Les Eaux de Mortelune #6

The sixth volume of Adamov and Cothias's haunting underwater saga brings us Le Chiffre de la Bête, and the cover alone sets a striking mood — a solemn group of figures, rendered in cool, dreamlike tones, stand amid a submerged, otherworldly environment dotted with jellyfish, while a heavily equipped diver looms to the right and a solitary smaller figure watches from below. There's something quietly unsettling about the assembled characters, posed almost like a living monument beneath the waves of Mortelune. Published by Glénat in 1995, this album continues one of Franco-Belgian comics' most atmospheric science-fantasy series.