The bomb

The incredible true story of the most terrifying weapon ever created.

On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb devastated Hiroshima. Tens of thousands of people were instantly vaporized. And the entire world, horrified, discovered the existence of the atomic bomb, the first weapon of mass destruction. But in what context, how, and by whom was this instrument of death developed?

A true saga spanning 450 pages, this graphic novel recounts the behind-the-scenes events and key figures of this historical event, which in 2020 commemorates its 75th anniversary. From the uranium mines of Katanga to Japan, via Germany, Norway, the USSR, and New Mexico, it's a succession of incredible but true facts that unfolded.

All of these are recounted here from a human perspective: whether they are political decision-makers (Roosevelt, Truman), scientists who achieved posthumous fame (Einstein, Oppenheimer, Fermi...), or major but lesser-known figures, such as Leó Szilàrd (the main character of this album, a scientist who moved heaven and earth to get the USA to develop the bomb, then did the impossible to prevent them from ever using it), Ebb Cade (an African-American worker who was unknowingly injected with plutonium to study its effect on health), or Leslie Groves (the general who ruthlessly led the Manhattan Project) – not forgetting, of course, the inhabitants and the city of Hiroshima, authentically recreated in The Bomb.

Extremely well-researched but above all fascinating, comparable in this respect to the TV series Chernobyl, this work is already establishing itself as the definitive book on the history of the atomic bomb.