Métal #2

The cover of Métal Tome 2 — L'Esclave de Chimera — makes an immediate impression: a towering, battle-scarred robot with a skull-like face looms over a massive, roaring crowd in what looks like a brutal arena setting, while a hulking grey combatant crouches in the foreground, clearly another fighter in this mechanized spectacle. The gladiatorial atmosphere — bloodied ground, thousands of spectators pressed into the stands — sets a gritty, high-stakes tone for this 2006 Les Humanoïdes Associés release. With Butch Guice, Jerrold E. Brown, and Paul Alexander credited, this second volume promises the kind of hard-edged science fiction that fans of the series will want to follow closely.