Number 5 - Intégrale #1

Taiyo Matsumoto's Number 5 arrives in a sweeping French omnibus edition, collecting the first half of this ambitious series in a single handsome volume. The cover is a dense, beautifully rendered ensemble piece — drawn in a striking blue-and-red duotone — crowding the frame with a remarkable cast: a towering figure with an afro and bold chest emblem, a deep-sea diver helmet, a motorcycle sidecar, masked warriors, skeletal imagery, and a serpentine dragon creature, all swirling together in Matsumoto's unmistakable line-work. If you've been waiting for the right moment to dive into one of manga's most visually inventive works, this 2019 Intégrale from Dargaud makes a compelling case.