Raymond Leblanc, publisher of one of the most successful comics magazines in the world passed away last Friday at the age of 92, according to various news sources.

In 1945, Leblanc convinced Herge, creator of Tintin, to have the boy reporter headline his own magazine for kids. At the time, Herge was suffering under accusations of collaborating for the Nazis as he had allowed Tintin to be serialized in one of the occupied papers during the war and had difficulty getting work afterward.

The magazine would go on to serialize some of Tintin’s most famous adventures, as well as such European stalwarts as Edgar P. Jacobs’ Blake and Mortimer series.

You can learn more about Leblanc here, here and here.

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