Written by: Jonathan Hickman
Artwork by: Valerio Schiti
Colours by: Marte Gracia
Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
Cowl artwork by: Mateus Manhanini
Cowl worth: $4.99
Launch date: December 20, 2023
GODS #3 converges the magical and scientifically eclectic group of gamers in The Library Of Worlds to debate a troubling improvement inside the realm of the gods.
Is GODS #3 Good?
I don’t know if GODS #3 is sweet or not since you get the sensation issues are taking place, however Hickman is making an attempt very onerous to make each improvement as esoteric and non-linear as potential. The visible presentation helps floor Hickman’s ethereal plot construction and dialog, however I defy anybody to succinctly describe what occurred on this difficulty.
When final we left the meeting, Aiko recruited Mia, a pupil with pure skills to replenish the Pure-Order-Of-Issues’ ranks after they had been decimated by the Babylon Occasion. In the meantime, Wyn and Physician Unusual investigated Cubisk Core’s background to be taught who created the proto-mage and why, elevating issues about impending hassle of a a lot increased order.
Now, Wyn and Physician Unusual prepare a gathering at The Library Of Worlds with Dr. Cercle and Aiko to debate his findings and presumably kind a joint operation to do… one thing. In the meantime, Dimitri and Mia get acquainted when the god Oblivion enters the Library to do… one thing. Concurrently, Amanda, who’s the following in an extended line of Cassandras, breaks into the Library and kills a person holding a small object, additionally referred to as Oblivion, as a result of the item will do… one thing.
If you happen to haven’t caught the trace, Hickman does an incredible job of exhibiting you that one thing is occurring, however he goes out of his method to make what’s taking place is unclear or based mostly on some hidden that means that doesn’t get defined.
What’s nice about GODS #3? Valerio Schiti’s artwork is excellent. You could not perceive what’s taking place, however not less than Schiti makes undefined weirdness look good. Additionally, in equity to Hickman, the story does really feel like massive issues are taking place on a cosmic scale.
What’s not so nice about GODS #3? If you happen to pine for the times when you may simply sit down and spend 20 minutes studying a comic book that’s enjoyable, entertaining, and thrilling, keep away from GODS #3. A part of the confusion Hickman creates comes by the use of flowery narration and unnecessarily imprecise plot developments. A high-concept story has its place, generally in comics, however the that means behind the excessive idea ought to nonetheless be gettable. Hickman’s attain could have exceeded his grasp on this one.
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GODS #3 tries very onerous to be esoteric, high-concept, and fancy, however the finish result’s visually partaking, energetic, and sometimes tedious or complicated. I admire that Hickman is making an attempt to construct out a whole mystical aspect to the Marvel Universe, however fancy weirdness ought to by no means come on the expense of readability or leisure.