The clinic has a wall covered in words. They are written in the blood of men, but no one can read them. Mia gets her first apartment. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.
Rated T+
Schiti understands the dynamic and plays them both up, maximizing the pivotal suffering of the story. Balanced with Gracias coloring, which plays the two palettes of magic for stunning contrast, the issue is a rich entry into the wider tapestry. Each of these elements compounds to reach the full tragedy of magic's cost, filtered through the lens of Mia in her role as a budding mage. As this title moves to its conclusion in issue #8, let this review serve as a reminder to pick it up and read it for some career-best work from Hickman, Schiti, and the rest of the creative team. Read Full Review
Schiti delivers beautiful art on every page of the issue. I love the visual style of this issue and how brilliantly detailed every panel is. Read Full Review
It's a shame G.O.D.S. is only listed as having eight issues because self-contained stories like this one prove Hickman and Schiti have a great concept on their hands that could flourish with a hundred issues or more. The concept of roaming wizards and science experts uncovering dark truths that lay behind the facade of reality is excellent, as revealed in this issue. Read Full Review
G.O.D.S. #5 is the most streamlined, quickest read issue of Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schti, and Marvel Gracia's high-concept Marvel Comics series thus far. Read Full Review
G.O.D.S. #5 puts the brakes on the In-Betweener's reality-destroying plans for Wyn and Mia to make a magical errand. Mia's character growth is the highlight of this series, and the rollercoaster of emotions she experiences in this issue is thoroughly engaging, but Hickman's lackadaisical plot development is starting to wear thin. Read Full Review
I'm still not sure about the series as a whole, but this issue flawlessly delivers a genuinely cool, eminently readable, self-contained episode that propels the broader story forward. Good dialogue, great art. This is it. This is what peak comics performance looks like. I don't even *care* about this series, but I can't walk away when it's going this hard.
Plot
Wyn asks Mia for help in locating Dimitri, who disappeared upon entering a Mystery Clinic.
In this place the nurses recruit men who have a relationship with magic and activate a magical element that makes these men channels that transmit a message from an unknown being, each man reveals a letter. Dimitri is trapped in this place due to carelessness.
This clinic is spooky and mixes technology with magic in a balance of Lovecraftian cosmic terror.
Mia manages to convince the head nurse to return Dimitri to her, for that she uses a mixture of magical powers with scientists from the two reality factions TNOOT and TPTB.
Mia discovers that although she has magical abilities she can never be pa more
As comic writers go, Jonathan Hickman is a god among men.
A really fun issue with a bit of a crazy ending, in my opinion. I've been loving this series and this issue was no different. I enjoyed the dynamic between Wyn and Maria here, as I think Hickman wrote both characters well. This is very much a self-contained story with a bit of overarching plot sprinkled in, and it's my favorite issue yet.
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