Les aigles décapitées #19

The nineteenth volume of Les Aigles Décapitées brings "Le Jugement du Roi" to life with a tense, gripping cover by Jean-Charles Kraehn — a cloaked figure clutches a struggling man at sword's edge atop a medieval castle battlement, while a lone bystander watches anxiously from the shadows behind them. The scene captures the raw tension of power and jeopardy that has made this long-running French medieval series a staple of the Glénat catalogue. With story and art by Michel Pierret and colours by Thierry Faymonville, this 2007 entry promises all the intrigue its title — "The King's Judgment" — suggests.