Pax Romana #[nn]

Jonathan Hickman's Pax Romana gets a striking French-language edition from Urban Comics, its cover dominated by a Roman legionary rendered in warm amber and gold, sword raised against a smoldering, fiery backdrop. The image has a painterly, almost mythic quality — part ancient history, part something altogether more unsettling. If you've ever wanted to read Hickman's ambitious blending of faith, empire, and time in French, this 2014 edition is a fine place to start.