L'Armée de l'ombre #4

Part of Éditions Paquet's Mémoire 1939–1945 collection, this fourth installment of L'Armée de l'ombre — subtitled "Nous étions des hommes" — anchors itself in the brutal human cost of World War II. The cover, by Olivier Speltens, delivers an arresting close-up of a weathered German soldier, his steel helmet rain-slicked, his piercing blue eyes and blood-streaked face conveying exhaustion and grim resolve. It's a quietly devastating portrait that sets a sober, deeply human tone for this 2016 Franco-Belgian wartime series.