Les nouvelles aventures de Bruce J. Hawker #1

A brooding figure in a tricorn hat dominates this atmospheric Franco-Belgian album cover, his pale, intense gaze set against a deep blue maritime twilight and tall-masted ships looming in the fog behind him. Puerta and Bec bring William Vance's swashbuckling seafarer back to life in this continuation series published by Le Lombard, with L'Œil du Marais promising murky waters — literal and otherwise — for Bruce J. Hawker. The cover's cold, painterly palette sets a mood that feels equal parts naval adventure and gothic thriller.