Zagor – Kolor #2: Guthrumov povratak

In Guthrumov povratak (The Return of Guthrum), King Guthrum leads a Viking community that has lived in North America for centuries. He asks Zagor for help after a scientific expedition disappears while exploring the remains of Norse settlements in Labrador. Guthrum values Zagor’s experience in dealing with the region’s Indigenous peoples, but he is also troubled by a priest’s warning of danger to come.

Zagor and Guthrum set out in a Viking longship with Professor Trevor and a band of handpicked warriors. The search brings them into conflict with Indigenous fighters before they face the draugar, the undead of Norse legend. The old settlements drew the researchers north as evidence of earlier voyages; they now become the setting for a legend come to life.

Jacopo Rauch builds suspense around what each traveller expects to find. The professor sets out to look for the missing researchers, Guthrum takes the prophecy seriously, and Zagor has to deal with whatever they encounter. Gianni Sedioli’s artwork carries the story from a voyage and a rescue mission into supernatural horror, bringing Norse folklore to the northern reaches of Zagor’s frontier.