"We Investigate Anything"

Jacques Poirier, 1966.   "[...] They were suddenly aware that someone was beside them in the darkness. Jupiter was taken totally by surprise, his camera still in his hand. Pete had just time enough to jam the "on" button of his torch into position. The beam of light revealed two men, one quite short, both dressed in the flowing burnouses of Arabs. Each of the men was casting something white into the air.   A large net came down over Pete's head. It knocked the torch from his hand, putting it out, and enveloped him all the way to his feet.   He tried to run, caught his foot in the meshes of the net, and fell to the carpeted floor. He rolled over, struggling desperately, and realised he was as thoroughly trapped as any fish in a landing net. The more he struggled, the more tightly he bound himself in the clinging loops of the net.   "Jupe!" he yelled. "Help!"   His partner did not answer. Rolling over and twisting his neck, Pete co

  La mère de Bob Andrews/Andy est le deuxième personnage, après Bob lui-même, à apparaître au tout début de The Secret of Terror Castle / Au Rendez-vous des revenants . Ce dialogue entre une mère et son fils est la toute première scène de la série: Jacques Poirier (détail), 1966.   "Bob Andrews parked his bike outside his home in Rocky Beach and entered the house. As he closed the door, his mother called to him from the kitchen.   "Robert? Is that you?"   "Yes, Mom." He went into the kitchen. His mother, brown-haired and slender, was making doughnuts.   "How was the library?" she asked.   "It was okay," Bob told her. [...]   "Your friend Jupiter called." His mother went on rolling out the dough on a board. "He left a message."   "A message?" Bob yelled with sudden excitement. "What was it?"   "I wrote it down. I'll get it out of my pocket as soon as I finish with this dough."