 blueberry is a franco-belgian comics western series created by the belgian scriptwriter jean-michel charlier and french comics artist jean "mÅbius" giraud. it chronicles the adventures of mike blueberry on his travels through the american old west. blueberry is an atypical western hero; he is not a wandering lawman who brings evil-doers to justice, nor a handsome cowboy who "rides into town, saves the ranch, becomes the new sheriff and marries the schoolmarm."r.j.m. lofficier: before nick fury, there was... lieutenant blueberry in marvel age #79 october, 1989. in any situation, he sees what he thinks needs doing, and he does it. it has been remarked that during the 1960s, blueberry "was as much a staple in french comics as, say, the avengers or the flash here [in the usa]." ==synopsis== the story follows michael steven donovan, nicknamed "blueberry", a name he chooses when fleeing from his southern enemies (which is inspired when he looks at a blueberry bush), starting with his adventures as a lieutenant in the united states cavalry shortly after the american civil war. he is accompanied in many tales by his hard-drinking deputy, jimmy mcclure, and later also by red woolley, a rugged pioneer. donovan is the son of a rich southern farmer and starts as a dedicated racist. he is framed for a murder he did not commit, flees and is saved by an african-american. he becomes an enemy of discrimination of all kinds, fights against the confederates, and tries to protect the rights of native americans. ==characters==  ==publication history== ===original publications in french=== blueberry has its roots in giraud's earlier western-themed works such as frank et jeremie, which was drawn for far west magazine when he was only 18, and his collaboration on jijÃ©'s jerry spring in 1961, which appeared in t
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