La Brigade Chimérique #4

The fourth volume of La Brigade Chimérique greets readers with an unsettling cover: a pale, skull-like face stares out from deep shadow, its hollow eye sockets glowing an eerie electric blue — an image that perfectly captures the series' blend of pulp menace and atmospheric dread. Writer duo Serge Lehman and Fabrice Colin push the story into the territory of "Politique internationale," suggesting the adventure is scaling up to a global stage. Artist Stéphane Gess, handling pencils and inks throughout, brings a moody restraint to the 2010 release that makes this French-language series one of the more visually distinctive superhero comics of its era.