An Ankou #[nn]

Published by Dupuis in 1978, this Breton-language adventure — "Troioù-Kaer Spirou ha Fantasio" — finds Spirou, Fantasio, and a young dark-haired companion huddled together in uneasy concern as a fiery industrial inferno blazes behind them. Looming over the scene is a ghostly, skeletal figure on horseback — An Ankou, the legendary Breton personification of death — rendered with genuinely eerie menace by Jean-Claude Fournier, who both wrote and drew the entire album. It's a striking blend of folklore and contemporary dread, and the Breton-language edition makes it a distinctive entry in Spirou's long-running series.