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The Wicked + The Divine (Issues)
The Wicked + The Divine #3
Laura has no choice. She has to go underground to find the goth-goth-gothity-goth of the Morrigan. Is this the most ill-advised underworld-related decision since Orpheus decided to see how Eurydice was doing in the back seat? To find out, read the comic that people are literally calling "The one by GILLEN/MCKELVIE/WILSON with the very long title."
31 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 20, 2014
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Kieron Gillen
1,478 books1,912 followersKieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.
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October 2, 2025
(A-) 80% | Very Good
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-5 can be found here: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act.
Notes: Read in trade paperback. Collective review for issues #1-5 can be found here: The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act.
July 19, 2020
The writing is so small to my poor eyes😭
August 21, 2014
Get the issue with the green cover of The Morrigan staring at you. It’s a great cover in itself (holy crap, the covers for this series have been stunning!) but wait ‘til you see the transformation when you turn the page - I won’t spoil the surprise but it’s like a dark flipbook!
So, The Wicked + The Divine follows a dozen gods who get reincarnated every ninety years, live for two years, and then die. This time around they’ve been reincarnated as rock/pop/hip hop/dance stars. But one of them is dead and Lucifer has been framed. It’s up to Laura, her biggest fangirl, to help her find the killer.
In this issue Laura’s search has taken her to an abandoned underground station where she was expecting to see someone called The Morrigan but things have gone tits up and a fire god called Baphomet is waiting instead. Another god called Badb shows up and the two battle before the riot squad appear and everything goes black…
This is the first issue in The Wicked + The Divine that I haven’t totally loved. The idea of two gods battling underground seems cooler than the way Kieron Gillen’s written it here. In this issue, it comes off as a bit dull with no stakes really established and no clear idea of why they’re fighting. Badb’s got an interesting way of speaking though - kind of like she’s beatboxing the whole time. After the action’s over, Luci and Cass talk through the list of suspects in a really mundane fashion and then the issue’s over.
Jamie McKelvie’s art and Matthew Wilson’s colours are still totally incredible. McKelvie seems like he’s really enjoying playing with the comic, using negative space effectively, mixing up the panel sizes imaginatively - wide panels for cinematic action scenes, regular 6-8 panel grids for talky scenes - and throwing in splash pages to plateau the pacing.
Gillen’s writing is usually more engaging than it is here which, combined with McKelvie/Wilson’s work, has made this series one hell of a follow-up to Young Avengers. #3 though is a bit of a yawner and I found myself losing interest at not even the halfway point.
Also, I’ve gotten a song I’d forgotten out of each issue so far (#1 = The Beatles’ I Saw Her Standing There, #2 = Hole’s Celebrity Skin) and with #3 I got nothing. Maybe Eminem’s Lose Yourself at a stretch but no real strong song impression for this comic, which is disappointing.
I’m still definitely in for this series but The Wicked + The Divine #3 is a dip in quality compared to the previous two issues’ brilliance.
So, The Wicked + The Divine follows a dozen gods who get reincarnated every ninety years, live for two years, and then die. This time around they’ve been reincarnated as rock/pop/hip hop/dance stars. But one of them is dead and Lucifer has been framed. It’s up to Laura, her biggest fangirl, to help her find the killer.
In this issue Laura’s search has taken her to an abandoned underground station where she was expecting to see someone called The Morrigan but things have gone tits up and a fire god called Baphomet is waiting instead. Another god called Badb shows up and the two battle before the riot squad appear and everything goes black…
This is the first issue in The Wicked + The Divine that I haven’t totally loved. The idea of two gods battling underground seems cooler than the way Kieron Gillen’s written it here. In this issue, it comes off as a bit dull with no stakes really established and no clear idea of why they’re fighting. Badb’s got an interesting way of speaking though - kind of like she’s beatboxing the whole time. After the action’s over, Luci and Cass talk through the list of suspects in a really mundane fashion and then the issue’s over.
Jamie McKelvie’s art and Matthew Wilson’s colours are still totally incredible. McKelvie seems like he’s really enjoying playing with the comic, using negative space effectively, mixing up the panel sizes imaginatively - wide panels for cinematic action scenes, regular 6-8 panel grids for talky scenes - and throwing in splash pages to plateau the pacing.
