Alexis et Carinne #1

A young blonde boy in a striped shirt and jeans leaps through a crumbling stone wall on this lively 1982 cover from Bayard Presse, with a second figure and a bicycle visible in the rubble-strewn background below. The scene crackles with youthful energy and a sense of adventure, setting an appealing tone for this Franco-Belgian series opener. *La Lionne au Cœur de Pierre* promises the kind of spirited mystery that made albums like this a staple of French children's comics in the early eighties.