Commando Colonial #1

From Appollo and Brüno, this Dargaud/Poisson Pilote album drops readers straight into wartime tension with a cover that sets the mood beautifully: two men in civilian shirts take cover at the jungle's edge as a smoking military aircraft plunges from a burnt-orange sky, a second plane visible in the distance. The warm, earthy palette and clean ligne-claire linework give Opération Ironclad a distinctly cinematic feel that recalls the great Franco-Belgian adventure tradition. A genuinely compelling opening chapter for what promises to be a sharp, historically rooted wartime series.