Le Boche #9

The ninth volume of Glénat's adventure series brings Le Boche to the shadow of an ancient temple, where a determined blond man and a dark-haired woman stand tense and close together beneath the watchful gaze of a massive stone lion guardian — the atmosphere charged with both danger and intrigue. Stéphane Boutel's cover work sets a richly exotic Southeast Asian backdrop, pairing crumbling temple stonework with figures whose body language suggests urgency and uneasy alliance. "L'affaire Sirben" promises exactly the kind of globe-trotting, historically grounded suspense that has made this Bardet-and-Boutel collaboration a consistently rewarding series.