Le Téméraire

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Le Téméraire was a French children's comic magazine published during World War II. It was created by schoolteacher Jacques Bousquet and produced by Les Editions Coloniales et Métropolitaines. The first issue appeared in January 1943. It emerged as other children’s magazines stopped because of paper rationing, and the Nazi authorities allowed Le Téméraire to use paper. The magazine was popular in the Paris area and reached about 200,000 copies in circulation. It published 38 regular issues and three specials. Writers and editors were French, and the publisher was French‑owned, located in the same building as the Nazi authorities’ offices. Some historians note the Nazis approved or tolerated the magazine. The founder had links to the group Jeunes du Maréchal. The publication promoted Nazi ideas, showing Aryan heroes and depicting enemies of Germany and non‑Aryans as villains. It ran 70 clubs for children, with Le Cercle des Téméraires counting thousands of members. The popular Vincent Krassousky comics, featuring the Vica sailor, appeared in almost every issue (all issues had Vica stories except issue 12). Le Téméraire ended on August 1, 1944.