Strange fruit

In this 2017 series from Delcourt, writer Mark Waid and artist J. G. Jones (who also co-writes with Benjamin Rivière) craft a single-issue story that reimagines a dark chapter of American history. Set in the Jim Crow South, it blends historical fiction with speculative elements, using a mysterious, otherworldly arrival to challenge the brutal realities of racism and injustice. The series is notable for its ambitious, standalone narrative that tackles heavy themes through a superhero lens, with Jones’s vivid, detailed art grounding the fantastical premise in a painfully real setting.