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Malefosse
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
3	The valley of misery	De vallei der ellende	9	"gezonheid" should be "gezondheid".
			29	La Réault had a piece of cloth over his left shoulder.
			32	"geld" should be "Geldt".
			back	"Malfosse" should be "Malefosse".

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Mayam
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
1	The delegation from Earth	De Aardse delegatie	10	"bege -rte" should be "begeer -te".

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Melmoth
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
2	Mary Shilling	Mary Shilling	12, 21, 27	The farm in front of the hotel seems to be coming and going

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Michel Vaillant
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
1	The Big Race	De Grote Match	3	Stickers on headlights don't match
			12	The yellow car first has nr. 10, the red one 12.  And then it's inversed.  (Credits - 6)
2	The Masked Racer	De Gemaskerde Racer	3	The boat has different coloring
3	The Racetrack of Fear	De Renbaan van de Angst	16-31 52	Something odd.  Sparkia should have Nr. 16, since there shouldn't be any Nr. 13.  On p. 31 he has Nr. 16 indeed, on p. 52 you can see that the drawing says "13", and that an attempt was made to correct this in the coloring.   (Credits - 6)
			64	The results are not possible.  Michel should have 1+5+1=7.
4	Trip through the Night	Tocht door de Nacht	52	In Salon he drives to the right, to Arles.  According to the map on p. 50 it should be left.
5	Nr. 13 at the Start	Nr. 13 aan de Start	51	There is a Ferrari with Nr. 18, though on p. 34 they say the Ferraris have nrs. 14-15-16-17.
6	Steve Warson's Treason	Het Verraad van Steve Warson	28-30	Car nr. 15 is green, then green with white, then yellow. It's even a different model every time.
7	The Dare-devils	De Waaghalzen	4	Agnes is blond.  Except in one frame. (Credits-6)
			41	A tie changes.
8	The 8th man	De 8e man	30	Is Willy Claes driving a sportscar or a Junior?
			48	Who is driving the red 59?
9	The Return of Steve Warson	De Terugkeer van Steve Warson	32	The iron anchor-poles were in wood on p. 21
10	The battle of the Samurai	De Strijd van de Samoerai	10	The mirror of p. 9 is gone
			40-41	Is car 6 blue or green?
11	Panic in Indianapolis	Paniek in Indianapolis	32	The red closed car nr. 1 was green and open on p. 31.
			32	Car 38 crashes, and is still in the race undamaged.
			33	Car 16, all green on p.31, is painted during the race.
			61	Car 5 has a driver with an orange helmet, car 4 has a driver with a black helmet.  And in the next frame the situation is inversed.  (Credits - 6)
12	The Knights of Königsfeld	De Ridders van Königsfeld	47	The shield differs from p. 9, and a shaft is missing
13	Mach 1 for Steve Warson	Mach 1 voor Steve Warson	3-44	Three different fuel tanks?
14	Concerto for Pilots	Concerto voor Piloten	24-25	If Steve is passing Michel on the outside, then why is Michel almost ending up in the sand?
15	The Diabolic Circus	Het Helse Circus	41-46	The position of the platform changes drastically.
16	Km. 357	Km. 357	8	The rear bull-dozer drives without a driver.
17	The Ghost of the "24 hours"	Het spook van de "24 uur"	23	All though Chuck Danver is in Jacky Ickx' team, he is wearing a Vaillante jacket.  (Credits - 6)
			3-36	As from p. 36, the screen wipers on the Leader cars change from one side to the other of the wind screen
19	5 Girls in the Race	5 Meisjes in de Race	18	Jolijn becomes Françoise?
21	Fight for an Engine	Gevecht voor een Motor	31	Mic?
22	Rush	Rush	36	"Number 14 wants to stay ahead of the "Rush"..  The "Rush" has 14.  (Credits - 6) François and Michel want to pass the "Leader", but it is not easy.. They have passed it.
