Saladin #[nn]

A commanding figure on horseback charges sword-raised across a vast battlefield, armies stretching to the horizon beneath a blazing amber sky — this is Saladin as few have imagined him, rendered with sweeping drama by Roberto Meli. A strip of smaller panels across the top hints at sacred domes and robed figures, grounding the story in the contested holy landscapes of the medieval world. Daedalus brings this 2018 historical graphic album to life with the kind of large-format grandeur the subject genuinely deserves.