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33-522: Supernatural Thrillers ran 15 issues ( cover-dated December 1972 – October 1975). The title was one of four launched by Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Roy Thomas to form a line of science fiction and horror anthologies with more thematic cohesiveness than the company's earlier attempts that decade, which had included the series Chamber of Darkness and Tower of Shadows . Whereas those titles generally presented original stories, these new books would instead adapt genre classics and other stories. With

66-461: A periodical publication is the date displayed on the cover, which is not necessarily the true date of publication (the on-sale date or release date ); later cover dates are common in magazine and comic book publishing. More unusually, Le Monde is a daily newspaper published the afternoon before its cover date. For some publications, the cover date may not be found on the cover , but rather on an inside jacket or on an interior page. In

99-593: A controlling stake in the newspaper. Le Monde was founded in 1944, at the request of General Charles de Gaulle , after the German army had been driven from Paris during World War II . The paper took over the headquarters and layout of Le Temps , which had been the most important newspaper in France, but its reputation had suffered during the Occupation . Beuve-Méry reportedly demanded total editorial independence as

132-481: A controlling stake in the newspaper. In October 2018, staff learned that Pigasse had sold 49% of his stake in the company to Czech businessman Daniel Křetínský . Le Monde 's Independency Group, a minority shareholder that aims to protect the paper's editorial independence , had not been informed of the sale, and asked Pigasse and Křetínský to sign an "approval agreement" that would give the Independency Group

165-531: A newspaper of record. It de-emphasized maximum coverage of the news in favor of thoughtful interpretation of current events. In recent years the paper has established a greater distinction between fact and opinion. Le Monde was founded by Hubert Beuve-Méry at the request of Charles de Gaulle (as Chairman of the Provisional Government of the French Republic ) on 19 December 1944, shortly after

198-500: Is ) in 1976. According to him, the journal minimized the atrocities the Cambodian Khmer Rouge committed. In their 2003 book titled La Face cachée du Monde ( The Hidden face of "Le Monde" ), authors Pierre Péan and Philippe Cohen alleged that Colombani and then-editor Edwy Plenel had shown, amongst other things, partisan bias and had engaged in financial dealings that compromised the paper's independence. It also accused

231-459: Is a French daily afternoon newspaper . It is the main publication of Le Monde Group and reported an average circulation of 480,000 copies per issue in 2022, including 40,000 sold abroad. It has been available online since 1995, and it is often the only French newspaper easily obtainable in non-French-speaking countries. It should not be confused with the monthly publication Le Monde diplomatique , of which Le Monde has 51% ownership but

264-485: Is editorially independent. Le Monde is considered one of the French newspapers of record , along with Libération and Le Figaro . A Reuters Institute poll in 2021 found that Le Monde is the most trusted French newspaper. The paper's journalistic side has a collegial form of organization, in which most journalists are tenured, unionized, and financial stakeholders in the business. While shareholders appoint

297-529: Is regarded as France's leading newspaper of record . In November 2023, Le Monde joined with the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , Paper Trail Media  [ de ] and 69 media partners including Distributed Denial of Secrets and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and more than 270 journalists in 55 countries and territories to produce

330-543: The Liberation of Paris from Nazism, and has published continuously since its first edition. In the 1990s and 2000s, La Vie-Le Monde Group expanded under editor Jean-Marie Colombani with a number of acquisitions; however, its profitability was not sufficient to cover the large debts it took on to fund this expansion, and it sought new investors in 2010 to keep the company from bankruptcy . In June 2010, French investors Matthieu Pigasse , Pierre Bergé , and Xavier Niel acquired

363-553: The Mitrokhin Archive investigators, Le Monde (KGB codename VESTNIK, "messenger") was the KGB 's key outlet for Soviet disinformation in the French media. The archive identified two senior Le Monde journalists and several contributors who were used in the operations (see also the article on Russian influence operations in France ). Michel Legris, a former journalist with the paper, wrote Le Monde tel qu'il est ( Le Monde as it

