Norse mythology is rife with bizarre imagery and legends about the war-mongering tendencies of the gods. Outside of Marvel’s necessarily cheerier take on the Norse tales of old, many creators have found themselves inspired to explore their more upsetting elements. Some books effectively serve to show the effects of long-term war on a person, as in Heathen, while others offer an examination of some of the negative, or at the very least self-important, aspects of the gods, as in The Sandman.
In A Wave Blue World’s Bloody Hel, the story takes us into the trenches of WWI, drawing a connective line between the majesty of the myths and the filth, pain, and lack of a clear purpose that many on the front lines are forced to bear in global wars. A story that manages to be both introspective and epic, this is a comic not to be missed for fans of mythology, war history, and/or tightly-paced single-volume comics. [Read more…] about “No Glory In This War” in A Wave Blue World’s Bloody Hel

