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''Franka'' is a popular Dutch comic book series drawn and written since the mid-1970s by the graphic artist Henk Kuijpers. The principal character is a strong female Dutch sleuth who solves mysteries in exotic locales. ''Franka'' has been translated into a variety of languages, including Danish, German, French and Spanish. ==Principal character== Franka (Francesca Victoria), the lead character that the series is named after, is a young, attractive and adventurous female private investigator.〔''Note that some references incorrectly describe her as an archaeologist, though she has no professional training, nor is interest in archeology a major element. She does however start the series working for a criminology museum (Album #1, 'Misdaadmuseum'), and later on has her own PI agency, supporting the private investigator assessment.''〕 She lives in a slightly fictionalised version of the Netherlands, and since 1993's ''Flight of the Atlantis'' has clearly been revealed as a resident of Amsterdam (before, she lived in the fictional 'Groterdam'). The cases she solves often take place in the worlds of art, antiquities, fashion and film, and also often feature exotic locales full of smugglers, pirates and other shady businessmen. Dominant women are a recurring theme of the series, similar to other Franco-Belgian comics series such as ''Yoko Tsuno''. A single woman for long time, Franka acquired a male partner and love interest in the later volumes, the reformed art thief Rix. More often than not she is also accompanied by her dog Bars. Franka was ''not'' the main character in the very first adventure of the series (an eight-page story which makes up the first part of Volume #1, ''Het Misdaadmuseum''). Instead Jarko (who is an increasingly minor character in all later volumes) played the central role, and Franka is only a secretary in the Criminology Museum. However, by the second (main) story of the first volume, Franka has become a central character, though not yet as exclusively so as in the later volumes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Franka」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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