Arsène Lupin #4

Part of Soleil's *Collection Détectives BD* series, this fourth installment adapts Maurice Leblanc's *Le Bouchon de Cristal*, bringing France's most charming gentleman-thief back to the page. The cover captures Arsène Lupin mid-stride atop a stone parapet, his top hat and caped evening wear cutting a sharp silhouette against a moonlit blue sky, a castle looming in the background — all the atmosphere of a nocturnal adventure firmly in place. For fans of classic detective fiction in comics form, this 2001 edition is a stylish invitation to revisit Leblanc's beloved rogue in a whole new visual medium.