Long John Silver #4

The fourth and final arc of Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Lauffray's acclaimed French bande dessinée series arrives with "Guyanacapac," a title that hints at ancient Incan power waiting to be claimed. Lauffray's cover painting is breathtaking: a weathered, one-legged figure — Long John Silver himself — sits enthroned amid golden ruins, cloaked and brooding against a cavernous, torch-lit backdrop that pulses with both menace and buried treasure. Published by Dargaud in 2013, this volume promises the kind of atmospheric, morally complex pirate adventure that has made this series stand apart from the swashbuckling crowd.