Pour de vrai | |
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Date | 1999 |
Series | Les formidables aventures de Lapinot |
Publisher | Dargaud [1] |
Creative team | |
Writers | Lewis Trondheim |
Artists | Lewis Trondheim |
Original publication | |
Language | French |
Translation | |
Chronology | |
Preceded by | Vacances de printemps , 1999 |
Followed by | La couleur de l'enfer , 2000 |
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