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** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer, Giordino and Don Rigoberto.
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** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer, Giordino and Don Rigoberto.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as a uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'' (When the series was continued by Youri Jigounov and Yves Sente), it's suddenly set in the modern era (the characters use Facebook, President UsefulNotes/BarackObama is referred...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as a uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'' (When (when the series was continued by Youri Jigounov and Yves Sente), it's suddenly set in the modern era (the characters use Facebook, President UsefulNotes/BarackObama is referred...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as a uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in the modern era (the characters use Facebook, President UsefulNotes/BarackObama is referred...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as a uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', Day'' (When the series was continued by Youri Jigounov and Yves Sente), it's suddenly set in the modern era (the characters use Facebook, President UsefulNotes/BarackObama is referred...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* AssassinOutclassin: XIII would be single-handedly responsible for the reduction of the {{Professional Killer}} population of many a country, considering how many are sent after him, get outsmarted by him and usually die in the process.
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* AssassinOutclassin: XIII would be single-handedly responsible for the reduction of the {{Professional Killer}} ProfessionalKiller population of many a country, considering how many are sent after him, get outsmarted by him and usually die in the process.
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** ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]'' ends with [[spoiler: the hero standing on the same beach he was found in the first album.]]
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** ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]'' ends with [[spoiler: the hero standing on the same beach he was found in the first album.]]album]].
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with a large cast and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} per album.
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: A QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with a large cast and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} [[TheReveal reveal]] per album.
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* ThePerfectCrime: The assassination of William Sheridan. [[spoiler:It was committed by a man [[FakingTheDeath who was officially declared dead]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness who was immediately shot dead by the conspiracy]].]]
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* ThePerfectCrime: The assassination of William Sheridan. [[spoiler:It was committed by a man [[FakingTheDeath [[FakingTheDead who was officially declared dead]] and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness who was immediately shot dead by the conspiracy]].]]
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The series begins with a man found on a shore in Peacock Bay in the East Coast of the United States, suffering from amnesia due to a bullet wound to the head, and just the tattoo "XIII" on his collarbone to link him to his past. Volumes one through five deal with XIII searching for his identity and his past, only to find himself confronting the "Conspiracy of the XX" which aims to a coup d'état in order to overthrow democracy in the USA.
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The series begins with a man found on a shore in Peacock Bay in the East Coast of the United States, suffering from amnesia due to a bullet wound to the head, and just the tattoo "XIII" on his collarbone to link him to his past. Volumes one through five deal with XIII searching for his identity and his past, only to find himself confronting the "Conspiracy of the XX" which aims to for a coup d'état in order to overthrow democracy in the USA.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in modern day (the characters use Facebook, president UsefulNotes/BarackObama is refered...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an a uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in the modern day era (the characters use Facebook, president President UsefulNotes/BarackObama is refered...referred...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'' reveals that the conspiracy who planned the assassination of William Sheridan is a group of powerful people with accomplices in the army and the government. [[spoiler:In ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', some members of the conspiracy are exposed, like Calvin Wax, the Secretary of Defense, and high-ranking officers. In ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'', it is revealed that the present President of the United States, Wally Sheridan, was part of the conspiracy.]]
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* GovernmentConspiracy: ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'' reveals that the conspiracy who that planned the assassination of William Sheridan is a group of powerful people with accomplices in the army and the government. [[spoiler:In ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', some members of the conspiracy are exposed, like Calvin Wax, the Secretary of Defense, and high-ranking officers. In ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'', it is revealed that the present President of the United States, Wally Sheridan, the younger brother of William Sheridan, was part of the conspiracy.]]
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: An QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with a large cast and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} per album.
* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't exist and [=PCs=] looked very different. Last books have USB flash drives among other things.
* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't exist and [=PCs=] looked very different. Last books have USB flash drives among other things.
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: An A QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with a large cast and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} per album.
* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't exist and [=PCs=] looked very different.Last The most recent books have USB flash drives among other things.
* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't exist and [=PCs=] looked very different.
