Grendel

Few characters carry a name as mythically charged as Grendel, and this iteration — launched in 1993 through Dark Horse France's Grendel l'enfant guerrier — brings that legacy into the Copper/Modern Age with a distinctly Francophone flavor. The work of creators Matt Wagner, Marc Winckler, and Patrick McEown, this version of the character exists in a small but intriguing corner of the Grendel universe, one shaped as much by European comics sensibility as by Wagner's celebrated mythology. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Grendel l'enfant guerrier is a genuine rarity — the kind of tucked-away gem that reminds collectors just how far and wide great comics storytelling can travel.