Jour J (comics)
{{Short description|French comic book series}}
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Jour J ("D-day") is an ongoing French alternate history anthology comic book series published by Delcourt. Each volume presents a different what if history scenario in which a major historical event either don't not happen or takes a drastically different direction than what actually happened in our world.
For the most part each volume is a stand-alone story with the exceptions of volumes 3 and 4 which follow each other, volumes 14, 18 and 21 which together form a trilogy, volumes 22 and 24, volumes 23 and 28, volumes 26 and 34, volumes 27 and 36, volumes 29, 30 and 31, volumes 32 and 33, volumes 37, 39, 41, volumes 38 and 40, volumes 42 to 44 and finally Volume 46 and 47. Each story is illustrated by a different artist.
In July 2015 Delcourt made an exclusivity deal with Amazon to translate and publish 150 Delcourt titles into English and publish them on ComiXology with Jour J being one of those titles.{{Cite web |last=Reid {{!}} |first=Calvin |title=French Publisher Strikes Landmark Deal with Comixology |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/67398-delcourt-to-release-151-french-graphic-novels-via-comixology.html |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=PublishersWeekly.com |language=en}} The series would be renamed to "What if" for an English audience, with only 2 issues of Jour J being officially publish into English as of 2022{{Cite web |title=What if? |url=http://www.amazon.com/What-if-2-book-series/dp/B07JKL2BLR?ref=dbs_m_cmx_rwt_0000_share |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=www.amazon.com |language=en-us}} (Issue No. 1 & Issue No. 5).
Publication
= Volumes =
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|VolumeNumber = 1
|RelDate = 4 July 2010
|ISBN = 275601866X
|LicensedRelDate = 1 March 2016
|LicensedISBN = 978-2-7560-1866-9
|OriginalTitle = (French: Les Russes sur la Lune!)
|LicensedTitle = Russians on the moon!
|Summary = 19 September 1969: The USSR wins the 10-year-long Space Race against the United States.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 2
|RelDate = 9 November 2010
|ISBN = 2756018686
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Paris, secteur soviétique)
|LicensedTitle = Paris, soviet sector
|Summary = December 1951: In the heart of Paris, a serial killer threatens the balance of the Cold War.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 3
|RelDate = 9 August 2010
|ISBN = 2756018643
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Septembre rouge)
|LicensedTitle = Red September
|Summary = 1917: After the fall of France, Clemenceau prepares to take revenge on the German Occupying Force.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 4
|RelDate = 17 November 2010
|ISBN = 2756020117
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Octobre noir)
|LicensedTitle = Black October
|Summary = 1917: French anarchist at the heart of the Russian Revolution.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 5
|RelDate = 2 February 2011
|ISBN = 2756018678
|LicensedRelDate = 1 March 2016
|LicensedISBN = 978-2-7560-8239-4
|OriginalTitle = (French: Qui a tué le président ?)
|LicensedTitle = Who shot the president?
|Summary = 22 November 1973: America in shock after the assassination in Dallas.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 6
|RelDate = 18 May 2011
|ISBN = 2756024783
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: L'imagination au pouvoir ?)
|LicensedTitle = All power to the imagination?
|Summary = 1973: 5 years after May '68 and civil war, Paris is being rebuilt.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 7
|RelDate = 19 October 2011
|ISBN = 2756024791
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Vive l'Empereur!)
|LicensedTitle = Long live the emperor!
|Summary = 2 December 1925: Paris, rumors of an attack on the coronation of Napoleon V.
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|VolumeNumber = 8
|RelDate = 23 May 2012
|ISBN = 2756024805
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Paris brûle encore)
|LicensedTitle = Paris still burns
|Summary = 1976: After 8 years of civil war, the UN strengthens its presence in France.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 9
|RelDate = 6 June 2012
|ISBN = 275602712X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Apocalypse sur le Texas)
|LicensedTitle = Apocalypse over Texas.
|Summary = 1967: 4 years after the annihilation of the USSR, a new nuclear menace looms over the US.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 10
|RelDate = 19 October 2012
|ISBN = 2756029122
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Gang Kennedy)
|LicensedTitle = The Kennedy Gang
|Summary = 1947: Welcome to New Orleans, French capital of the Americas and rear base of Prohibition.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 11
|RelDate = 28 November 2012
|ISBN = 2756027510
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: La Nuit des Tuileries)
|LicensedTitle = The Night at the Tuileries
|Summary = 1795: 4 years after the king's death, the armies of Marie Antoinette marched on Paris.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 12
|RelDate = 6 March 2013
|ISBN = 2756035483
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Lion d'Égypte)
|LicensedTitle = The Lion of Egypt
|Summary = 1503: Leonardo Da Vinci's war Machines Revolutionize the art of war in the Mediterranean.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 13
|RelDate = 6 June 2013
|ISBN = 275603536X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Colomb Pacha)
|LicensedTitle = Columbus Pasha
|Summary = 1492 : Abdul Columbus Discovers the Americas in the name of Allah the [Redacted].
