Michael Logan #2

A propeller plane sits on a jungle airstrip as two figures face off in the background, while in the foreground a wild-haired man clings to dense tropical vegetation — the cover of Le Pays Sous l'Horizon instantly promises adventure in remote, dangerous territory. André Beautemps brings a vivid sense of tension and lush atmosphere to this 1976 Le Lombard release, with the layered composition drawing the eye from the untamed jungle to the mystery unfolding on that distant runway. Michael Logan's second outing looks like exactly the kind of globe-trotting thriller that made Franco-Belgian adventure comics so compelling in the mid-seventies.