Merlin #11

The eleventh volume of Soleil's Merlin series arrives with a striking cover depicting two figures — one clad in armor bearing a sword, the other robed in white — standing together on a rocky promontory above a vast assembled army, red banners flying against a dramatic mountainous landscape. The subtitle Le Roi Arthur signals the legendary moment this album builds toward, rendered here with genuine epic sweep by the creative team of Istin, Lambert, Paty, and Corduriè. For fans of French bande dessinée and Arthurian myth alike, this 2014 entry is a handsome addition to one of Soleil's most ambitious Celtic-flavored series.