Réincarnations #1

A bald man seated in a high-backed chair dominates the cover of this 2015 Delcourt series opener, his eyes burning with an unsettling white glow while a ghostly, white-bearded elder figure hovers above him in translucent silhouette — a striking visual shorthand for the lives-within-lives premise the title Réincarnations promises. Corbeyran and Champelovier set up La Fondation Kendall with real atmosphere, wrapping the pair in billowing clouds of deep amber smoke that gives the whole scene an eerie, otherworldly weight. If you enjoy mysteries that blur the line between the living and the departed, this French series looks like a compelling place to start.