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* TheCavlierYears: Set during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy.

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* TheCavlierYears: TheCavalierYears: Set during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy.


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* SlaveMarket: Puerto Blanco is a NotSoSafeHarbor on a small island in the Caribbean, free from the control of any of the colonial powers, that is a haven for prates, slavers and smugglers, so it is no surprise that it has slave market. It is run by the slave dealer Ferrango, who later falls under the thrall of Maria, one of his slaves.
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* TheCavlierYears: Set during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfPiracy.
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''Barracuda'' is a French adventure comic series focused on piracy. Written by Jean Dufaux, drawn and colored by Jérémy Petiqueux, it has six volumes published by Dargaud between 2010 and 2016. An English translation was later published by Cinebook. The plot describes the journey of three teenagers, Maria, Raffy and Emilio or Emilia, on a fictional island called Puerto Blanco, in the Caribbean, while pirate captain Blackdog hunts a legendary diamond.

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''Barracuda'' is a French adventure comic series focused on piracy. Written by Jean Dufaux, drawn and colored by Jérémy Petiqueux, it has six volumes published by Dargaud between 2010 and 2016. An English translation was later published by Cinebook. The plot describes the journey lives of three teenagers, Maria, Raffy and Emilio or Emilia, on a fictional island called Puerto Blanco, in the Caribbean, while pirate captain Blackdog hunts a legendary diamond.
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* FrameUp: Back in London, Morkham stole Flynn's pistol and used it to murder Flynn's sister Virginia: forcing Flynn to go on the run.

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* TwoFaced: The evil {{pirate}} captain Morkham had his right cheek laid open by a sword slash fro Flynn during a duel. A bungled job of stitching left him with the entire right side of his face puckered in by a wicked scar.

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* TroublingUnchildhoodBehavior: At the start of the story, Rafi is already a seasoned killer despite being no more than 13 years old. When they attack a ship, his father Blackdog demands that Rafi kill two men for every one he does, and Rafi complains that it is not a hard enough challenge. He is also a seasoned enough drinker that he can down an entire bottle of rum and experience no more than mild drunkenness.
* TwoFaced: The evil {{pirate}} captain Morkham had his right cheek laid open by a sword slash fro from Flynn during a duel. A bungled job of stitching left him with the entire right side of his face puckered in by a wicked scar.
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''Barracuda'' is a French adventure comic series , focused on piracy . Written by Jean Dufaux, drawn and colored by Jérémy Petiqueux, it has six volumes published by Dargaud between 2010 and 2016. An English translation was later published by Cinebook. The plot describes the journey of three teenagers, Maria, Raffy and Emilio or Emilia, on a fictional island called Puerto Blanco, in the Caribbean, while pirate captain Blackdog hunts a legendary diamond.

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''Barracuda'' is a French adventure comic series , focused on piracy .piracy. Written by Jean Dufaux, drawn and colored by Jérémy Petiqueux, it has six volumes published by Dargaud between 2010 and 2016. An English translation was later published by Cinebook. The plot describes the journey of three teenagers, Maria, Raffy and Emilio or Emilia, on a fictional island called Puerto Blanco, in the Caribbean, while pirate captain Blackdog hunts a legendary diamond.
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* DefiantStrip: After her mother suffers a ShamefulStrip on the auction block at the SlaveMarket in "Slaves", Maria throws off the hands of the slavers as they come for her and voluntarily removes her gown and stands naked in front of the market: cowing the audience with her DeathGlare.
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* DeathGlare: Maria possess an extremely intense one. When she strips off her gown at the SlaveMarket and stands naked on the auction block before the crowd, she manages--without saying a word--to cow the audience so much that they fall silent and make none of the catcalls or lewd comments they made when her mother suffered her ShamefulStrip.
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* MineralMacGuffin: The MacGuffin that everyone is seeking (but especially Blackdog and his crew) is the Kashari diamond: the largest in the world , known for never left but death and desolation in its wake.

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* MineralMacGuffin: The MacGuffin that everyone is seeking (but especially Blackdog and his crew) is the Kashari diamond: the largest in the world , known for never having left anything but death and desolation in its wake.
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* LeftForDead: Flynn made the mistake of assuming that Morkham was dead after their first duel. It was only when he realised that he had lost his pistol and returned to look for it did he discover that Morkham was gone, along with his pistol.


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* TwoFaced: The evil {{pirate}} captain Morkham had his right cheek laid open by a sword slash fro Flynn during a duel. A bungled job of stitching left him with the entire right side of his face puckered in by a wicked scar.
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* NotSoSafeHarbor: Puerto Blanco is a small island in the Caribbean, free from the control of any of the colonial powers, that is a haven for prates, slavers and smugglers.


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* SuicideBySea: In "Scars", a drunken Raffy attempts to kill himself by laying face down on the beach allowing the incoming tide to wash over him. It becomes an InterruptedSuicide when Maria's servants pull him from the water after he passes out.
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* InterruptedSuicide: In "Scars", a drunken Raffy attempts to commit SuicideBySea, but is pulled from the water by Maria's servants after he passes out.


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* OpenShirtTaunt: In "Scars", Raffy corners Maria and aims a pistol at her chest. She responds by ripping open the bodice of her dress to expose her breast and begging him to shoot.

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