Bomb Road #1

The opening chapter of Michel Kœniguer's Bomb Road sets the stage with striking immediacy — three U.S. Marines F-4 Phantoms in tight formation sweep low over a lush, river-threaded Vietnamese landscape, their markings and ordnance rendered with meticulous detail. Part of Paquet's aviation-focused Cockpit Collection, this 2010 album promises a grounded, technically attentive look at air combat centered on the storied base at Da Nang. Fans of carefully researched military aviation comics will find this a very promising first flight.