The Wicked + The Divine Volume 9

Title: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 9

Author: Kieron Gillen; Jamie Mckelvie; Matt Wilson

Publisher: Image 2019

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 168

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel

After five years, we reach the final volume. We go not gentle into that good night, but go driving a converted tank, covered in glitter and spangles, with a soundsystem audible from Mars blaring nothing but bangers. Gods, pop stars, an ending. We'll miss you.
Collects THE WICKED +THE DIVINE #40-45

Another series ender. I guess October has been the month of comics series ending… I loved the ending of this series. We finally get clarification about the beginning of this sequence, plus an awakening from so many of the characters. And we even get the return of a few characters. Hello Lucifer! I wasn’t quite as sold on the last issue’s time jump, but it still felt relevant to the story and characters. I’m so sad to see this series end.

Next up on the TBR pile:

The Wicked + The Divine Volume 8

Title: The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 8

Author: Kieron Gillen; Stephanie Hans; Andre Lima Araujo; Matt Wilson; Kris Anka; Jen Bartel

Publisher: Image 2019

Genre: Graphic Novel

Pages: 232

Rating: 5/5 stars

Reading Challenges: Graphic Novel

Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke's Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start to see the full picture. Also includes the delights of the WicDiv Christmas Annual and the Comedy special. 

Collects all six of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE's essential Specials.

Woot! I get to read all the specials without buying them all individually. I loved the historical episodes involving the cycle of the gods. My favorite was definitely the murder mystery set in 1923. The mix of comic panels and text passages was a fun change for the usual format. I also really enjoyed the Romantic story modeled on the creation of Frankenstein. Really really loved this collection. Now I have to wait until the fall to get the final trade of the series.

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