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396-607: The ' Cyprus Confidential ' report on the financial network which supports the regime of Vladimir Putin , mostly with connections to Cyprus, and showed Cyprus to have strong links with high-up figures in the Kremlin, some of whom have been sanctioned. Government officials including Cyprus president Nikos Christodoulides and European lawmakers began responding to the investigation's findings in less than 24 hours, calling for reforms and launching probes. In June 2010, investors Matthieu Pigasse , Pierre Bergé , and Xavier Niel acquired

429-550: The 2000s Le Monde allowed its subscribers to publish a blog on its website. These blogs were called the "les blogs abonnées du Monde.fr". On 10 April 2019, Le Monde announced that it would be closing its blog platform on 5 June 2019. Although the reasons for the closing of the blogs were unclear, it could be linked to the dominance of social networks like Facebook. Le Monde launched an English language edition of its news website on 7 April 2022, featuring its articles translated from French. In 1981, Le Monde backed

462-622: The French Prime Minister press convoy to Algeria. The denial of visas to Le Monde reporters caused some French media to boycott the event, including Libération , Le Figaro , and France Inter . Le Monde had previously published the names of Algerian officials directly involved with the Panama Papers scandal. Coverage of the scandal in Le Monde included a front-page photo of President of Algeria Abdelaziz Bouteflika . However,

495-600: The United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the standard practice is to display on magazine covers a date which is some weeks or months in the future from the publishing or release date. There are two reasons for this discrepancy: first, to allow magazines to continue appearing "current" to consumers even after they have been on sale for some time (since not all magazines will be sold immediately), and second, to inform newsstands when an unsold magazine can be removed from

528-560: The company's CEO, the editor is elected by Le Monde ' s journalists to uphold the newsroom's independence. Le Monde has often broken major scandals, for instance, by directly implicating President François Mitterrand in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand. In contrast to other world newspapers such as The New York Times , Le Monde was traditionally focused on offering analysis and opinion, as opposed to being

561-691: The condition for his taking on the project. Le Monde began publishing a weekly digest edition in English on 23 April 1969. In December 2006, on the 60th anniversary of its publishing début, Le Monde moved into new headquarters in Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui , 13th arrondissement of Paris . The building—formerly the headquarters of Air France —was refashioned by Bouygues from the designs of Christian de Portzamparc . The building's façade has an enormous fresco adorned by doves (drawn by Plantu ) flying towards Victor Hugo , symbolising freedom of

594-573: The cover date and publishing date discrepancy was changed back to two months, though generally each comic book company now uses its own system. Of the two major American comic book publishers, DC Comics continues to put cover dates on the cover . Marvel Comics opted against putting cover dates on the cover in October 1999; instead, the "cover" date was moved to the indicia on an interior page. Le Monde Le Monde ( French: [lə mɔ̃d] ; French for 'The World')

627-438: The date of publication, and may indeed be identical where weekly magazines are concerned. In all markets, it is rare for monthly magazines to indicate a particular day of the month: thus issues are dated May 2016 , and so on, whereas weekly magazines may be dated 17 May 2016 . The general practice of most mainstream comic book companies since the creation of the comic book in the 1930s was to date individual issues by putting

660-466: The election of socialist François Mitterrand , partly on the grounds that the alternation of the political party in government would be beneficial to the democratic character of the state. The paper endorsed centre-right candidate Édouard Balladur in the 1995 French presidential election , and Ségolène Royal , the Socialist Party candidate, in the 2007 French presidential election . According to

693-413: The finale. Len Wein scripted #10 from an Isabella-Mayerik plot. The series went to 16 pages with issue #11, and became a full-length, 18-page feature the following issue. Backup stories generally were reprints from "pre-superhero Marvel" science fiction / fantasy anthologies, and one case a 1953, pre- Comics Code story from Marvel predecessor Atlas Comics . Cover-date The cover date of

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726-538: The four titles' debuts set to be staggered over the course of four months, Marvel premiered Journey into Mystery vol. 2 (October 1972), Chamber of Chills (November 1972), Supernatural Thrillers (December 1972), and, with a late start, Worlds Unknown (May 1973). Originally slated to be titled Gothic Thrillers , the first issue of Supernatural Thrillers featured Theodore Sturgeon 's 1940 short story " It! ", adapted by writer-editor Thomas and penciler Marie Severin , with cover art by Jim Steranko . Four of

