'''''Wampus''''' is a French Comic_book character written by Franco_Frescura and illustrated by Luciano_Bernasconi for French publisher Editions_Lug in 1969. Wampus is an alien monster with shapeshifting powers who has been sent by an evil cosmic intelligence, the Great Mind, to destroy Earth. He is discovered and pursued by French secret agent, Jean Sten. In the course of its original six issues, Wampus caused havoc in France, Germany, the USA, Japan, England and Spain. Wampus was originally published in six, digest-sized Magazines. The series was then discontinued because of censorship problems. The final episode was eventually serialized in 1985 in Ombrax, another of Lug's magazines. The same concept was also reprised as L'Autre (The_Other) in the magazine Futura in 1973. Wampus returned in 2001, written by Jean-Marc_Lofficier and still drawn by Bernasconi for a series of seven new episodes which completed the storyline begun in 1969, depicting the final confrontation between Jean Sten and his alien nemesis. The stories also featured a number of guest-stars from the Lug universe (now Hexagon_Comics). ==External links== * Wampus entry at Cool French Comics * Wampus entry on Hexagon Comics site Category:Comic_book_titles Category:Comics_characters Fr:Wampus