Dantès

In Dantès (2007–present, Dargaud Benelux), a modern reimagining of Alexandre Dumas’s The Count of Monte Cristo transplants the classic tale of betrayal and revenge to the cutthroat world of high finance. This six-issue series reworks Edmond Dantès’s journey as a wronged man who returns under a new identity to systematically dismantle the lives of those who framed him, trading the sea for the boardroom. The series is most associated with its writer, Pierre Boisserie, and artist Éric Juszezak, who together bring a sleek, noir-inflected visual style to the story’s cold, calculating vengeance. It matters as a clever, contemporary twist on a literary masterpiece, proving the timeless power of its themes in a corporate setting.