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1!!Overall
2* CashCowFranchise: ''XIII'' is the pride of publisher Dargaud alongside ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' and ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'', and a consistent moneymaker as well (their highest-selling adult-skewing comic series).
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4!!Mainline ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}'' Comic Book Series
5* FollowTheLeader: The first album of the series, ''[[Recap/XIIITheDayOfTheBlackSun The Day of the Black Sun]]'', was heavily inspired by Creator/RobertLudlum's ''[[Literature/TheBourneSeries Bourne]]'' series.
6* InMemoriam: Yves Sente wrote a tribute to the series' original comic book artist, the late William Vance (d. May 14, 2018), on the cover page of ''The XIII History'' (published in August 2019).
7* OutlivedItsCreator: Comic book artist William Vance passed away on May 14, 2018. Writer Yves Sente and comic book artist Youri Jigounov have reprised the main series in 2011 and keep it going since.
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9!!''XIII Mystery'' Comic Book Series
10* SequelGap: ''Judith Warner'' was published in 2018. It took until 2024 to see the next in the series, ''Traquenards et Sentiments''.
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12!!Video Game
13* CelebrityVoiceActor:
14** XIII is voiced by Creator/DavidDuchovny.
15** Creator/AdamWest as General Carrington.
16** Rapper Eve voiced Major Jones.
17* RoleReprise: XIII remake version David Duchovny returns as XIII and Eve returns as Major Jones.
18* StillbornFranchise: The game didn't manage to spawn a series.

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