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** The BigBad of ''XIII Mystery: Betty Barnowski'' [[spoiler:was part of the Conspiracy of the XX]] and claims that he and his band of sociopathic soldiers will turn the country back to what it should have been before it was given to "fags, jews and niggers". He also sends his soldiers to rob hallucinogens from local tribes at gunpoint and executes his men for failing him.
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** The BigBad of ''XIII Mystery: Betty Barnowski'' [[spoiler:was part of the Conspiracy of the XX]] and claims that he and his band of sociopathic soldiers will turn the country back to what it should have been before it was given to "fags, jews and niggers". niggers." He also sends his soldiers to rob hallucinogens from local tribes at gunpoint and executes his men for failing him.
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** ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'': [[spoiler:The last big question about the conspiracy is answered: the Number I of the conspiracy is Wally Sheridan, but he managed to remove all the evidences, so XIII cannot denounce him.]]
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** ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'': [[spoiler:The last big question about the conspiracy is answered: the Number I of the conspiracy is Wally Sheridan, but he managed to remove all the evidences, evidence, so XIII cannot denounce him.]]
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** ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]'': [[spoiler: The last villains die and XIII moves in the house of the old couple who took care of him in ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of the Black Sun]]''. It was the end of the series until Yves Sente renewed it.]]
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** ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]'': [[spoiler: The last villains die and XIII moves in into the house of the old couple who took care of him in ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of the Black Sun]]''. It was the end of the series until Yves Sente renewed it.]]
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* ThemedTattoos: The organization called "Conspiracy of the XX" consists of twenty members, each of whom has their rank number tattooed on their collarbone in Roman numerals. The main character has amnesia and no clue to his identity but for the number XIII (13) tattooed on his collarbone. When he eventually meets up with the woman claiming to be his wife, he notices that she has XVII tattooed in the same area as his. Eventually it is revealed that number I, the big boss of the operation, is [[spoiler:the current president]], but he had his number tattoo lasered off by a doctor who was "silenced".
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfway the ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''. As far as we know she's still alive and free [[KarmaHoudini despite her numerous crimes.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfway the ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''. As far as we know she's still alive and free [[KarmaHoudini despite her numerous crimes.]]
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* ThemedTattoos: The organization called the "Conspiracy of the XX" consists of twenty members, each of whom has their rank number tattooed on their collarbone in Roman numerals. The main character has amnesia and no clue to his identity but for the number XIII (13) tattooed on his collarbone. When he eventually meets up with the woman claiming to be his wife, he notices that she has XVII tattooed in the same area as his. Eventually it is revealed that number Number I, the big boss of the operation, is [[spoiler:the current president]], president, Wally Sheridan]], but he had his number tattoo lasered off by a doctor who was "silenced"."silenced," thereby removing the evidence connecting him to the Conspiracy.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfwaythe through ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''. As far as we know she's still alive and free [[KarmaHoudini despite her numerous crimes.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfway
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: An QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} per album.
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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: An QuestForIdentity, mixed with a complex GovernmentConspiracy, with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters a large cast and loads and loads of fake identities for the hero. Generally, there is one {{reveal}} per album.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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* ThemedTattoos: The organization called "Conspiracy of the XX" consists of twenty members, each of whom has their rank number tattooed on their collarbone in Roman numerals. The main character has amnesia and no clue to his identity but for the number XIII (13) tattooed on his collarbone. When he eventually meets up with the woman claiming to be his wife, he notices that she has XVII tattooed in the same area as his. Eventually it is revealed that number I, the big boss of the operation, is the current president, but he had his number tattoo lasered off by a doctor who was "silenced".
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* ThemedTattoos: The organization called "Conspiracy of the XX" consists of twenty members, each of whom has their rank number tattooed on their collarbone in Roman numerals. The main character has amnesia and no clue to his identity but for the number XIII (13) tattooed on his collarbone. When he eventually meets up with the woman claiming to be his wife, he notices that she has XVII tattooed in the same area as his. Eventually it is revealed that number I, the big boss of the operation, is the [[spoiler:the current president, president]], but he had his number tattoo lasered off by a doctor who was "silenced".
