It also had a one-episode animated adaptation that can still be found (subtitled) on the net. The comic was a success in Italy, but where it really hit it big was Yugoslavia, where thanks to Nenad Brixy's amazing translation it has been a cultural phenomenon since 1972, and continues to be in the successor states. Generally, about the first 200 volumes are considered to be "classics" and are published as such. They Fight Crime! with no money, competence or regard to the law, yet are surprisingly effective and have a large, if silly, Rogues Gallery.Īround volume 427 (2005) the series takes a sharp turn and Group TNT officially disbands, though Alan, along with his newly acquired fiancé Minuette and Number One, opens a detective agency, from which the heroes' adventures continue undisturbed (as of this writing). Set in a Deliberately Monochrome World of Ham, the comic tells of the wacky exploits of Group TNT, a non-government secret agency based in a dilapidated, flowerless flower shop on Fifth Avenue, New York City. It was created by writer Max Bunker (real name Luciano Secchi) and artist Magnus (Roberto Raviola, a prolific author who also did Satanik), and first published in 1969. Alan Ford, also known as Alan Ford and Group TNT, is a long-running Italian comic book in the Spy Fiction and Black Comedy genres.