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8. The Wicked + The Divine

One of the weirdest and most unique comics on the stands right now, and one I can’t help but recommend with all my heart. Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie weave a story of legends and mythology and abuse of power.

Meet the Pantheon, a circle of gods and goddesses who are reincarnated every 100 years. They are loved, they are idolized, and, as the book tells us early on, they’ll all be dead within two years. But the gods are reincarnated, not as immortal beings, but as (for the most part) pop stars. That might sound ridiculous, and it kind of is, but in a really, really good way.

Our protagonist is just a star-obsessed fan girl at first, but eventually it becomes apparent there’s something bigger at hand. Wic/Div does so much beautiful handcrafted work with the medium, it’s almost offensive.

Honestly, I’d hold up issue #14, The Re-Re-Remix, as one of the most mind-blowingly innovative things I’ve ever seen in a comic book.