Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #28

This review contains spoilers. This is a very tightly plotted issue, with moments of foreshadowing paid off panels or pages later. Cassandra talks with David about his son, it’s revealed that Woden is his son. Woden flashes back to Sakhmet…

Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #27

This review contains spoilers. “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” This is a quote by British politician and writer Lord Acton and also kind of the theme of The Wicked + The Divine #27, as the gods…

Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #26

  This review contains spoilers. There are two drastically opposing forces at play in The Wicked + The Divine #26: action and inaction. The first half of this issue is action as Amaterasu, Persephone, and Baal fight off the Great…

Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #25

In The Wicked + The Divine #25, structure is the name of the game. The majority of the issue is a conversation between Persephone, Urdr, and Woden, as they set out the rules for their shaky alliance in the brand…

Issue Review: The Wicked + The Divine #24

This article contains mild spoilers. Although technically issue #23 started off the next “phase” of The Wicked + The Divine, titled “Imperial Phase,” issue #24 feels more like a proper start—a fact that’s both good and slightly annoying. Despite not much…