![]() ![]() So new vampires can walk around in sunlight, turn into panthers and all kinds of crazy stuff. But this is new magic, with no set rules and guidelines like before. Then in season nine, she spent all that time restoring magic to the world. To recap what’s happened so far, in season eight, Buffy had to eliminate magic from the Earth to save it. But basically, the family is back together. Best of all, Buffy has her Watcher Giles back, even if he is stuck in the body of a twelve year old. ![]() She’s got her sister back (who almost vanished the previous season, due to being created by magic which went away) her friends Willow and Xander at her side again, and even Spike is behaving. As it says in the opening recap of the issue, season ten finds Buffy Summers in the best place she’s been emotionally in a long, long time. While I enjoyed aspects of the seasons eight and nine, both of those seasons forgot that ultimately, Buffy still has to have a sense of fun and family underneath all the angst and drama. With crisp, clean lines, a cinematic sensibility, and terrific panel layout, the dynamic duo manages to lend a certain kinetic quality to Gillen’s script that keeps the action moving and the visuals exciting.Īlthough only a debut issue, Gillen has managed to sink his narrative hooks deep into my brain and make me crave more, and thanks to that artwork, I’ll have plenty to drool over until issue #2 makes its way into my hot little hands.īuffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 10, #4 | Dark Horse Comics | Christos Gage, Nicholas Brendon, Rebekah Isaacsįour issues in, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 10 might be my favorite Buffy comic book season yet. And, of course, none of this would matter if it weren’t for Jamie McKelvie and Matthew Wilson’s stellar artwork. It’s not just the ominous finger snap, but a reference in and of itself to its rhythmic power and the thrall that music can hold over us. Obviously, they command an incredible amount of power, but what about super powers? One snap of Luci’s fingers and two exploding heads later, we have our answer. Within the first issue, we’re introduced to a Thin White Duke-esque Lucifer, a Rihanna-ian version of Sekhmet, and a Lady Gaga-esque Amaterasu, as well as their legions of devoted followers who derive an orgasmic pleasure (sometimes literally) from being in their presence. That isn’t to say that Gillen doesn’t lampoon many of the sillier tropes to be found within celebrity culture, but he does so in a natural way that manages to draw you deeper into the story. However, as the book’s tagline reminds us, “Just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever.” It’s a wildly prescient, insightful, and downright entertaining book that manages to put youth culture and its ever-deepening obsession with celebrity and grandeur under the microscope without simultaneously sarcastically thumbing its nose at its subject matter. The book’s core conceit is a simple one, at first blush: every 2 years, 12 gods from pantheons across the world are reincarnated as teenage pop stars. The Wicked + The Divine #1 | Image Comics | Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Clayton CowlesĮver since John Lennon declared the Beatles to be “more popular than Jesus” back in 1966, there’s been a tangible deification of pop stars and celebrities, which is exactly what Kieron Gillen is putting under the microscope in their so-called “poptimist” exploration of the superhero genre, The Wicked + The Divine. ![]() But what’s that? You want more immediate gratification? Well, you’re in luck because it’s Comic Book Day and that means another edition of the Pull List to light your way through the murk and the mire to find those will-o-the-wisps you’re looking for in your local comic book store. ![]() If our exclusive previews of Batman ’66 Meets the Green Hornet and Wonder Woman #32 weren’t enough, then surely the news of Archaia’s Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Witches mini-series is right up your alley. Superman: Dawn of Justice? Who knows?! What we do know is that there’s plenty of reasons to celebrate being a comic book reader this week. Will Jason Momoa be playing Aquaman in Batman v. ![]()
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