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 14
|RelDate = 18 September 2013
|ISBN = 2756041017
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Oméga)
|LicensedTitle = The End
|Summary = 1942: The suspicious death of an Aeropostale hero refreshes the embers of The Hundred Years' Wars.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 15
|RelDate = 4 December 2013
|ISBN = 2756042129
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: La Secte de Nazareth)
|LicensedTitle = The Sect of Nazareth
|Summary = Year 33: Pardoned by Pontius Pilate, Jesus congregates his followers in the name of a single god.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 16
|RelDate = 18 June 2014
|ISBN = 2756048038
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: L'Étoile blanche)
|LicensedTitle = The White Star
|Summary = 17 April 1912: The Titanic safely links Southampton to New York City after its inaugural voyage.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 17
|RelDate = 17 September 2014
|ISBN = 2756042196
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Napoléon Washington)
|LicensedTitle = Napolean Washington
|Summary = 1799: Adoptive son of George Washington goes searching for El Dorado.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 18
|RelDate = 19 November 2014
|ISBN = 275605156X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Opération Charlemagne)
|LicensedTitle = Operation Charlemagne
|Summary = 1943: French forces strike at the heart of Perfidious Albion.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 19
|RelDate = 4 February 2015
|ISBN = 2756060933
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: La Vengeance de Jaurès)
|LicensedTitle = Jaurès' Revenge
|Summary = 11 April 1930: The SFIO orders the murder of Raoul Villain, Jaurès' Assassin.
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|VolumeNumber = 20
|RelDate = 20 May 2015
|ISBN = 2756059722
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Dragon rouge)
|LicensedTitle = Red Dragon
|Summary = 1954: An American nuclear strike saves France at the Dien Bien Phu.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 21
|RelDate = 9 September 2015
|ISBN = 2756052590
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Crépuscule des damnés)
|LicensedTitle = The Twilight of the Damned
|Summary = 1943: Fascist France's air force fights its last battle during the Allied landings.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 22
|RelDate = 14 October 2015
|ISBN = 2756037583
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: L'Empire des steppes)
|LicensedTitle = The Empire of the Steppes
|Summary = 1242: After the burning of Rome by the Mongols, the Christian armies unite to save the west.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 23
|RelDate = 10 February 2016
|ISBN = 275606355X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: La République des esclaves)
|LicensedTitle = The Republic of Slaves
|Summary = -58: Spartacus and his supporters challenge the Legions of Rome.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 24
|RelDate = 13 April 2016
|ISBN = 2756071706
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle =
|LicensedTitle = Stupor Mundi
|Summary = 1243: Frederick II is Christianity's last hope against the Mongols.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 25
|RelDate = 24 August 2016
|ISBN = 2756048046
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Notre Dame de Londres)
|LicensedTitle = Our Lady of London
|Summary = 1220: Last play of the best knight in the world in the English capital of the king of France.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 26
|RelDate = 16 November 2016
|ISBN = 2756053562
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: La Ballade des pendus)
|LicensedTitle = The Ballad of the Hanged
|Summary = 1473: High-risk diplomatic visit by the Mali ambassador to a Europe ravaged by the great plague.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 27
|RelDate = 3 March 2017
|ISBN = 2756080500
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Les ombres de Constantinople)
|LicensedTitle = The Shadows of Constantinople
|Summary = 1453: Vlad III Basarab, known as the Impaler, Defends The Byzantine Empire.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 28
|RelDate = 5 May 2017
|ISBN = 2756078379
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: L'aigle et le cobra)
|LicensedTitle = The eagle and the cobra
|Summary = -48: The Queen Of Egypt Cleopatra And Her Army March On Rome.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 29
|RelDate = 16 August 2017
|ISBN = 2756070009
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le prince des ténèbres 1/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Prince of Darkness 1/3
|Summary = January 2005: John Kerry becomes the 44 President of the USA.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 30
|RelDate = 16 August 2017
|ISBN = 2756070017
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le prince des ténèbres 2/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Prince of Darkness 2/3
|Summary = 11 September 2001: Al-qaida attacks America!
