Carthago Adventures #1

Two tiny figures stand on a narrow snow ridge, dwarfed by a massive, glacier-carved mountain that fills the horizon in cold blues and whites — Jaouen Salaün's cover art for this 2011 Daedalus release sets an immediately arresting sense of scale and isolation. Carthago Adventures #1 launches the "Bluff Creek" story from writer Christophe Bec, promising the same blend of wilderness grandeur and human vulnerability that makes the Carthago universe so compelling. If you're drawn to adventure stories set against nature at its most overwhelming, this opening chapter looks like a genuinely striking place to start.