23	Destiny	Het Noodlot	11	This is a translation error that is difficult to translate...  It is meant as the 4th fastest time, but it was translated as the 4th time, as in "this is the 4th time this happens".
			26-27	The left rear wheel?
25	Girls and Engines	Meisjes en Motoren	12	The car, a Vaillante Françoise, is called after Jolijn?
			30	It is Yves and Gabriele?  Then the lights of the car have changed.
26	World Champion	Wereldkampioen	21-22	Look at the back side of the car.  Is this the same car?
			30	Affa Romeo?
27	The Cursed Safari	De Vervloekte Safari	19	The Fiat is supposed to have nr. 1.
			23	Screaming tires? On mud?
29	San Francisco Circus	San Francisco Circus	12	The purple car, right in front of the two men, disappeared.
			19	Michel's car, Nr. 12, has the same number on the headlights.  Except in one frame. (Credits - 6)
			46-47	The pattern on the suit changes on every page.
30	The White Prince	De Witte Prins	4	The Princess clearly has number 35,, but the speaker doesn't seem to agree on that. (Credits - 6)
			23	Does Jacky Ickx have Nr. 23 or 32?  Check the side and the front of the car...  (Credits - 6)
			12-40	Niki or Nikky Lauda?
31	Young Wolves	De Jonge Wolven	7-8	Same bar, different people.  The color of the bench changes too.
			20	Estoril is in Portugal, not in Spain (Credits - 6)
			29-30	Fabri has 9? or 12?
			38-40	The "3" has disappeared from Renier's car
33	The Raving Shadow	De Razende Schim	21	Spanenberg?  Shouldn't that be Spangenberg?
			41	Look at the tire-tracks.  Where should the right front wheel be, if you follow its track?
34	K.O. for Steve Warson	Steve Warson gaat K.O.	15-33	Two cars have number 11.
35	The Convict	De Dwangarbeider	10-13 14	Is it Märklin, Marklin Sprint (without "umlaut") or Nothing?
			8-17	Nr. 11 is a different car.
			8-20	The numbering and the sponsors logos are different on both Ferraris.
36	The Disappeared Driver	De Verdwenen Coureur	41	I'm willing to believe the screen-wiper is radio controlled, but how can it receive its electricity?
37	The Great Unknown	De Grote Onbekende	3-4-5	White or red numbers?
38	Steve Warson against Michel Vaillant	Steve Warson tegen Michel Vaillant	6-12	The Theys-Janssens team had a blue top, not a white one.
			27-32	Steve's name disappears from his car.
40	F.1 Agitated	Oproer in F.1	16-26	Gilles Villeneuve (red and black helmet) has car Nr. 26.  And 28.  Which is odd, since on p. 17 Didier Pironi (read-white-blue helmet) has car 28. (Credits - 6)
42	300 km/h through Paris	300 km/u door Parijs	31-32	Somebody actually took the time to turn the back-wheel.
43	Rendez-Vous in Macao	Rendez-Vous in Macao	10-11	The painting changed.
			46	Julie's Vaillante-badge is gone.
44	Steve & Julie	Steve & Julie	44-47	Electrical cables and phone-cables come and go
45	The Man in in Lisbon	De Man in Lissabon	38	Vino Verde is not red, as far as I know
			36-46	Michel enters without a tie, and in the complete story afterwards with a tie.
			40-46	The color of the Michel's tie and the other guy's shirt change.
47	Panic in Monaco	Paniek in Monaco	7-43	The color of vertical part of the spoilers has changed.
48	Irish Coffee	Irish Coffee	1	"Bekend" should be "bekent"
			27-28	Pickery shaves extremely fast.
49	Heavy-weight category	Categorie zwaargewicht	35-40	The truck with license C7IWVI has number 3 when viewed from behind, and 13 when viewed from the front.
