20 000 Siècles sous les mers #1

From the creative team of writer Richard D. Nolane and artist Patrick A. Dumas comes this striking 2010 French science-fiction series from Soleil, riffing on Jules Verne's deep-sea mythology across an epic new scale. The cover frames everything through a brass porthole, where a massive tentacle — clearly belonging to a colossal sea creature — wraps menacingly around a sailing ship caught in a lightning-split storm. It's a beautifully composed image that promises oceanic terror and adventure in equal measure, right from the very first chapter, "L'Horreur dans la tempête.