The Count of Monte Cristo

Young sailor Edmond Dantès returns to Marseille with hopes for a happy life: ahead is a career as a captain and a wedding to his beloved Mercedes. But the envy and treachery of those around him result in disaster. Edmond is arrested on a false accusation as a political criminal and thrown into prison on the island of If without trial. Years of solitude and despair almost break Edmond, however, the gloomy dungeons grant Dantès an unexpected friend in the person of Abbé Faria – a prisoner who reveals to him the secret of a vast treasure and imparts his knowledge. The escape from prison marks the beginning of a new life. Returning to the world under the name of Count of Monte Cristo, Edmond seeks those who destroyed his fate. Now he has wealth, intelligence, and patience – to enact his own justice and make the guilty answer for their betrayal. A cult story of revenge by John Buscema – the legendary artist famed for his long-term work on the Conan the Barbarian series.