L'Anneau du Nibelung #3

Adapted from Richard Wagner's monumental operatic cycle, this third volume of L'Anneau du Nibelung brings the saga of Siegfried to the French-language bande dessinée format, courtesy of Numa Sadoul and France Renonce. The cover — rendered in sweeping, painterly strokes — draws the eye to a swirling tableau of figures emerging from shadow and mist, with a winged creature arching dramatically overhead and youthful characters caught in a moment of mythic tension. Published by Dargaud in 1983 under their Histoires Fantastiques imprint, this is a genuinely beautiful piece of sequential storytelling rooted in one of Western art's grandest epic traditions.