Le dernier Troyen #6

A striking cover from Valérie Mangin and Thierry Démarez sets the tone for this 2008 Soleil release, the sixth volume of Le Dernier Troyen — and what a tone it is. A sleek, predatory dinosaur looms over the rubble-strewn ruins of what appears to be an ancient city, its clawed hand outstretched above a massive fallen stone face, while two small human figures stand dwarfed among the debris below. The collision of antiquity and primordial menace makes this Franco-Belgian series look like one of the most ambitious genre-blending adventures of its era.