History YMMV / Valerian

** Interestingly, "The Rage of Hypsis" was the last story originally serialised in ''Pilote'' magazine, where the series got its start in 1967. [[ProtectionFromEditors Correlation?]] In any case, the Complete Collection edition by Cinebook collects three volumes apiece, with Hypsis being the last one slotted in for Volume 4. The last three collections can thus be simply avoided by anyone wishing to avoid the overlap.

** Interestingly, "The Rage of Hypsis" was the last story originally serialised in ''Pilote'' magazine, where the series got its start in 1967. [[ProtectionFromEditors Correlation?]]

** This may have something to do with the fact that he had lured her out of her armour. While Jal later uses those powers without one, he seems to be burning them out. It's possible that the suit held some significance in the use of the psychic powers that Kistna was blessed with.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The message of forgiveness that the Pearl Empress preaches in the live action movie.

** Interestingly, "The Rage of Hypsis" was the last story originally serialised in ''Pilote'' magazine, where the series got its start in 1967. [[ProtectionFromEditors Correlation?]]

* SeasonalRot: At some point after "The Rage of Hypsis" the series starts getting worse and worse. ''Valérian & Laureline'' has always had it's share of political commentary and satire, but by the 1990s they have pretty much taken over the series. Instead of portraying cool and otherworldly aliens liked it used to do (remember, this is a series that actually produced its own bestiary), Mézières and Christin start making them into thinly veiled humans. For example, in the last few books we get to see alien gangsters who dress up like Mafiosos and ''speak Italian'', an octopus creature who inexplicably wears a British gentleman's suit, and even a space alien version of ComicBook/CortoMaltese! What's worse, Christin seems to have lost his capability of writing coherently: the plots of the last few albums mostly just have various things happening in succession with little overall rhyme or reason. On top of that, Mézières' art gets more and more cartoonish towards the end of the series. He's still able to draw breathtaking cosmic visions if he wants to (the Wolochs, for example), but many of the supporting alien characters have turned into caricatures of their former selves.

* SeasonalRot: At some point after "The Rage of Hypsis" the series starts getting worse and worse. ''Valérian & Laureline'' has always had it's share of political commentary and satire, but by the 1990s they have pretty much taken over the series. Instead of portraying cool and otherworldly aliens liked it used to do (remember, this is a series that actually produced its own bestiary), Mézières and Christin start making them into thinly veiled humans. For example, in the last few books we get to see alien gangsters who dress up like Mafiosos and ''speak Italian'', an octopus creature who inexplicably wears a British gentleman's suit, and even a space alien version of CortoMaltese! What's worse, Christin seems to have lost his capability of writing coherently: the plots of the last few albums mostly just have various things happening in succession with little overall rhyme or reason. On top of that, Mézières' art gets more and more cartoonish towards the end of the series. He's still able to draw breathtaking cosmic visions if he wants to (the Wolochs, for example), but many of the supporting alien characters have turned into caricatures of their former selves.

** Interestingly, "The Rage of Hypsis" was the last album originally serialised in ''Pilote'' magazine, where the series got its start in 1967. [[ProtectionFromEditors Correlation?]]

* SeasonalRot: YourMileageMayVary when this happens, but at some point after "The Rage of Hypsis" the series starts getting worse and worse. ''Valérian & Laureline'' has always had it's share of political commentary and satire, but by the 1990s they have pretty much taken over the series. Instead of portraying cool and otherworldly aliens liked it used to do (remember, this is a series that actually produced its own bestiary), Mézières and Christin start making them into thinly veiled humans. For example, in the last few books we get to see alien gangsters who dress up like Mafiosos and ''speak Italian'', an octopus creature who inexplicably wears a British gentleman's suit, and even a space alien version of CortoMaltese! What's worse, Christin seems to have lost his capability of writing coherently: the plots of the last few albums mostly just have various things happening in succession with little overall rhyme or reason. On top of that, Mézières' art gets more and more cartoonish towards the end of the series. He's still able to draw breathtaking cosmic visions if he wants to (the Wolochs, for example), but many of the supporting alien characters have turned into caricatures of their former selves.