Orcs & Gobelins #23

A rain-soaked battlefield city looms behind a powerfully built, green-skinned orc who dominates the foreground with grim intensity, while a mysterious red-eyed figure lurks in the shadows behind him — two very different forces whose uneasy proximity hints at the tensions driving the Guerres d'Arran arc. This twenty-third volume, subtitled Akrith, continues Soleil's sprawling dark-fantasy series from Cordurié, Deplano, and Powell, and the brooding atmosphere of the cover makes a strong case for why Orcs & Gobelins remains one of French comics' most ambitious fantasy epics. Fans of the series will find plenty to anticipate here, and newcomers will find the cover alone an irresistible invitation into this richly imagined world.