Inspecteur Bayard #5

Inspecteur Bayard dives into undersea adventure in Alarm in Zyklopolis, with the cover showing a wide-eyed young Bayard at the controls of a submarine vessel while a bound figure tumbles through the blue depths nearby, flanked by sleek torpedo-shaped crafts marked Z-01 and Z-02. The retro-futurist design gives the whole scene a wonderfully tense, mid-century sci-fi atmosphere that suits this 2022 HUM! release perfectly. Created by Jean-Louis Fonteneau and Olivier Schwartz, this fifth volume promises the kind of spirited, globe-trotting mystery that fans of the series will find hard to put down.