One by one, The Magic Order have been murdered, paying the price for Cordelia Moonstone using black magic back in volume one. Now she's forced to turn to the most unlikely allies in a bid to make sure the Earth remains protected when she's gone.
As usual, Magic Order doesn't disappoint, and this installment makes for an early standout of this arc. Hopefully, Millar is just teasing with this title as there's no need to draw the curtain on this title anytime soon if he's got these kinds of fun stories still up his sleeve. Read Full Review
Overall, this is another stellar issue that leaves us with an exciting cliffhanger, keeping us all guessing until the next one. Read Full Review
THE MAGIC ORDER (VOL. 5) #3 unveils the hidden agenda behind the assassination attempts, skyrocketing the scale and stakes of the arc. Mark Millar's script presents an easy charm that blends realism and surrealism for a fascinating tale, and Matteo Buffagni's art fits the script perfectly. Read Full Review
Plot
The Fellowship of The Bell hires another hitman to eliminate Cordelia, his name is SKIN WALKER SAM, he is a sorcerer trapped in the body of a dog who possesses several people and whose bodies remain human but their heads are those of dogs.
On the other hand Cordelia, Clyde and Martina investigate a discovery of missing children, all those skinned bodies whose skulls are exposed. This massacre is carried out by Samuel Mott the High Priest of the supposedly dissolved sect Fellowship of The Bell, his objective is to get a bell that will end the light and bring the Gods of Antiquity to our world, these bells are inside the skulls of certain children, the Lovecraftian direction that this series is taking is BRILLIANT.
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