Gillen’s writing is usually more engaging than it is here which, combined with McKelvie/Wilson’s work, has made this series one hell of a follow-up to Young Avengers. #3 though is a bit of a yawner and I found myself losing interest at not even the halfway point.
Also, I’ve gotten a song I’d forgotten out of each issue so far (#1 = The Beatles’ I Saw Her Standing There, #2 = Hole’s Celebrity Skin) and with #3 I got nothing. Maybe Eminem’s Lose Yourself at a stretch but no real strong song impression for this comic, which is disappointing.
I’m still definitely in for this series but The Wicked + The Divine #3 is a dip in quality compared to the previous two issues’ brilliance.
January 21, 2018
Este tomo me perdió, no le encontré mucha acción, fueron más explicaciones que solo hicieron que me perdiera en la historia
January 2, 2018
WTF is happening?
October 7, 2017
10/6/17
Oh Gentle Annie, you own my heart.
8/20/14
Super quick: if you haven’t read these, my quickie review is: to go read them! The artwork is phenomenal and the writing is excellent.
The quickie summary: 12 gods come to Earth every 90 years taking over a mortal's body, doing miracles and being amazing within it. After two years though, they burn up the bodies, killing the host (and themselves) and leave Earth until they can come back. It's been 90 years, and now, in 2014, they're back.
^^^^ Anything past the above ^^^^ may have spoilers from the first two issues, but none from this one. You’ve been warned.
So in Issue 3, we meet The Morrigan, and those underworld gods are batshit crazy. Clearly living your life in darkness is not a good thing. They are theatrical and ultimately unhelpful to Laura as she tries to help Luci. I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t them.
Laura ends up having to meet back up with Cassandra the reporter to go back over Larua’s notes with what Luci had told her (much of that information wasn’t seen in the second issue, so it was great to read about) about the gods, and who Luci thinks has framed her.
In the end, it doesn’t seem like any of the gods would have framed her, but it’s a clusterfuck of a mess right now, and I’m sure we’ll be meeting the big bad of this story soon.
Luci is still by far my favorite god, and I’m really liking Laura as the main human we follow in this story. Sure, she’s got the teenage angst thing going on for her, but it’s working for her right now. I'll be sure to let you know when it gets annoying.
But as of now, still loving this story! 5/5 stars. Cannot wait to meet the other gods, but I think I want to avoid The Morrigan for a little while.
I would definitely recommend this as a story to try out if you haven't read comics before. I think it's great, but it's been really easy to follow, and since it's new, you can definitely get the first 3 issues right now.
Oh Gentle Annie, you own my heart.
8/20/14
Super quick: if you haven’t read these, my quickie review is: to go read them! The artwork is phenomenal and the writing is excellent.
The quickie summary: 12 gods come to Earth every 90 years taking over a mortal's body, doing miracles and being amazing within it. After two years though, they burn up the bodies, killing the host (and themselves) and leave Earth until they can come back. It's been 90 years, and now, in 2014, they're back.
^^^^ Anything past the above ^^^^ may have spoilers from the first two issues, but none from this one. You’ve been warned.
So in Issue 3, we meet The Morrigan, and those underworld gods are batshit crazy. Clearly living your life in darkness is not a good thing. They are theatrical and ultimately unhelpful to Laura as she tries to help Luci. I don’t know what I expected, but it wasn’t them.
Laura ends up having to meet back up with Cassandra the reporter to go back over Larua’s notes with what Luci had told her (much of that information wasn’t seen in the second issue, so it was great to read about) about the gods, and who Luci thinks has framed her.
In the end, it doesn’t seem like any of the gods would have framed her, but it’s a clusterfuck of a mess right now, and I’m sure we’ll be meeting the big bad of this story soon.
Luci is still by far my favorite god, and I’m really liking Laura as the main human we follow in this story. Sure, she’s got the teenage angst thing going on for her, but it’s working for her right now. I'll be sure to let you know when it gets annoying.
But as of now, still loving this story! 5/5 stars. Cannot wait to meet the other gods, but I think I want to avoid The Morrigan for a little while.
I would definitely recommend this as a story to try out if you haven't read comics before. I think it's great, but it's been really easy to follow, and since it's new, you can definitely get the first 3 issues right now.
August 2, 2015
If you haven't read the 1st & 2nd issue well turn around now because there's spoilers for that but otherwise this is a Spoiler Free review. Everything that is spoiler will be hidden.
