Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio #56

Volume 56 of Les Aventures de Spirou et Fantasio arrives with a title that pulls no punches — "La mort de Spirou" — and a cover by Olivier Schwartz that matches the drama beautifully: Spirou's unmistakable red uniform drifts lifelessly through a vivid underwater world teeming with coral, jellyfish, and tropical fish, while a menacing submersible lurks on the seafloor below. Writers Sophie Guerrive and Benjamin Abitan bring a fresh creative energy to this long-running Dupuis series, and with Alex Doucet's luminous colors giving the ocean scene an almost dreamlike glow, this 2022 album is a genuinely striking entry in the franchise.