KING Nadia's best friend, a lion cub. It wears a red muffler. It's a male.

JEAN An inventive boy. His father was attacked by the sea monster and is still missing, but misfortune has not made Jean unhappy. He's 14.

JEAN'S UNCLE
Like Jean, he's inventive. He has come to the Paris World's Fair to take part in the "International Flying Machine Contest."

THE GRANDIS GANG

SANSON
Pragmatic, cool cynic. His personality becomes fanatical behind the wheel. He's 27.

GRANDIS
She's after Nadia's Blue Water. Sanson and Hanson are her henchmen.

HANSON
Possessing Nobel-prize-class genius, he invented an all-purpose sea, land, and air amphibious tank, the Grantan. He's 27.

CAPTAIN MAYBELL
Of the United States Navy, Captain of the newly-comissioned battleship Abraham. A first-class soldier.

EARTON
A self-styled biologist. He meets Jean's group on the Abraham.

CAPTAIN NEMO Captain of the all-purpose submarine Nautilus. An unpleasant man. His sub is the sea monster that has been infesting the world's oceans that they are hunting. He is 46.

ELECTRA She helps Nadia's group while they are on the Nautilus. She is Nemo's intelligence officer and private secretary. She guards her secrets closely.

Volume 1