1 | ''Maximilian's Gold'' (in French ''L'Or de Maximilien'') is the seventeenth album of the comic book series ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}''. It was published in 2005. |
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3 | XIII, Jones, Carrington, Mullway, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Felicity Brown hide in an isolated hotel in Mexico, because the NSA is looking for them. They try to decipher a message to locate a treasure, Maximilian's gold. Carrington sent an email to General Wittaker to denounce the crimes committed by Giordino, the head of the NSA, and so Wittaker refuses to go on co-operating with Giordino and he lets him know about the email. |
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6 | !!''Maximilian's Gold'' provides examples of: |
7 | * ThirteenIsUnlucky: When the heroes finally find Maximilian's gold, it [[spoiler:falls into a chasm and they can recover only 13 golden coins]]. [[LampshadeHanging XIII notes that 13 is a lucky number]]. |
8 | * TheAlcoholic: John Killarney drinks a lot of beer in the bar where Armand de Préseau meets him. Valdez calls him "borracho" (drunkard, in Spanish). |
9 | * AllForNothing: The heroes have spent a lot of time and effort to locate Maximilian's gold. (Mullway, in particular, devoted 30 years of his life to this quest.) When they finally find it, it [[spoiler:falls into a chasm and they can recover only 13 golden coins]]. |
10 | * AssassinOutclassin: Wittaker manages to kill the four professional killers who were sent to kill him. |
11 | * BatScare: When XIII and Juan go in the cave of the treasure, a bunch of bats goes out and scares them. |
12 | * TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:Jessica Martin, who was supposed to have died in the end of ''[[Recap/XIIIReleaseTheHounds Release the Hounds]]'',]] returns in the end of the episode. She is asked to look for XIII and his friends. |
13 | * DefectorFromDecadence: Wittaker decides to stop working with Giordino because Carrington informed him of Giordino's misdeeds. |
14 | * DisneyVillainDeath: XIII and Jones cause Valdez, his henchmen and Killarney to fall into a chasm during the recovery of the treasure. |
15 | * EveryCarIsAPinto: Wittaker fires three bullets at the fleeing car of the hitmen. The car hits a street lamp and explodes. |
16 | * GenreSavvy: When she sleeps in the desert next to XIII, Jones compares her situation with Hollywood films of the 60's. |
17 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: |
18 | ** Giordino sends hitmen to kill Wittaker because Wittaker heard of Giordino's role in a conspiracy to frame XIII. |
19 | ** Giordino also wants to murder XIII and his friends to prevent them from appearing before the commission of inquiry and to reveal the truth about the Sheridan case. |
20 | * IHaveYourWife: Valdez threatens to kill Jones and Betty if Juan and XIII do not bring him the treasure. |
21 | * IOweYouMyLife: Carrington saved Charlie's life during the war, so Charlie feels obligated to help the retired general. Charlie agrees to hide Carrington and his friends in his hotel. |
22 | * LiteralCliffHanger: In the Sierra Madre Oriental, Betty falls into a chasm. She hangs on to a rock and Juan saves her. |
23 | * MacGuffinTitle: Maximilian's gold is the treasure the heroes look for. |
24 | * PreviouslyOn: The previous episode in summed up in one page in the beginning. |
25 | * ShoutOut: Juan compares the quest for Maximilian's gold with the plot of ''Literature/TreasureIsland'' by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson. |
26 | * ThisIsReality: When she sleeps in the desert next to XIII, Jones says that, in a movie, the hero would kiss his LoveInterest and pledge her eternal love, but unfortunately she is not in a movie. |
27 | * TrappedByGamblingDebts: John Killarney betrays the protagonists because he has gambling debts: Valdez, a gangster, constantly harasses him to squeeze money out of him. So Killarney persuades Valdez to track the protagonists and to seize the treasure they are looking for. |
28 | * TreasureHuntEpisode: Like in the [[Recap/XIIIOperationMontecristo previous episode]], XIII and his friends look for a treasure, Maximilian's gold. |
29 | * UnwittingPawn: The Fieldings, who help Felicity to escape by boat, to reach the US and to meet Giordino. |
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