Femmes en résistance #1

Against a weathered Union Jack, a determined young aviator in a leather flight jacket and goggles stands at the heart of this opening volume from Casterman's Femmes en résistance series. The tagline — "la célèbre aviatrice participe à l'effort de guerre" — signals that Amy Johnson's story will be told through the lens of wartime service, with writer Régis Hautière and cover artist Pierre Wachs setting a quietly heroic tone from the very first page. Published in 2013, this Franco-Belgian album promises a thoughtful, human portrait of women who shaped history from the shadows.