Northlanders #7

Brian Wood and Davide Gianfelice's Viking saga reaches a fever pitch in this 2008 Vertigo installment, with Massimo Carnevale's cover depicting a brutal, chaotic melee — a dark-haired warrior in scale armor cuts through a press of robed and helmeted fighters, blades catching the light amid a sea of struggling figures. The "Sven the Returned" arc continues here in part seven, and the title — "Sad Is My Fate" — suggests the carnage on display carries a heavy emotional weight. If you've been following Sven's journey, this issue looks like exactly the reckoning the story has been building toward.