Michel Vaillant #17

Jean Graton's cover for this 2010 German-language edition sets a wonderfully tense mood: in the foreground, a helmeted racing driver grips the wheel of a roaring sports car amid a pack of competitors at Le Mans, while above him looms a ghostly, sketched phantom figure reaching down with an unsettling presence. "Das Phantom der 24 Stunden von Le Mans" promises exactly the blend of high-speed motorsport drama and mysterious intrigue that has made Michel Vaillant such an enduring series.