The Strain

In this two-issue French miniseries from Panini, The Strain adapts the opening of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan's horror saga, as a mysterious pathogen grounds a passenger jet in New York and unleashes a new breed of vampire. The story, drawn by Mike Mignola's longtime collaborator, captures the clinical dread of the novel while translating its biological horror into stark, atmospheric panels. Though brief, this concise adaptation matters as a European comics take on the modern vampire epic, offering a tightly focused visual entry point into the trilogy's first act.