Northlanders #18

Written by Brian Wood
Art by Danijel Zezelj

I have been a fan of Zezelj's work since he did the art on DC's Congo Bill series about ten years ago. His dark, shadowy work has always intrigued me, and I felt he was a perfect artist to do an arc on Northlanders.

This is a two-parter, featuring a trio of women who have survived a Saxon attack on their village, and have taken refuge in a Roman ruin, which, when the tide is in, is surrounded by water. There are a group of some fifty men waiting for the opportunity to attack them, yet they are resolute in their will to fight.

Wood explores the role of the woman in Viking society with this story, and, as has become the norm in this title, manages to convey a lot of interesting information about that period of history, without slowing down the story or ever being dull.