Michel Vaillant Seizoen 2 #4

A lone man gazes upward outside an elegant, twilight-lit city building — a sleek black classic car parked ominously behind him — and that single image carries the quiet tension that the title Crash promises throughout. Marc Bourgne and Benjamin Benéteau's cover art for this 2015 Graton album delivers a moody, cinematic stillness that feels a world away from the roar of the racetrack. Philippe Graton, Denis Lapière, and James Vandermeersch continue Michel Vaillant's modern "Seizoen 2" reinvention here, and the atmosphere on display suggests the series' trademark blend of speed and intrigue is very much alive.