What is the generic title of a series of French comic strips that first appeared in French in the magazine Pilote on 29 October 1959?
Pilote "Pilote". However, declining sales prompted Dargaud to suspend publication after what became the final issue on October 1, 1989. After 1989, there has been no regular publications of the magazine, although the name has been used for occasional oversized specials. Footnotes Pilote Pilote () was a French comic magazine published from 1959 to 1989. Showcasing most of the major French or Belgian comics talents of its day the magazine introduced major series such as "Astérix", "Barbe-Rouge", "Blueberry", "Achille Talon", and "Valérian et Laureline". Major comics writers like René Goscinny, Jean-Michel Charlier, Greg, Pierre Christin and Jacques Lob were featured in
Tanguy et Laverdure Tanguy et Laverdure Les Aventures de Tanguy et Laverdure is a Franco-Belgian comics series created by Jean-Michel Charlier and Albert Uderzo, about the two pilots Michel Tanguy and Ernest Laverdure, and their adventures in the French Air Force. Initially titled "Michel Tanguy", it made its debut in the first issue of the Franco-Belgian comics magazine "Pilote" on October 29, 1959. The series provided "Pilote" with a competitor to the similar series "Buck Danny" serialised in "Spirou" magazine, and "Dan Cooper", which appeared in "Tintin" magazine. Started in October 1959, the series was continuously published by Pilote until June 1971. Then