Valhall #15

Peter Madsen's Valhall returns with its fifteenth installment, "Völvans syner," and the cover sets an immediately gripping tone — a small, wide-eyed blonde girl and a stout, sword-wielding companion in a green cloak dash frantically across a snow-swept landscape, while an enormous, snarling wolf looms over them from the shadows behind. The contrast between the cheerful character designs and the genuinely menacing beast gives the scene that signature Valhall blend of humor and Norse-mythological dread. With Henning Kure, Peter Madsen, and Mikael Tegebjer sharing writing duties and Jonas Sonne bringing the colors to life, this 2010 Swedish edition looks like a thoroughly satisfying chapter in one of Scandinavia's most beloved comics series.