50	Challenge on the ramparts	Uitdaging op de wallen	4 6 19-34 48	"Beroemste" should be "beroemdste". "Verwitting" should be "verwittigd". "Verdient" should be "verdiend". "Verknalt" should be "verknald".
51	The braggart of Francorchamps	De bluffer van Francorchamps	22	One time "publiek" too many...
52	F3000	F3000	1	They walk by car?
			15	"Michel could not think that his words..."?  Michel didn't say a thing, it was Jean-Pierre who did the talking.
53	The night of Carnac	De nacht van Carnac	26-28 28-36	Two boats have number 17, but that is corrected later, when one gets number 1.
54	The Bugatti case	De zaak Bugatti	8	"Moterracen" should be "Motorracen"
			17	Alain Dex first has a badge with his name in "typed" letters, and a few frames later his name is embroided directly on his jacket.  (Credits - 6)
			23-39	The numbering on nr. 16 is on a different place.
55	An odd history	Een gekke geschiedenis	12	The wardrobe next to the door disappears.
			13	The shelves on the right in the wardrobe disappear.
			24-25	A Vaillante and a Mazda both have number 55.  By the way, take a good look at the Vaillante's mirrors.  Do you think one can see anything through them?
			39-44	"She has fooled us"?  He couldn't know that yet, the explanation is on p. 44.
56	The man at the top	De man aan de top	13-43	The moustache of one of the group of wise man disappears slowly.
57	Traces of Jade	Sporen van Jade	12-31	A miscalculation in the timing.  Let me see (US time depends on the time-zone of course):
		Vietnam US France 1 Explosion Mo 18:00 Mo 04:00 Mo 11:00 p. 12 2 Julie leaves Tu 23:00 Tu 09:00 Tu 16:00 p. 13 (time estimated) 3 Steve wakes up Tu 02:00 Mo 12:00 Mo 19:00 p. 13 (time estimated) 4 Jade leaves her village We 09:00 p. 20 ("same day") 5 Julie in Bangkok Tu 10:00 p. 20 ("same day") 6 Julie in Saigon Th 10:00 p. 24 7 Julie meets Jade Fr 12:00 p. 31 ("Left him with family three days ago"), so Tuesday morning (?).  But the ride there took 15 hours, so she must have taken Steve on Monday around 18:00, if not earlier. So Jade's "three days ago" is not possible.
58	Paddock	Paddock	7,8-18	Father Vaillant obviously doesn't speak English - yet he reads three Australian newspapers.  In English I presume.
59	The Prisoner	De Gevangene	22,25, 39	Poor translation-job.  "Leider" should be "Leader".  It's a brand, so it shouldn't have been translated.
			46	No, a "Leader Marathon" is not used in "Traces of Jade" (Nr. 57).  It was a "street" version of the "Leader Rally" of p. 48.  Look at the wheels for example.
60	Forgotten Victories	Vergeten overwinningen	21	He puts on a "blue" bonnet?  To me that looks like red.
61	Tension in Bercy	Spanning in Bercy	21	The CD moves from bay 3 to bay 2.
62	The $pon$or	De $pon$or	4	Though the Ferrari is almost photographically correct, at the left a part of the aerodynamics is missing.
			10	The new Vaillante's have white-on-blue wings.  But in most cases they have blue-on-white ones, and they even change during a race. (Credits - 6)
			35-36	The burning Vaillante Opale is standing in front of a white wall on p. 35, and in front of an overgrown wall on p.36. (Credits - 6)
			25-41	When drawing cars after photographs, it's a good idea to use pictures from the same car.  Check the chrome strip on the bumper, and the sprayers for the headlight.  And compare the license plates as well.  (Credits - 6)
63	Cairo	Cairo	13	Gabriele talks to Yves: "I will never pass him", but "the guy from Marseille needed one second of visibility to pass".  So who's driving?
64	Operation Mirage	Operatie Mirage	41	Françoise is wearing a blue sweater with white collar.  Except in one frame, where it is all white.  (Credits - 6)
			44	The lady suddenly lacks the white "V"-shaped piece of clothing she had on the previous, and will have on the next page.
