Missions "Kimono" #14

A sleek fighter jet tears across a brooding night sky lit by the aurora borealis, while a menacing submarine lurks in the dark waters below — Jean-Yves Brouard's cover for L'Île Tsiolkovski sets a gripping Cold War-tinged tone for this fourteenth chapter of Francis Nicole and Jean-Yves Brouard's long-running espionage series. The stark contrast between air and sea power promises the kind of high-stakes, dual-front tension that has made Missions Kimono a standout of French-language thriller comics. Fourteen volumes in and still delivering pulse-quickening visuals, this 2013 entry looks like another taut addition to the series.