Bibliography
All series were originally published in Dutch and by the publisher Standaard Uitgeverij, unless noted otherwise. Commercial editions and other non-regular albums are not included.
| Series | From | Until | Volumes | Volumes in French | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piwo | 1943 | 1946 | 3 | 3 | First albums by Vandersteen, published by Ons Volk |
| Suske en Wiske | 1946 | Present | 250+ | 250+ | Numbering restarted at #67, and is as of May 2012 at #317: continued since 1972 by Paul Geerts and later by Marc Verhaegen, the series is now continued by Peter van Gucht and Luc Morjeau. Some albums are translated in dozens of other languages. |
| Snoek | 1946 | 1969 | 18 | 5 | No publications from 1955 to 1965 |
| Judi / Rudi | 1952 | 1955 | 4 | Published by Sheed & Ward | |
| Bessy | 1954 | 1985 | 164 | 151 | First 68 signed "Wirel", other Studio Vandersteen: more than 900 volumes appeared in German |
| Tijl Uilenspiegel | 1954 | 1955 | 2 | 2 | |
| De grappen van Lambik | 1955 | Present | 7 and 7 | 3 | Spin-off from Suske en Wiske: the second series contains reprints from the first, and new gags. No publications from 1963 to 2003. |
| De pantoscaaf | 1956 | 1956 | 1 | Published by the KSA, a Flemish Catholic youth organization | |
| Het plezante cirkus | 1958 | 1959 | 3 | 3 | |
| De vrolijke bengels | 1958 | 1959 | 2 | 2 | |
| De Rode Ridder | 1959 | Present | 227+ | 19 | Continued by Karel Biddeloo and others: as of June 2011, 230 albums have been published. |
| Jerom | 1962 | 1982 | 95 | 93 | Spin-off from Suske en Wiske, more than 150 albums appeared in German |
| Karl May | 1962 | 1985 | 87 | Loosely based on the novels by Karl May | |
| Biggles | 1965 | 1969 | 20 | Based on the figure created by W. E. Johns | |
| Met Kil en Fil op het Kiliaanpad | 1970 | 1970 | 1 | Published by Louis Hellemans as promotion for the CVP party at the 1970 local elections | |
| Safari | 1970 | 1974 | 24 | 21 | |
| Ciso editions | 1972 | 1980 | 7 | Ciso reprinted a number of classic Flemish magazine comics, including these realistic Vandersteen comics from the 1940s and 1950s | |
| Robert en Bertrand | 1973 | 1993 | 98 | 47 | |
| Pats | 1975 | 1977 | 7 | Continued (and reprinted) as Tits | |
| Tits | 1979 | 1986 | 28 | Sequel to Pats. The name Tits is the local Antwerp name for a boater straw hat fashionable in the old days. | |
| De wonderbare reizen van Jerom | 1982 | 1991 | 36 | 13 | Continuation of Jerom. |
| Bessy natuurkommando | 1985 | 1992 | 23 | Sequel to Bessy, mainly by Jeff Broeckx | |
| De Geuzen | 1985 | 1990 | 10 | Last series started by Vandersteen | |
| Schanulleke | 1986 | 1993 | 3 | Spin-off from Suske en Wiske | |
| 't Prinske | 1994 | 1997 | 4 | 4 | Gags originally published in the 1950s but only edited as albums in the 1990s |
| Klein Suske en Wiske | 2002 | Present | 11+ | Only created after the death of Vandersteen, but bears his name on the cover: spin-off from Suske en Wiske |
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