Storm #5

Two figures — a red-haired woman and a dark-haired hero in a yellow-caped suit — crouch behind rocky cover as sleek, arrow-like spacecraft streak through a mountain valley above them, the tension of aerial combat rendered in Don Lawrence's richly painted style. This Dutch-language album collects "De strijd om de Aarde" (The Battle for Earth), the fifth volume in the Don Lawrence Collection series, with both story and art crafted by Lawrence and writer Dick Matena. It's a fine showcase of the series' blend of sweeping science-fiction adventure and vivid, almost cinematic illustration.