Aquablue: The Blue Planet

In this 1990s Dark Horse miniseries, writer Thierry Cailleteau and artist Olivier Vatine transplant the classic French sci-fi epic Aquablue to an English-language audience, with translation and adaptation by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier. The story follows a human boy raised by the aquatic Nagaos on the water-world of Aquablue, whose idyllic life is threatened by an Earth corporation's ruthless colonization. A foundational work of European-style space opera in American comics, this single issue introduces the lush, alien ecology and anti-corporate conflict that defines the larger Aquablue saga.