Een paus in de geschiedenis #3

The third volume of Een paus in de geschiedenis centers on Johannes Paulus II, and Fabrizio Fiorentino's cover captures the tension and warmth of his papacy in a single unsettling image — a white-robed Pope smiling warmly as he greets children and faithful in a crowd, while a hand gripping a pistol looms ominously in the foreground. That quiet contrast between the Pope's open, welcoming gesture and the lurking threat gives the image a quiet but powerful charge, perfectly echoing the Dutch subtitle "Wees niet bang!" — "Be not afraid!" Written by Dobbs and illustrated by Fiorentino, this 2021 Daedalus release brings real visual and narrative craft to one of the most dramatic chapters in modern religious history.