Blurb Michel Vaillant is one of the greatest Franco-Belgian comic icons. Jean Graton created the racing comic par excellence in 1957 and designed it over four decades, most of them as author and copywriter in personal union. In 1965, Michel Vaillant made his debut in Germany in the legendary MV Comix magazine of the Egmont Ehapa publishing house and has since delighted generations of readers. This edition presents Graton's magnum opus in 20 volumes. This volume contains the albums: The Challenge of the 4 Aces, The Boss of Francorchamps, F 3000, The Night of Carnac Biography (Michael Hein) Dr. Michael Hein, born in 1980, studied political science, Eastern and Southeast European studies and journalism at the University of Leipzig, graduating with a master's degree in 2006. Since 2006 research assistant at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald, 2012 doctorate as Dr. phil.