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* ThemedTattoos: The organization called "Conspiracy of the XX" consists of twenty members, each of whom has their rank number tattooed on their collarbone in Roman numerals. The main character has amnesia and no clue to his identity but for the number XIII (13) tattooed on his collarbone. When he eventually meets up with the woman claiming to be his wife, he notices that she has XVII tattooed in the same area as his. Eventually it is revealed that number I, the big boss of the operation, is the current president, but he had his number tattoo lasered off by a doctor who was "silenced".
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** ''The Last Round'' ends with [[spoiler: the hero standing on the same beach he was found in the first album.]]
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* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'' and ''[[Recap/XIIITheTrial The Trial]]''.
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* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'' and from ''[[Recap/XIIITheTrial The Trial]]''.Trial]]'' to ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''.
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{XIIISPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/XIIITheNightOfAugustThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/XIIIForMaria'', Seamus O'Neil in ''Recap/XIIITopSecret''...
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{XIIISPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/XIIITheNightOfAugustThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/XIIIForMaria'', Seamus O'Neil in ''Recap/XIIITopSecret''...''[[Recap/XIIITopSecret Top Secret]]''...
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** ''The Last Round'': [[spoiler: The last villains die and XIII moves in the house of the old couple who took care of him in ''The Day of The Black Sun''. It was the end of the series until Yves Sente renewed it.]]
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** ''The ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round'': Round]]'': [[spoiler: The last villains die and XIII moves in the house of the old couple who took care of him in ''The ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The the Black Sun''.Sun]]''. It was the end of the series until Yves Sente renewed it.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfway the ''The Last Round''. As far as we know she's still alive and free [[KarmaHoudini despite her numerous crimes.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Felicity Brown disapears halfway the ''The ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round''.Round]]''. As far as we know she's still alive and free [[KarmaHoudini despite her numerous crimes.]]
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* FugitiveArc: XIII is on the run from the law during most of the series.
** In the beginning, XIII is wanted for the murder of President William Sheridan. On top of that, he is framed for the murder of Jeremie and Matt Rowland and he is finally arrested for that at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]''.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears from Hell]]'', XIII escapes from Plain Rock asylum. He is arrested at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', but the Supreme Court clears him and he is released.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', XIII escapes from the sheriff's office, so the sheriff and his men hunt him down, until Amos shows up and clears him at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIITheNightOfAugustThird The Night of August Third]]''.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIITopSecret Top Secret]]'', XIII is sentenced to life imprisonement for being an IRA terrorist and for participating in the kidnapping and murder of President Wally Sheridan, but he escapes. He is on the run from the law until he surrenders to the US authorities in ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''.
** In the beginning, XIII is wanted for the murder of President William Sheridan. On top of that, he is framed for the murder of Jeremie and Matt Rowland and he is finally arrested for that at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]''.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears from Hell]]'', XIII escapes from Plain Rock asylum. He is arrested at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', but the Supreme Court clears him and he is released.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', XIII escapes from the sheriff's office, so the sheriff and his men hunt him down, until Amos shows up and clears him at the end of ''[[Recap/XIIITheNightOfAugustThird The Night of August Third]]''.
** In ''[[Recap/XIIITopSecret Top Secret]]'', XIII is sentenced to life imprisonement for being an IRA terrorist and for participating in the kidnapping and murder of President Wally Sheridan, but he escapes. He is on the run from the law until he surrenders to the US authorities in ''[[Recap/XIIITheLastRound The Last Round]]''.
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** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer and Giordino.
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** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer Spencer, Giordino and Giordino.Don Rigoberto.
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* LoveDodecahedron: There are many intertwined romantic relationships between the characters.
** XIII is in a long-time FriendsWithBenefits relationship with Jones, but he has affairs with Betty Barnowksy, Judith Warner, Maria Isabel de Los Santos (who is [[spoiler:his ex-wife]]), and Jessica Martin.
