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Sep 12th, 2012, 2:12 pm
Soda by Philippe Vandevelde and Luc Warnan
Requirements: CBR Reader, 102 MB.
Overview: Soda is a Franco-Belgian comics series by Tome (writing) and Bruno Gazzotti (art). The first two albums and the first eleven pages of the third were drawn by Luc Warnant. It first appeared in the comics magazine Spirou on 29 April 1986.

    Soda is the nickname of the main character of the series, NYPD Lieutenant David Elliot Hanneth Solomon, who masquerades as a priest for the benefit of his mother's health.

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Soda
    Philippe Vandevelde (aka Tome) story, writer
    Luc Warnan, Bruno Gazzotti t artist, pencils
    Stéphane De Becker, Cerise colours
    Published by Dupuis, 1987-2005.

        01, Un ange trépasse, Dupuis, 09/1987
        02, Lettres à Satan, Dupuis, 05/1988
        03, Tu ne buteras point, Dupuis, 03/1991
        04, Dieu est mort ce soir, Dupuis, 02/1993
        05, Fureur chez les saints, Dupuis, 11/1993
        06, Confession express, Dupuis, 10/1994
        07, Lève-toi et meurs, Dupuis, 11/1995
        08, Tuez en paix, Dupuis, 11/1996
        09, Et délivre-nous du mal, Dupuis, 11/1997
        10, Dieu seul le sait, Dupuis, 02/1999
        11, Prières et balistique, Dupuis, 12/2001
        12, Code Apocalypse, Dupuis, 06/2005

      The son of the sheriff of the town of Providence, Arizona, David Solomon moved to New York City. Unable to find work he reluctantly joined the police force, but in his letters home he led his parents to believe that he had become a parish priest. This was in order to keep their minds at ease, since they did not want him to get into such a dangerous profession like his father. When his widowed mother Mary moved into his New York flat, David was forced to maintain the deception in fear that the truth would cause her a heart attack.

      Thus, when he leaves for work, "Father David Solomon" is dressed as a priest on his way to his chapel, but in the elevator he switches to casual clothes which he wears as Lieutenant David Solomon aka "Soda" of the NYPD. He switches back to his priest's uniform when returning to the flat.

      This can cause more than a few problems, and there are many times when David resolves to tell his mother the truth. However a timely reminder of her health by a third party means that he has to drop this resolution.

      More often than not there is no time to switch clothing, so Soda is forced to go into action with a revolver in his priest clothes. He pays little heed to the Ten Commandments, let alone the "Thou shalt not kill" rule!

      Mary herself fears New York City so much that she sticks to staying in the flat, rarely daring to go outside. As far as she is concerned, her beloved son's only vice is his smoking, which she keeps trying to discourage.

      This premise helps to juxtapose the quiet and comfort of home life against the brutality and action of a policeman constantly chasing the dangerous elements of New York society. Sometimes the thugs that he deals with in his work find out where Soda lives, and he needs to work twice as hard to keep the criminals away from his mother and to keep her blisfully unaware of the dangers that encroach upon her (and him).

      Soda's left hand has two fingers missing and is permanently gloved. So far it has never been explained how he lost these fingers.

Download Instructions:
http://www.gboxes.com/3yguayy7dpsf -- Soda 01 An Angel Trespasses (1987)
http://www.gboxes.com/8ajmn55bb2do -- Soda 02 Letters to Satan (1988)
http://www.gboxes.com/bncbld0794gd -- Soda 03 Thou Shalt not Rub-out (1991)
http://www.gboxes.com/bis3en84aja8 -- Soda 04 God Died Tonight (1993)
http://www.gboxes.com/9zcux80oa01u -- Soda 09 And deliver us from Evil (1997)
http://www.gboxes.com/rydewhxf0p59 -- Soda 11 Ballistics and Prayers (2001)


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Soda 11 Ballistics and Prayers

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Soda
''On m'appelle SODA, mais mon vrai nom, c'est Solomon. David Elliot Hanneth Solomon. Si elle savait, ma mère vous dirait sans doute que je suis policier, mais à New York, il n'y a pas de policiers, juste des flics. De toute façon, elle ne sait pas, ça l'inquièterait, elle m'a toujours cru pasteur... Depuis l'an dernier, elle habite avec moi ; elle ne sort jamais et ne lit pas les journaux qui sont pleins de violence. C'est pas plus mal : les types que j'arrête sont parfois un peu morts...''
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