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* OddballInTheSeries: ''Traquenards et Sentiments'' (2024) is the first album not to focus on a single character, instead providing several shorter stories.

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* FreudianExcuse: The ''XIII Mystery'' spinoff series gives [[TragicVillain tragic backstories]] to several villains of the main series.


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* FreudianExcuse: The series gives [[TragicVillain tragic backstories]] to some villains of the ''XIII'' universe.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Each album explores the {{backstory}} (or their life after meeting XIII, in some cases) of a ''XIII'' universe character.
* OddballInTheSeries: ''Traquenards et Sentiments'' (2024) is the first album not to focus on a single character, instead providing several shorter stories.
* StartOfDarkness: Some albums detail how some of the ''XIII'' universe villains turned to a life of crime.
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''XIII'' (''Thirteen'' in Roman numerals, ''Treize'' in French) is a [[CashCowFranchise successful]] [[LongRunner long-running]] FrancoBelgianComics series written and drawn by Belgians Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. The series was initially serialised in 1984 in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' and became instantly a hit. It was later published by Dargaud.

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''XIII'' (''Thirteen'' in Roman numerals, ''Treize'' in French) is a [[CashCowFranchise successful]] [[LongRunner long-running]] FrancoBelgianComics series written and drawn by Belgians Jean Van Hamme and William Vance. The series was initially serialised in 1984 in ''Magazine/{{Spirou}}'' and became instantly a an instant hit. It was later published by Dargaud.
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* FictionalCountry: Costa Verde and San Miguel, both of the LatinLand BananaRepublic variety.

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* FictionalCountry: Costa Verde and San Miguel, Miguel in UsefulNotes/SouthAmerica, both of the LatinLand BananaRepublic variety.
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* FictionalCountry: Costa Verde and San Miguel.

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* FictionalCountry: Costa Verde and San Miguel.Miguel, both of the LatinLand BananaRepublic variety.
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* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: The Sheridan brothers are called '''W'''illiam and '''W'''alter (alias '''W'''ally).



* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't exist and [=PCs=] looked very different. The most recent books have USB flash drives among other things.

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* LongRunnerTechMarchesOn: The first book came out in 1984. Cell phones didn't Starting from ''The Day of the Mayflower'' (2011), the comic uses modern real life technology even though only a few years have passed InUniverse. It's kinda jarring to see David Rowland using an old text-only computer in an early comic, only for later comics to have everyone using Facebook and Google Earth when not enough time has passed for these to exist within the setting and [=PCs=] looked very different. The most recent books have USB flash drives among other things.barely anyone has aged.


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* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two characters named David, David Rowland and David Rigby.

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