The first volume of a 3-part comic book adaptation of the classic hero saga. The mighty warrior Beowulf travels from his home to the great mead-hall of Hrothgar, king of the Danes, to face the marauding swamp-fiend Grendel, who is terrorizing Hrothgars kingdom and slaying his people. Beowulf and Grendel meet unarmed in the night-darkened hall, to battle to the death.

The conclusion of the epic Beowulf comic book trilogy. It is the late viking age. An escaped prisoner wanders into a mysterious rocky defile on the windswept coast of Geatland. Inside, he discovers an ancient barrow, heaped high with decaying riches and sparkling gems. Sleeping atop the treasure is a 50-foot winged fire-drake, an ancient creature who has guarded the hoard for untold centuries. The prisoner, hypnotized by the sight of the treasure, steals a single golden goblet and flees in terror. Beowulf has ruled his people well for 50 years, shielding them from all threats and giving unstintingly of his treasure. In a single night, his peaceful reign is ended. The enraged dragon flies to Beowulf's village, where it burns his throne-hall and the homes of many of his people to the ground. Even in his old age, Beowulf is still by far the strongest of the Geats, and so he goes forth with a band of warriors to seek out and destroy the dragon. This will be Beowulf's most desperate battle, and the fate of the entire Geatish tribe hangs in the balance.

This exhilarating graphic novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages—and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds’s masterful illustrations. Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero’s final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail. Told for more than a thousand years, Beowulf’s heroic saga finds a true home in this graphic novel edition.