Valois #2

The second volume of Valois arrives with a cover that crackles with dynastic tension: a papal figure in white robes and crown faces off against a fully armored knight, their expressions locked in barely contained rivalry, while a group of courtiers — noblewomen and men — cluster between them beneath a fleur-de-lis banner. Thierry Gloris's story of French royal power finds a striking visual voice in Jaime Calderón's draftsmanship, which renders both religious authority and martial force with impressive gravitas. The Latin subtitle — "Si deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?" ("If God is for us, who can be against us?") — sets the stakes perfectly for a series steeped in the dangerous ambitions of the Valois dynasty.