Elfen #9

A muscular, red-haired warrior dominates the cover of this ninth volume in the Elfen series, double-headed battle-axe in hand, while a walled city burns and crumbles in the smoke-filled distance behind him — a vivid promise of the siege of Cadanla that awaits inside. Corbeyran and Lemercier's long-running fantasy saga continues in fine form, with Lemercier's cover artwork balancing raw physical menace against an almost ornate, richly detailed background. If you've been following this Dutch-language epic, issue nine looks set to deliver the large-scale conflict the series has been building toward.