Blake and Mortimer - Timeline

Timeline

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Volume (first publication) New volume Time references Recurring persons
The Yellow "M" p24, p35, p53: The Mega Wave, 1920–1922
The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent 1922 ? Shimla, India, Mortimer youth Sarah Summertown
WWII: 1 September 1939 - 14 August 1945
The Secret of the Swordfish

26. Sept. 1946-49

p5: "3 years of cold war"
p9: "...Luftwaffe, Berlin, ... reduced once more to rubble" ref to WWII
The Strange Encounter p41: date of war given as 1946

 Olrik, Basam Damdu, Le Bezendjas

Nasir
15 August 1947: Independence of India and Pakistan
The Mystery of the Great Pyramid

24 Mar 1950-51

p5: ref to The Secret of the Swordfish
End: Olrik lost his mind, staggers into the desert.

 Olrik, Sharkey, Jack, Razul (p31) Le Bezendjas

Nasir
The Yellow "M"

6. Aug 1953-54

p5: ref to WWII "El Alamein"
p14: 18 Dec
p51: ref to The Secret of the Swordfish, The Mystery of the Great Pyramid
p54: How Olrik is picked up in Sudan*
p55: "Luftwaffe", ref to WWII
p70: Christmas

 Olrik

Nasir, Mrs. Benson, Chief Inspector Glenn Kendall
The Francis Blake Affair p15: Chacmool, ref to Atlantis Mystery?

p37: 10. June 1954

Olrik, Jack
Mrs. Benson, David Honeychurch, Chief Inspector Glenn Kendall
The Strange Encounter p5: 15 Sept. 1954

p6: ref to The Secret of the Swordfish
p26: ref to The Yellow "M"
p50, 52: 17 Oct. 1954 (Comet Tempel)
End: Olrik in prison

Olrik, Basam Damdu
John Calloway, Jessie Wingo, Géronimo Ramirez
The Curse of the Thirty Denarii p3: 27 Aug

p5, p7: ref to The Strange Encounter p5: 2 weeks later, Olrik escapes from prison
p22, p39: refs to WWII (von Stahl, Nazis)
vol.II p55: 1955 (military coup in Greece 12 years later, i.e. 1967)

Olrik, Jack
John Calloway, Jessie Wingo
Atlantis Mystery

19 Oct 1955-56

Olrik, Sharkey (?, 1 panel only)
The Voronov Plot p3: 16 Jan. p8: 25 Mar. p11: 15 Apr.

p10: ref to The Secret of the Swordfish
p14: 20 Apr. p17: 2 May. p35: 5 May. p42: 20 May. p45: 21 June, 25 June
p46, p52: 750th anniversary of Liverpool's charter (1957)
p26: 26 June. p50: 1 July. p52: 6 July. p59: 10 July.
p60: 19 Aug 1957, 2 Sept 1957, 27 Sept 1957
p61: 3 Oct. p62: 4 Oct, Sputnik (1957)
p61: Olrik tries to escape from KGB

Olrik, Major Varitch
Nastasia Wardynska, Chief Inspector Glenn Kendall, David Honeychurch
The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent Follows The Voronov Plot

Olrik taken from gulag, story start 1. Feb. 1958
Expo 58 in Belgium: 17 April to 19 Oct 1958

Olrik, Major Varitch
Nasir, Mrs. Benson, Géronimo Ramirez, Prof. Labrousse
The Gondwana Shrine p6: follows directly to The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, p9: about 3 months after preparation for Expo 58 => 1958

p6: ref to The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent. p7: ref to The Voronov Plot. p8: ref to The Yellow "M"

 Olrik, Razul le Bezendjas, Youssef

Sarah Summertown, Nastasia Wardinska, Mrs. Benson, David Honeychurch Prof. Labrousse
S.O.S. Meteors 8. Jan 1958 p3: 20. Feb, 22. Feb, 6 May, H-Bomb (November 1, 1952)

End: Olrik, Sharkey arrested

Based on a detailed analysis of weather and cars, the story should take place in 1958 (www.sosmeteores.net), although this is not possible anymore, since The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent and The Gondwana Shrine take place in 1958

Olrik, Sharkey, Prof. Miloch
Inspector Pradier, Prof. Labrousse
The Time Trap 22. Sept 1960 p3: ref to S.O.S. Meteors

p6: Miloch survived several months after 'S.O.S. Meteors'. Story follows S.O.S. Meteors.
p63: 10 Nov.

 Prof. Miloch

Inspector Pradier
The Affair of the Necklace 23. March 1965 p3: "178 after the affair in 1785" => 1963

p4: Olrik escapes from prison
p7: ref to S.O.S. Meteors

Olrik, Sharkey
Inspector Pradier
Professor Sató's Three Formulae 5. Oct 1971 (start work 1967) Olrik, Sharkey

* Major inconsistency, since Olrik was supposed to be picked up before WWII/The Secret of the Swordfish, which happens before The Mystery of the Great Pyramid.

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