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 31
|RelDate = 22 November 2017
|ISBN = 2756069450
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le prince des ténèbres 3/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Prince of Darkness 3/3
|Summary = April 2006: Baghdad, the prime tourist destination in the middle mast.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 32
|RelDate = 17 January 2018
|ISBN = 275608171X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Sur la route de Los Alamos)
|LicensedTitle = On the road to Los Alamos
|Summary = June 1945: The meeting of Robert Oppenheimer and Jack Kerouac stops research on the A-bomb.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 33
|RelDate = 4 April 2018
|ISBN = 2756081728
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Opération Downfall)
|LicensedTitle = Operation Downfall
|Summary = October 1945: Without the nuclear weapon, the invasion of Japan by American troops becomes inevitable.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 34
|RelDate = 16 August 2018
|ISBN = 2756085111
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Dieu vert)
|LicensedTitle = The Green God
|Summary = 1475: The Empire of Mali stakes up all love.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 35
|RelDate = 31 October 2018
|ISBN = 2413013008
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Les Fantômes d'Hispaniola)
|LicensedTitle = The Ghosts of Hispaniola
|Summary = 1802: Toussaint Louverture frees all slaves in America.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 36
|RelDate = 20 February 2019
|ISBN = 2756080497
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Tout l'or de Constantinople)
|LicensedTitle = All the gold of Constantinople
|Summary = 1453: End of the great schism between Catholics and Orthodox.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 37
|RelDate = 15 May 2019
|ISBN = 2413008071
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Lune Rouge 1/3)
|LicensedTitle = Red Moon 1/3
|Summary = Red Moon 1984: Dissidents of the European Socialist Republic are deported to the moon.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 38
|RelDate = 21 August 2019
|ISBN = 2413008063
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Dernier Mousquetaire 1/2)
|LicensedTitle = The Last Musketeer 1/2
|Summary = 1651: Upon the death of the young Louis XIV, the frondeur princes share the kingdom of France.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 39
|RelDate = 20 November 2019
|ISBN = 2413013741
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Lune Rouge 2/3)
|LicensedTitle = Red Moon 2/3
|Summary = 1984: Revolt rings in the helium mines of the lunar gulag.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 40
|RelDate = 17 June 2020
|ISBN = 241301585X
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Dernier Mousquetaire 2/2)
|LicensedTitle = The Last Musketeer 2/2
|Summary = 1671: The king of Spain strike the stock on Paris and the kingdom of France.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 41
|RelDate = 2 September 2020
|ISBN = 2413022236
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Lune Rouge 3/3)
|LicensedTitle = Red Moon 3/3
|Summary = 1984: The moon makes its first revolution.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 42
|RelDate = 14 October 2020
|ISBN = 2413023933
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Grand Secret 1/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Great Secret 1/3
|Summary = 1943: New York hosts the peace conference between Great Britain and the Third Reich.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 43
|RelDate = 6 January 2021
|ISBN = 2756090964
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Grand Secret 2/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Great Secret 2/3
|Summary = 1941: the Japanese army hardens living conditions in the Shanghai ghetto.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 44
|RelDate = 31 March 2021
|ISBN = 2413037241
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: Le Grand Secret 3/3)
|LicensedTitle = The Great Secret 3/3
|Summary = 1943: The Third Reich and the free world clash in New York.
|LineColor = fc0303
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|VolumeNumber = 45
|RelDate = 6 October 2021
|ISBN = 2413037241
|LicensedRelDate = N/A
|LicensedISBN = N/A
|OriginalTitle = (French: L'Affaire Ravaillac)
|LicensedTitle = The Ravaillac Affair
|Summary = 14 May 1610: The attack against King Henry IV failed.
|LineColor = fc0303
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= Special Edition =
Some Volumes have seen special edition rerelease which features some re-edits and added more information on the historical background of the Volumes.
- Special edition of volume 01 – "The Russians on the Moon! – Special Edition" (24 April 2019)
- Special edition of volumes 3 and 4 – "The Russian Revolution – Special edition" (13 September 2017)
- Special edition of volume 6 – "May 68 – Special edition" (14 March 2018)
- Special edition of volume 29, 30 and 31 – "September 11 – Special edition" (16 June 2021)
References
External links
- [https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/bd/series/serie-jour-j/ Jour J] at Delcourt.com