Mélusine #27

Volume 27 of Clarke's beloved Mélusine series arrives with a title that says it all — La guerre sans magie ("The War Without Magic") — and the cover delivers a wonderfully determined image: Mélusine in her signature witch's hat and a pointy-hatted companion stand back to back, each gripping a sword, a battle standard raised behind them against a smoky red haze, with scattered arrows and a horned skull at their feet. It's a charming, slightly scrappy portrait of two witches bracing for conflict the hard way — no spells, just steel. Dupuis continues to bring this enchanting Franco-Belgian series to readers in fine style with this 2019 entry.