L'Homme de l'année #1

Set against a blood-red sky dominated by a blinding white sun, the cover shows a solitary steel-helmeted soldier standing amid a cratered, barbed-wire-strewn trench, a fallen comrade at his feet — a quietly devastating image of the Western Front that sets the tone for this 2013 Delcourt series opener. Writers Fred Duval and Jean-Pierre Pécau launch L'Homme de l'année with this chapter subtitled "Le Soldat Inconnu," plunging readers into the harrowing world of 1917, with interior art by Mr Fab and a striking cover rendered by Fred Blanchard and Manchu. It's a sombre, beautifully crafted introduction to what promises to be a richly atmospheric anthology series.