Martin gets assessed by a paramedic after being assaulted by skinhead punks:
“...It’s nothing, they just touched me.”
”After an episode like that, it is always best to check your pulse and blood pressure. I see that they are normal.”
“Professor Mystère? I’m Captain Horst Steiner, from Interpol. I offer you and your assistant our apologies for what happened.”
“Thank you, Captain.”
“In view of the demonstration, we have been keeping track of this neo-Nazi group for months, which we monitored in plain clothes, ready to intervene. It was not enough, unfortunately.”
“I was just wondering why they attacked us.”
“Hmm... if you feel like it, we can continue the conversation at the table. There is a very good gasthaus not far from here.” (Gasthaus=tavern)
“Well, actually I had wanted to go to the hotel to rest. I had a rather intense day of work. But after all this excitement, now I’m hungry.”
“... And I would like to make up for it somehow, if you allow me. I really want to.”
“... So I will gladly accept the invitation, if my friend also agrees.”
“Mgh!”
“I'll take that as a 'yes.'
“As I said before, professor. I am sorry that you have had an experience like that. Unfortunately, it is a reality that extends beyond Germany. We try to keep them under control -- violent extremist movements that hearken back to Hitler and Nazism. Almost all of them have been declared unconstitutional and outlawed. But new ones are always popping up. The script is always the same: they use social networks and the internet to recruit followers. And they find fertile ground wherever there is discontent, unemployment and a crisis of values. They exploit ignorance and spread misinformation: fake news and delusional conspiracy theories.”
Discontent, unemployment, and a crisis of values can lead to fake news and conspiracy theories? All too true. Captain Steiner is drawn to look like actor Michael Chiklis. The panel layout differs substantially from the six panel grid common in Bonelli comic books.