759-402: The masthead date. The Saturday issue is a double one, for Saturday and Sunday, thus the latest edition can be found on newsstands from Monday to Friday included, while subscribers will receive it from Tuesday to Saturday. Le Monde was among the first French newspapers on the web, with its first web edition on 19 December 1995. It is among the 50 most visited websites in France. Starting in

792-415: The name of a month (and much later the year as well) on the cover which was generally two months after the release date. For example, a 1951 issue of Superman which had the cover date of July would have been published two months earlier from that date in the month of May, generally speaking. In 1973 the discrepancy between the cover date and the publishing date went from two months to three months. In 1989

825-554: The next five issues likewise contained adaptations: H. G. Wells ' 1897 novella The Invisible Man , by writer Ron Goulart and penciler Val Mayerik (#2), featuring another Steranko cover; Robert E. Howard 's "The Valley of the Worm", co-written by Gerry Conway and Thomas and penciled by Gil Kane (#3); Robert Louis Stevenson 's 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , by writer Goulart and artist Win Mortimer (#4); and

858-512: The paper clarified in its next edition that Bouteflika was not directly implicated, but maintained that his associates were. Bouteflika opened a libel suit against Le Monde , which was later dropped after the newspaper apologised. In June 2017, Le Monde was certified as an International Fact-Checking Network member of the Poynter Institute . 。 In 2023, Le Monde banned fossil fuel advertising to tackle climate change . Le Monde

891-502: The paper of dangerously damaging the authority of the French state by having revealed various political scandals (notably corruption scandals surrounding Jacques Chirac , the " Irish of Vincennes " affair, and the sinking of a Greenpeace boat, the Rainbow Warrior , by French intelligence under President François Mitterrand ). This book remains controversial , but it attracted much attention and media coverage in France and worldwide at

924-480: The press . In 2008, Le Monde was found guilty of defamation for saying that Spanish football club FC Barcelona was connected to a doctor involved in steroid use. The Spanish court fined the newspaper nearly $ 450,000. In 2014, Groupe Le Monde announced that Le Monde would move into a new headquarters, also in the 13th arrondissement, around 2017, with space for 1,200 people. In April 2016, two Le Monde reporters were denied visas to visit Algeria as part of

957-574: The quasi-adaptation "The Headless Horseman Rides Again", writer Gary Friedrich and penciler George Tuska 's original sequel to Washington Irving 's 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ". Issue #5 (August 1973) introduced the Living Mummy in a standalone story about an African tribal prince enslaved by Egyptians and mummified by an evil priest, who eventually reawakens in modern times. The character, created by writer Steve Gerber and penciler Rich Buckler , returned two issues later as

990-401: The right to approve or reject any controlling shareholder. As of September 2019 , they had not done so. Le Monde is published around midday, and the cover date on the masthead is the following day's. For instance, the issue released at midday on 15 March shows 16 March on the masthead. It is available on newsstands in France on the day of release and received by mail subscribers on

1023-419: The stands and returned to the publishing company or be destroyed (in this case, the cover date is also the pull date ). Weeklies (such as Time and Newsweek ) are generally dated a week ahead. Monthlies (such as National Geographic ) are generally dated a half month ahead, and quarterlies are generally dated two or three months ahead. In other countries, the cover date usually matches more closely

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1056-427: The starring character in a generally 15-page solo series that ran from #7 to the final issue, #15 (June 1974 - October 1975). The cover logo during this time was "Supernatural Thrillers featuring The Living Mummy". With issue #8, the creative team became writer Tony Isabella and artist Val Mayerik, who was occasionally credited as co-plotter. John Warner wrote or co-wrote the final two issues, with Tom Sutton drawing

1089-517: The time of its publication. Following a lawsuit, the authors and the publisher agreed in 2004 not to proceed with any reprinting. The Prix littéraire du Monde has been awarded annually by Le Monde since 2013. It is awarded at the beginning of September to a novel published at the start of the French literary season—or "rentrée littéraire". The winner of the prize is chosen by a jury made up of journalists—literary journalists from Le Monde des livres , cultural or other editorial staff—chaired by

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