- Also a journalist.
- Created the character of Bob Morane in 1953 with the first episode of his series of novels (then comic books) 'La Vallée Infernale' (released on December 16, 1953).
- He was a secret agent during WWII and he used numerous pseudonyms.
- He published over 200 titles in the action and science-fiction genre.
- In 1946 he moved to Paris and wrote for a while for an American news agency and French newspapers. Still, he continued writing novels. In 1949 he published La Belle Nuit pour un Homme Mort (Good Night for a Dead Man), and moved back to Belgium.
- He used a number of other pseudonyms, including Jacques Colombo, Robert Davids, Duchess Holiday, C. Reynes, Jacques Seyr, Lew Shannon, and Ray Stevens, as well as his real name.
- Winner of the ESFS Awards in 1978 FANTASTIC & FANTASY AWARDS - Cycle of Novels for Bob Morane cycle.
- Between 1949 and 1953 Vernes wrote several tales for weekly magazines like Heroïc Albums and Mickey Magazine, under various pen names.
- Vernes was the subject of a documentary, Henri Vernes, un aventurier de l'imaginaire (1997), and in 1999, at age 81, he was decorated as Officier in the Belgian Order of Arts and Letters.
- He has also written scripts for animated movies and scenarios for comics.
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