Le décalogue #1

The opening volume of Frank Giroud and Joseph Béhé's ambitious series Le Décalogue sets an immediately intriguing tone with a cover that is quietly striking rather than action-packed — a weathered manuscript fragment bearing Arabic script and the haunting French commandment "Tu ne tueras pas" ("Thou shalt not kill"), accompanied by a scholarly definition of the word décalogue itself. This 2001 Glénat release frames its story around the Ten Commandments as a conceptual backbone, and the aged, parchment-like aesthetic of the cover signals a tale rooted in history, faith, and perhaps moral complexity. A thoughtful and atmospheric start to what promises to be a rich series.