The Wicked and the Devine
Publisher: Image
Writer: Keron Gillen
Artist: Jamie McKelvie
Release Date: 6/18/2014, ongoing series
The gods, from more than one ancient religion, return to earth every 50 years for 2 years. They have fun, raise hell and die. This seems to give the ultimate meaning to the phase, ‘Live hard, die young and leave a good looking copse.’
It is also a hell of a fun ride so far three issues in.
Lucifer is a female god, in jail for supposedly blowing up a judge’s head by snapping her fingers. Only she claims innocence. Only one person believes her, a starry-eye college student, Laura, who makes a deal with Lucifer.
Now, Laura sets off to prove Lucifer’s innocence, if she is indeed innocent of the crime. Threw Laura’s eyes we learn more about the Gods and experience what she experiences. We see The Wicked and The Devine.
The Devine may be more wicked then the Wicked.
The Wicked and the Devine is more and less then what it seems. One may think that this is a title about the Gods, but they are not really front and center. This is a title more about Laura, what she experiences in her interactions with the Gods. It is also part crime book, as Laura delves deeper into the pantheon of Gods trying to discover who framed Lucifer.
One question remains, is Laura being set up, is Lucifer guilty after all?
The writing is Wickedly good, with a nice plot and well-defined characters. The art is Devine, looking crisp and clean like one thinks a god would.
Rating: 7
Final thought: Since when is Lucifer a god?
Ace Masters
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