Hauteville House #20

The cover of Hauteville House #20, "Marine Terrace," sets an immediately haunting mood: a luminous, ghostly figure in white stands before a pale blue house at dusk, while an imposing steampunk airship looms overhead against a brooding crimson sky. The contrast between the ethereal presence below and the mechanical hulk above gives this entry in the long-running Franco-Belgian series a wonderfully eerie, atmospheric tension. Duval, Gioux, Emem, and Sayago deliver a 2023 installment that feels like a ghost story wrapped inside an adventure — an irresistible combination.