The Crusades #5

In The Crusades #5 (2001), Venus finds herself caught in the escalating conflict as the mysterious Knight confronts the Pope’s enforcers, who are trying to force the refusal of priests to abandon a religious school seized through deceit. With Marx grappling with his own uncertainty—admitting he doesn’t know the Knight’s identity to Petronas, yet later hinting he does to April—the story deepens into a quiet but ominous reckoning, leaving San Francisco as a city on edge. Written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Kelley Jones, with inks by Jason Moore and Cameron Stewart, colors by Daniel Vozzo, and lettering by Comicraft, the issue’s stark tone is matched by Duncan Fegredo’s haunting cover.