** Betty Barnowksy has an affair with XIII. Later, she gets married with Armand de Préseau. Juan tries and picks her up and she nearly succombs to his charms.
** Jessica Martin is Giordino's mistress. She seduces Seamus O'Neil. She is in a relationship with Irina. She has an affair with XIII.
** Frank Giordino sleeps with Jessica Martin. He has an affair with Felicity Brown.
** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer and Giordino.
** XIII is in a long-time FriendsWithBenefits relationship with Jones, but he has affairs with Betty Barnowksy, Judith Warner, Maria Isabel de Los Santos (who is [[spoiler:his ex-wife]]), and Jessica Martin.
** Betty Barnowksy has an affair with XIII. Later, she gets married with Armand de Préseau. Juan tries and picks her up and she nearly succombs to his charms.
** Jessica Martin is Giordino's mistress. She seduces Seamus O'Neil. She is in a relationship with Irina. She has an affair with XIII.
** Frank Giordino sleeps with Jessica Martin. He has an affair with Felicity Brown.
** Felicity Brown was the wife of Jeremie Rowland, while having an affair with his brother Matt. Later, she marries Ortiz. She has a affairs with Peralta, Spencer and Giordino.
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* AllegianceAffirmation: As the NumberTwo of the conspiracy that assassinated the previous President is about to be arrested, he undoes his shirt to flaunt his shoulder tattoo showing his rank in the conspiracy and bites down on a CyanidePill.
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* AssassinOutclassin: XIII would be single-handedly responsible for the reduction of the {{Professional Killer}} population of many a country, considering how many are sent after him, get outsmarted by him and usually die in the process.
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** XIII [[AssassinOutclassin stops (and often kills) killers sent after him]].
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, and many others.
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, and many others.others have expies in the series.
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* CreatorCameo: In ''The XIII History'', a medieval ancestor of XIII is named "Jean de Hame". It is a homage by Yves Sente and Youri Jigounov to Jean Van Hamme, the comics' creator.
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* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''The XIII History'', a medieval ancestor of XIII is named "Jean de Hame". It is a homage by Yves Sente and Youri Jigounov to Jean Van Hamme, the comics' creator.
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* BananaRepublic: The Costa Verde when it was ruled by [[TheGeneralissimo General Ortiz]]. San Miguel, too.
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* BananaRepublic: The Costa Verde when it was ruled by [[TheGeneralissimo General Ortiz]]. San Miguel, too.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstories of many characters are expanded upon in ''Recap/TheXIIIMysteryTheInvestigation''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstories of many characters are expanded upon in ''Recap/TheXIIIMysteryTheInvestigation''.''[[Recap/XIIITheXIIIMysteryTheInvestigation The XIII Mystery: The Investigation]]''.
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** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', XIII returns with the Mongoose on the boat where he received the bullet which gave him amnesia.
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** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'', XIII returns with the Mongoose on the boat where he received the bullet which gave him amnesia.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''Recap/ThreeSilverWatches''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in modern day (the characters use Facebook, president UsefulNotes/BarackObama is refered...) but the characters haven't aged.
* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/ThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'' and ''Recap/TheTrial''.
* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first album of the series, ''Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun'', was heavily inspired by Creator/RobertLudlum's ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne Series]]''. The following albums take another direction.
* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/ThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'' and ''Recap/TheTrial''.
* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first album of the series, ''Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun'', was heavily inspired by Creator/RobertLudlum's ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne Series]]''. The following albums take another direction.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''Recap/ThreeSilverWatches''.''[[Recap/XIIIThreeSilverWatches Three Silver Watches]]''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in modern day (the characters use Facebook, president UsefulNotes/BarackObama is refered...) but the characters haven't aged.
* ConspiracyThriller: From''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/ThirteenToOne ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'' and ''Recap/TheTrial''.
''[[Recap/XIIITheTrial The Trial]]''.
* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first album of the series,''Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun'', ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of the Black Sun]]'', was heavily inspired by Creator/RobertLudlum's ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne Series]]''. The following albums take another direction.
* ConspiracyThriller: From
* DerivativeDifferentiation: The first album of the series,
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* GovernmentConspiracy: ''Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell'' reveals that the conspiracy who planned the assassination of William Sheridan is a group of powerful people with accomplices in the army and the government. [[spoiler:In ''Recap/FullRed'', some members of the conspiracy are exposed, like Calvin Wax, the Secretary of Defense, and high-ranking officers. In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', it is revealed that the present President of the United States, Wally Sheridan, was part of the conspiracy.]]
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* GovernmentConspiracy: ''Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell'' ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'' reveals that the conspiracy who planned the assassination of William Sheridan is a group of powerful people with accomplices in the army and the government. [[spoiler:In ''Recap/FullRed'', ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', some members of the conspiracy are exposed, like Calvin Wax, the Secretary of Defense, and high-ranking officers. In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'', it is revealed that the present President of the United States, Wally Sheridan, was part of the conspiracy.]]
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria'', Seamus O'Neil in ''Recap/TopSecret''...
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks ''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell ''[[Recap/XIIIAllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} ''[[Recap/{{XIIISPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyCase ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird ''[[Recap/XIIITheNightOfAugustThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria'', ''Recap/XIIIForMaria'', Seamus O'Neil in ''Recap/TopSecret''...''Recap/XIIITopSecret''...
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyCase'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador'', Jessica in ''Recap/ReleaseTheHounds''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', ''[[Recap/{{XIIISPADS}} S.P.A.D.S.]]'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyCase'', ''[[Recap/XIIITheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador'', ''[[Recap/XIIIElCascador El Cascador]]'', Jessica in ''Recap/ReleaseTheHounds''...''[[Recap/XIIIReleaseTheHounds Release the Hounds]]''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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** ''Recap/FullRed'': [[spoiler: XIII found out his identity. The last living members of the Conspiracy of the XX are arrested ...save Number I.]]
** ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'': [[spoiler:The last big question about the conspiracy is answered: the Number I of the conspiracy is Wally Sheridan, but he managed to remove all the evidences, so XIII cannot denounce him.]]
** ''Recap/TheTrial'': [[spoiler:The Moongose and Number One die. But on the last page XIII is jailed by Frank Giordino.]]
** ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'': [[spoiler:The last big question about the conspiracy is answered: the Number I of the conspiracy is Wally Sheridan, but he managed to remove all the evidences, so XIII cannot denounce him.]]
** ''Recap/TheTrial'': [[spoiler:The Moongose and Number One die. But on the last page XIII is jailed by Frank Giordino.]]
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** ''Recap/FullRed'': ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'': [[spoiler: XIII found out his identity. The last living members of the Conspiracy of the XX are arrested ...save Number I.]]
**''Recap/ThirteenToOne'': ''[[Recap/XIIIThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]'': [[spoiler:The last big question about the conspiracy is answered: the Number I of the conspiracy is Wally Sheridan, but he managed to remove all the evidences, so XIII cannot denounce him.]]
**''Recap/TheTrial'': ''[[Recap/XIIITheTrial The Trial]]'': [[spoiler:The Moongose and Number One die. But on the last page XIII is jailed by Frank Giordino.]]
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* SternChase: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed Full Red]]'', XIII has to flee from place to place, because he is chased by the hitmen of the Mongoose, by Amos and by the police.
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* SternChase: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed ''[[Recap/XIIIFullRed Full Red]]'', XIII has to flee from place to place, because he is chased by the hitmen of the Mongoose, by Amos and by the police.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and many others.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara,Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and many others.
* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara,
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* {{Tuckerization}}: In ''The XIII History'', a medieval ancestor of XIII is named "Jean de Hame". It is a homage by Yves Sente and Youri Jigounov to Jean Van Hamme, the comics' creator.
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** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'' XIII returns with the Mongoose on the boat where he received the bullet which gave him amnesia.
