title: Orbital (comics)
text: # Orbital (comics)
  
  Orbital is a Franco-Belgian science fiction comics series written by Sylvain Runberg, illustrated by Serge Pellé and published by Dupuis in French, Cinebook in English, Cobolt förlag in Swedish, Splitter [de] in German and ReNoir Comics in Italy.
  
  ## Story
  
  The story follows a pair of Interworld Diplomatic Office (IDO) agents on their intergalactic diplomatic peace missions. The agents are Mezoke Izzua, a Sandjarrian, and Caleb Swany, a Human. The missions reveal a rich universe of various interwoven plots by various political and interest factions involving numerous cultures and races across the galaxy.
  
  ## Volumes
  
  * Cicatrices - April 2006 ISBN 978-2-8001-3796-4
  * Ruptures - June 2007 ISBN 978-2-8001-3927-2
  * Nomades - August 2009 ISBN 978-2-8001-4075-9
  * Ravages - October 2010 ISBN 978-2-8001-4711-6
  * Justice - September 2012 ISBN 978-2-8001-4917-2
  * Résistance - March 2015 ISBN 978-2-8001-5655-2
  * Implosion - January 2017 ISBN 978-2-8001-6611-7
  * Contacts - September 2019 ISBN 978-2-8001-7155-5
  
  ## Translations
  
  Since May 2009, Cinebook Ltd has been publishing Orbital. The following volumes have been released:
  
  * Scars - May 2009 ISBN 978-1-905460-89-2
  * Ruptures - July 2009 ISBN 978-1-905460-95-3
  * Nomads - May 2011 ISBN 978-1-84918-080-1
  * Ravages - July 2011 ISBN 978-1-84918-088-7
  * Justice - February 2014 ISBN 978-1-84918-172-3
  * Resistance - August 2015 ISBN 978-1-84918-262-1
  * Implosion - November 2017 ISBN 978-1-84918-378-9
  * Contacts - April 2020 ISBN 978-1-84918-497-7
  