Missions "Kimono" #12

The twelfth entry in the Missions Kimono series delivers high-stakes aerial tension, with a close-up of a helmeted fighter pilot — call sign "H" marked boldly on his visor — gazing intently toward a distant offshore oil platform engulfed in fire and chaos. Francis Nicole and Jean-Yves Brouard bring a gripping sense of immediacy to this 2011 album, subtitled Top Attaque, where sea, sky, and industrial danger converge in one charged composition. Fans of Franco-Belgian military aviation comics will find this a thoroughly satisfying chapter in the long-running series.