Spirou #3853 was published by Dupuis on February 1, 2012, as part of a series that began in 1938. Jean-Michel Thiriet and Michel Weyland write, and art comes from BenBK, Christian Darasse and Libon. This 52-page issue features Spirou, Aria, Nelson, Badger and Parker, among 10 characters cataloged on VerseDB.