily tries to save what can be saved. The situation is complicated by a revolutionary who is about to overthrow the dictator and take control of the island. His name is Fidel Castro. Bombs explode, people are mowed down with machine guns and in the midst of it all, a competition for supremacy takes place in both the political and criminal milieu.
In the first volume, scenarist Frédéric Brémau and comic artist Voc Macioci take us into the world of the tropical island with a retro style that immerses us in the 1950s. The attitude to life, the heat and the post-colonial lifestyle draw readers into the story and make them root for the heroes.
The first volume has been published by Dupuis and is available for €16.59.