So we left off with Laura going to see about The Morrigan but instead of The Morrigan there's Baphomet holding up The Morrigan's severed head
In this edition, I loved Baphomet and his theatrics.(Poor Luci your getting knocked down on my favorite list) I especially like
In this Issue, there's more name dropping of God & Goddesses.
I do hope we get to learn more about them individually and, of course, more background, in general, would be nice.
Also, the picture's in this issue more so than ever had me feeling like I need poster size editions of them.
I am of course looking forward to reading the next Issue soon.
So we left off with Laura going to see about The Morrigan but instead of The Morrigan there's Baphomet holding up The Morrigan's severed head
In this edition, I loved Baphomet and his theatrics.(Poor Luci your getting knocked down on my favorite list) I especially like
In this Issue, there's more name dropping of God & Goddesses.
I do hope we get to learn more about them individually and, of course, more background, in general, would be nice.
Also, the picture's in this issue more so than ever had me feeling like I need poster size editions of them.
I am of course looking forward to reading the next Issue soon.
August 20, 2014
Oh dear, I think I need all those issue covers as posters. Because of reasons.
October 20, 2014
Mhmm, medio confuso.
Me encantó The Morrigan.
Me encantó The Morrigan.
February 18, 2016
The plot thickens. Really interested to see where this goes. (But unfortunately that will have to wait until I get paid so that I can buy the rest of the issues.)
November 27, 2017
4.5 honestly. Sigo sin entender muy bien la cosa, pero... Me gusta.
May 1, 2019
the art is amazing!!!
November 14, 2019
Didn’t like that much .
September 27, 2014
I have to re-read them over again now. Issue #1 hooked me, though I was quite confused. Issue #2 cleared it all up, illuminated some things and got me into the story now I'm all confused again.
August 20, 2014
I feel like yelling unintelligible things.
It's pop culture candy, of course, but it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
It's pop culture candy, of course, but it's sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo good.
November 1, 2014
Aquí me bajo del carro, que aburrimiento.
December 23, 2015
Just going to pretend that I understood that.
August 3, 2016
Mis comics fav. del año. No digo mas. O-M-G
February 10, 2016
Ok....that left me a little confused
July 25, 2023
Is it normal to not understand anything?
Look this world that we are presented here is kind of crazy.
We have ''reincarnated'' gods, magic, art, lgbtq+, drugs and whatever else the author wanted to incorporate and technically is not bad to have these things right?!
It's just that I feel lost.
As if I had skipped a step in the story and had entered in the middle of it. As if I lost the introduction and the summary for this story. Like what the hell Kieron Gillen wants to show? What the hell am I supposed to root for? What should I look for? HELP ME PLEASE!
Look this world that we are presented here is kind of crazy.
We have ''reincarnated'' gods, magic, art, lgbtq+, drugs and whatever else the author wanted to incorporate and technically is not bad to have these things right?!
It's just that I feel lost.
As if I had skipped a step in the story and had entered in the middle of it. As if I lost the introduction and the summary for this story. Like what the hell Kieron Gillen wants to show? What the hell am I supposed to root for? What should I look for? HELP ME PLEASE!
August 7, 2022
Al children me gustaria tener esa inspiracion para esa parte de The Morrigan bien undergrund jaja.
La escena final con Baal fue muy "ese como ya esta muerto" Laura y la preriodista haciendo un trabajo detectivesco con lo que paso con Luci
La escena final con Baal fue muy "ese como ya esta muerto" Laura y la preriodista haciendo un trabajo detectivesco con lo que paso con Luci
November 18, 2017
I’m confused.
December 10, 2018
I didn't understand a thing. But the illustrations are fantastic.
April 1, 2019
71/100
August 17, 2020
The Darkness Envelopes all, I love it.
January 9, 2021
não entendi muito o que aconteceu, mas as ilustrações são lindas
October 20, 2023
Cawpile 7.29 4*
November 13, 2023
I love the artwork and the style of these characters, super punk!
This story is hard to put down and I need more.
This story is hard to put down and I need more.
December 8, 2024
کاش بفهمم چه خبره.
January 26, 2025
Pretty much like the last issue, but more crazy. The Morrigan is cool but I just wish I knew more about what all they were referencing with her different aspects and such.
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