Comics Imagi-Nation - Republic of Kampong (Yoko Tsuno, 1985)

I already wrote this post entirely once, but Blogger ate it! So here we go again...

Cover of the book (from which I've taken all the drawings in this post)

In The Cannon of Kra, Yoko Tsuno, the series titular hero and insufferable know-it all female electrical engineer do-gooder Japanese origin is hired to investigate shipments of giant siege canon shells to Kampong where her two usual sidekicks, Vic Video and Pol Pitron, just happen to transport radioactive wastes from the country power plant to an island storage facility...

Caution: spoilers!

Comics Imagi-Nations - Republic of Basran (Buck Danny, 2013)

I borrowed the latest Buck Danny (Black Cobra from Winis & Zumbiehl) from my brother just before he went back to sea... It's not the best Buck Danny album ever, but then again, it's never easy for new author and artist to take over a series.

In 2013*, after a F-22 is shot down while supercruising at 60 kft above Basran, Colonel Danny and his two usual sidekicks are tasked to conduct a series of covert ELINT missions to identify the weapon system that took down the Raptor...

Caution: spoilers!

Comics Imagi-Nations - Touboutt-Chan Regulars and Rebels

Last week-end and my brother's, I re-discovered "La Frousse aux trousses", a Spirou and Fantasio album in which the two adventurers try to infiltrate the small Himalayan country of Touboutt-Chan. Both Captain Yi's regular army squadron and the local rebel are shown using a nice little assortment of vehicles that would make a nice couple of forces for, let's say, AK-47 Republic (I'm thinking Khurasan North Koreans for the regulars and some Talibans for the rebels).

I do however need some help identifying some of them... The story takes place in a small country located between Bhutan and China and I'll assume happens at the end of the eighties (the book was published in 1988).

Regular Army:

• The pair of Hind D (call signs Flying Panda and Fire Dragon) are easy enough!
• I'm pretty sure the armoured cars are British Humber Scout Cars.

• Captain Yi's ride seems to be some sort of Jeep... Not sure which model though.

• Not too sure about the trucks... Any ideas?

Rebels:

• One of the light vehicles is some sort of Land Rover, right? What kind? And what about the armoured one? I haven't a clue...

• And last but not least the funny looking bus the heroes steal to escape... Cylindrical body with round portholes; jet engine looking cupola on top? Wiskey tango fox-trot is this thing?

That's all I got... If you got any more clue (I'm pretty sure someone does!) please let me know in the comments.

Thanks!