Rip Kirby #1

This French-language collection from Glénat brings together three early Rip Kirby story arcs — L'Affaire Faraday, La Formule du Dr. Hicks, and Chantage et… Musique — drawn from the 1946–1947 strips by Alex Raymond. The cover sets the mood perfectly: a suave, broad-shouldered man cradles a dark-haired woman in a tender yet urgent embrace, framed against a moody blue cityscape complete with a police cruiser lurking at the edge of the scene. It's a beautifully composed snapshot of the noir atmosphere and romantic tension that made Raymond's detective strip so compelling in its day.