Childe Roland

Stepping out of the late-1990s Image Comics fantasy boom, Childe Roland made their debut in Jay Anacleto's Aria Preview #1 in 1998 — part of a richly imagined world that would unfold across Aria and The Magic of Aria. A Modern Age figure woven into a tapestry of characters that includes the likes of Kildare, Gwynnion, and the ominous-sounding Dark One, Roland inhabits a corner of comics where fantasy and sequential art ambition collide. With only a handful of catalog appearances, this is a character for the dedicated Aria devotee — a rare thread in one of the era's most visually lush tapestries.