Der Ring des Nibelungen

From gold and scheming. In his most personal work to date, P. Craig Russell (Hellboy, Coraline, Sandman) presents a comic adaptation of Richard Wagner's opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung. Russell impressively traces the development of the (super)hero character as we know it today. He reminds us why the art form of comics is a gateway through which we can enter stories from other worlds and mythology; in short, a medium equally suited for epic tales and opera. For ages, the Rhine maidens have guarded the magical Rhine gold, which can grant its owner the power over the entire world, provided they renounce love. Alberich, the Nibelung dwarf, cast out by his people and spurned by the Rhine maidens, curses love and forges from the Rhine gold the fateful ring. This ring alone can prevent the god Wotan from surrendering Freia, the goddess of eternal youth and guardian of the golden apples, to the giants Fasolt and Fafnir. The Ring of the Nibelung tells a story full of twists and magic, where giants conspire against gods, with the loves and sufferings of humans and dwarfs as their playthings. This adaptation of Wagner's epic is a delight for opera enthusiasts as well as comic lovers.