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** In ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'' ''Recap/ThirteenToOne'', XIII returns with the Mongoose on the boat where he received the bullet which gave him amnesia.
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria''...
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria''...''Recap/ForMaria'', Seamus O'Neil in ''Recap/TopSecret''...
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyCase'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyCase'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador''...''Recap/ElCascador'', Jessica in ''Recap/ReleaseTheHounds''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes Where the Indian Goes]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyFile The Jason Fly File]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria''...
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Goes]]'', Walks]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyFile ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyCase The Jason Fly File]]'', Case]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria''...
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile'', ''Recap/TheJasonFlyCase'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in modern day (the characters use Facebook, president Obama is refered,...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ComicBookTime: The series started as an uchronia in the 80's with [[AlloHistoricalAllusion many nods]] to the [[UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy Kennedy era]], UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, UsefulNotes/{{CIA}} operations in South America and [[UsefulNotes/RichardNixon the Watergate scandal]]. XIII's date of birth, 1961, is mentioned in ''Recap/ThreeSilverWatches''. In the ''Mayflower Day'', it's suddenly set in modern day (the characters use Facebook, president Obama UsefulNotes/BarackObama is refered,...refered...) but the characters haven't aged.
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* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/ThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]''.
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* ConspiracyThriller: From ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'' to ''[[Recap/FullRed Full Red]]''. Then again in ''[[Recap/ThirteenToOne Thirteen to One]]''.One]]'' and ''Recap/TheTrial''.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and many others.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, UsefulNotes/RobertFKennedy, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, UsefulNotes/CheGuevara, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein and many others.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstories of many characters are expanded upon in ''The XIII Mystery: The Investigation''.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The backstories of many characters are expanded upon in ''The XIII Mystery: The Investigation''.''Recap/TheXIIIMysteryTheInvestigation''.
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** ''The Trial'': [[spoiler:The Moongose and Number One die. But on the last page XIII is jailed by Frank Giordino.]]
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** ''The Trial'': ''Recap/TheTrial'': [[spoiler:The Moongose and Number One die. But on the last page XIII is jailed by Frank Giordino.]]
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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* RomanticFalseLead: XIII meets and has fun with quite a few (Betty Barnowksy in ''Recap/{{SPADS}}'', Judith Warner in ''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile''...''Recap/TheJasonFlyFile'', Maria Isabel de Los Santos in ''Recap/ElCascador''...). Jones is always jealous of this. XIII always takes up with her again, but only as FriendsWithBenefits, much to her displeasure: she would like a RelationshipUpgrade.
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes Where the Indian Goes]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyFile The Jason Fly File]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]''...
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** XIII is given a new identity: Jake Shelton in ''[[Recap/TheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of The Black Sun]]'', Steve Rowland in ''[[Recap/WhereTheIndianGoes Where the Indian Goes]]'', Ross Tanner in ''[[Recap/AllTheTearsOfHell All the Tears of Hell]]'', Jason Fly in ''[[Recap/{{SPADS}} S.P.A.D.S]]'', John Fleming in ''[[Recap/TheJasonFlyFile The Jason Fly File]]'', Jason Mac Lane in ''[[Recap/TheNightOfAugustTheThird The Night of August 3rd]]''...3rd]]'', Karl Meredith and Kelly Brian (alias El Cascador) in ''Recap/ForMaria''...
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''XIII'' (''Thirteen'' in Roman numerals) is a [[CashCowFranchise successful]] [[LongRunner long-running]] FrancoBelgianComics series written and drawn by Belgians Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. The series was initially serialised in 1984 in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' and became instantly a hit. It was later published by Dargaud.
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''XIII'' (''Thirteen'' in Roman numerals) numerals, ''Treize'' in French) is a [[CashCowFranchise successful]] [[LongRunner long-running]] FrancoBelgianComics series written and drawn by Belgians Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. The series was initially serialised in 1984 in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' and became instantly a hit. It was later published by Dargaud.
