Agent 212

The Agent 212 albums are usually about 48 pages. Unlike other Franco-Belgian comic titles such as Tintin, Asterix and Lucky Luke, the Agent 212 albums do not comprise single stories spanning the length of the book. Instead, each album comprises a number of short and usually unrelated stories, ranging in length from one to five pages, though the lead story in Volume 4 spans 12 pages. ==Main characters==

• Arthur Delfouille ("Agent 212"): His nickname is "Tutur". This well-meaning, overweight police officer yearns for tranquility but makes a lot of blunders, collecting bumps, bruises and reprimands in the course of his duties. • Albert ("Agent 213"): Arthur's colleague and partner. • Raoul Lebrun: The Police Commissioner. Ill-tempered and impatient, he is often enraged by Arthur's maladroitness. He sometimes punishes Arthur by assigning him to traffic police duties. • Louise Delfouille: Arthur's wife. Caring and patient, she usually supports Arthur and defends him from her mother's criticism. • Adrian: A police officer who is Arthur's friend. • Arthur's mother-in-law: She has a low opinion of Arthur and is sometimes the victim of his vengeance. First appearance is in Volume 24, over pages 39–42, where she receives frightening anonymous phone calls from Arthur. • Kiki: Arthur's pet chihuahua. First appearance is in Volume 25. Louise buys him to relieve the tedium of being a housewife. Arthur unwittingly squashes the dog and is later embarrassed by its small size, but they become firm friends after Kiki bites Arthur's mother-in-law. == Antagonists ==

• Suicidal Man: An old man whose desperate attempts to kill himself are always foiled by Arthur. He is the main antagonist in Volume 1 and the most recurring antagonist of the series. In Volume 25, it is revealed that he used to be a policeman, which is why he regrets his life and wants to kill himself. • Drunken Toff: A secondary recurring antagonist of the series. He is immaculately dressed in a top hat, tailcoat and bow tie, but his public inebriation leads to trouble with the police. Introduced in Volume 1 (pages 13–14), he crashes his car during a storm, enabling Arthur to hitch a ride in an ambulance. • Thief: A major recurring antagonist, who often outsmarts Arthur. In Volume 18 (pages 24–26), he is briefly redeemed when he takes pity on a poor mother and child. • Norbert: A man who is always ticketed by Arthur. • Raymond: A lumberjack who is first defeated by Arthur in Volume 21. • Pedro and Aldo: Assassins targeting a president, they are foiled by Arthur in Volume 4 in the longest story of the series. == Albums ==

• Volume 1 : 24 heures sur 24 (1981) • Volume 2 : Au nom de la loi (1982) • Volume 3 : Sens interdit (1983) • Volume 4 : Voie sans issue (1984) • Volume 5 : Poulet aux amendes (1985) • Volume 6 : Ronde de nuit (1986) • Volume 7 : Un flic à l'ombre (1987) • Volume 8 : Pas de panique (1987) • Volume 9 : Brigade mobile (1988) • Volume 10 : Agent trouble (1988) • Volume 11 : Sifflez dans le ballon! (1989) • Volume 12 : Riz, ô poulet (1990) • Volume 13 : Un flic flanche (1991) • Volume 14 : Sauté de poulet (1992) • Volume 15 : L'Appeau de l'ours (1993) • Volume 16 : Flic… aïe! (1994) • Volume 17 : Poulet sans selle (1995) • Volume 18 : Poulet rôti (1996) • Volume 19 : Cuisses de poulet (1997) • Volume 20 : Chair de poule (1998) • Volume 21 : Ailes de poulet (2000) • Volume 22 : Brigade des eaux (2001) • Volume 23 : Poulet en gelée (2003) • Best Of : Volume 1 (2003) • Volume 24 : Agent de poche (2004) • Volume 25 : L'Agent prend la pose (2006) • Volume 26 : À l'eau police (2007) • Volume 27 : Fauve qui peut! (2009) • Best of Special Animaux (2010) • Best of Special Frayeurs (2011) • Volume 28 : Effet monstre (2012) • Best of Special Fetes (2013) • Volume 29 : L'agent tous risques (2016) • Volume 30 : Descente de police (2020) == In Indonesian ==

The Agent 212 comics have been translated into Indonesian under the series title Agen Polisi 212. The first 16 albums were released in standard large format (11 x 8.3 inches) by now-defunct publishing company PT Midas Surya Grafindo (Misurind) from 1987 to 1995. In 2011, new Indonesian translations were commissioned by PT Bhuana Ilmu Populer (BIP, a unit of the Gramedia publishing group), which began releasing the entire series in a smaller format (8.6 x 6.2 inches). == See also ==