Le Fond du Monde #1

Part of Delcourt's Terres de Légendes line, this 1997 Franco-Belgian album launches the Le Fond du Monde series with a striking opening chapter titled "Mademoiselle R." The cover, by Corbeyran and Falque, sets an immediately intriguing tone: a lone figure in heavy winter gear stands amid jagged rocky terrain, gazing up at several sleek aircraft — somewhere between drones and small planes — hovering and circling overhead in an uneasy standoff. It's a quietly tense image that blends science-fiction atmosphere with a sense of remote, wind-swept isolation, promising an adventure series with real scale and mystery.