65	The Trial	De Beproeving	9	20 countries, but only 19 are mentioned.
			30	The results from Francorchamps are not clear, but depending on Fisichella's position there his total number of points should be 2 to 6, and not 1. Where did Van Houten get his 5 points from? According to the book these are the results (Francorchamps is in the order the pilots are mentioned). Count for yourself.. Baikonour Francorchamps Nürburgring Total # Name Pts # Name Pts # Name Pts # Name Pts 1 Olensky 9 1 Von Richthofen 9 1 Warson 9 1 Warson 18 2 Vaillant 6 2 Warson 6 2 Vaillant 6 2 Vaillant 16 3 Von Richthofen 5 3 Fisichella 5 3 Terada 5 3 Von Richthofen 14 4 Villeneuve 4 4 Vaillant 4 4 Cramer 4 4 Olensky 9 5 Warson 3 5 Villeneuve 3 5 Castroneves 3 5 Villeneuve 7 6 Cramer 2 6 Deletraz 2 6 Sainz 2 6 Cramer 6 7 Fisichella 1 7 Lamy 1 7 Duez 1 7 Terada 5 8 Van Houten 5
			34	Jolijn (usually called Françoise) has a camera hanging around her neck. The belt just stops halfway her back..
			39	According to the newspaper Warson is no longer on top - but he still is.
66	$100,000,000 for Steve Warson	100.000.000$ voor Steve Warson	10	"8 cil in V onder 900" should be "8 cil. in V onder 90º".
			17	What happened to the tail-lights of both cars?.
			27	"het kopgroep" should be "de kopgroep".
67	For David	Voor David	21	Headlights of cars produce an assymetric beam.  The example shown is for left-side driving.
			21	The lines on Julie's shoulder are colored incorrectly.
			25-48	The coloring of the uniforms is chaotic.  The blue line goes to the right shoulder, or the left.  There is some blue on the shoulder itself, or not.
68	China Moon	China Moon	12	The entrance had 51 painted on it, now it's 50.
			14	"volgens" should be "volgen".
			40	14 bends?  They are numbered from 1 to... 16.

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Michel Vaillant - Unpublished stories
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
1	Return to Königsfeld	Terugkeer naar Königsfeld	11	Porsche number 6?  They have 1-2-3-4.
			11	"Porsche number 3 expires", but later we see Porsche number 3 still riding.(Credits - 6)
3	Long live sport!	Leve de sport!	9	"And boxed honestly"?  The translator or the author obviously presumed the referee's text is a continuation of Kid Jimmy's.
			21	They say the boss' caravan is the red one, but it isn't red.
			23	The car is lying with its left side up, yet the driver is rescued from the right side.
4	The Labourdets#2 The rival	De Labourdets#2 De rivale	14	Father Labourdet's tie has an additional color.
			30	The advertisement is translated in one frame, and not in the other.
			34	The fiancé first has a green tie, then a brown one.
			35	Françoise has bare shoulders, except in one frame.
			40	"niemand" (=nobody) should be "iemand" (=somebody).
9	Uncle Will#1	Oom Wim#1	39	"litteratuur" should be "literatuur".
			43	"God zydank" should be "God zij dank".
			47	Their names are Alvès and Cruz.
10	The Labourdets#5 The slip	De Labourdets#2 De misstap	17	"in de wielen rijden steken" should be either "in de wielen rijden" or "stokken in de wielen steken".
			36	"dacht word" should be "dacht" or "dacht vast".

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Murena
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Nr.	Title	As I read it	Page	Error	Picture
1	Purple and gold	Purper en goud	47	"oor" should be "voor".
2	Sand and Blood	Zand en bloed	3	Agrippina clearly has three rings, but only one in th next frame.
4	For those about to die	Voor hen die gaan sterven	43	Poppaea had two rings on her right hand.

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