Ordinary Gods, Volume 1: God Spark

by Kyle Higgins, Joe Clark, Felipe Watanabe, Frank William

Overview

For fans of THE OLD GUARD and GOD COUNTRY comes a globe-spanning action epic from writers KYLE HIGGINS (RADIANT BLACK) and JOE CLARK and artist FELIPE WATANABE (The Flash), with backup stories by JANA TROPPER! Five gods from a realm beyond our own, leaders in the “War of Immortals.” Trapped on a planet made into a prison, forced into an endless cycle of human death and reincarnation. Christopher is 22. He’s got two loving parents and a 12-year-old sister. He works at a paint store. He’s in therapy. He’s one of the Five. To save everything he cares about, Christopher will have to reconnect with his past lives and do the unthinkable: become a god again. Collects ORDINARY GODS #1-6

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534323667
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	02/16/2022
Series:	Ordinary Gods
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	91 MB
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About the Author

Kyle Higgins is a #1 New York Times bestselling author best known for his work on DC Comics’ Batman titles as well as his critically-acclaimed reinventions of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers for Boom! Studios and Ultraman for Marvel Comics. RADIANT BLACK is Kyle’s fourth series for Image Comics.

Joe Clark is a Chicago-based writer known for his work on Ordinary Gods and Radiant Black. He is also an award-winning composer, arranger, and trumpeter whose first work in comics was the soundtrack The C.O.W.L. Sessions. Other recordings include Lush, Arcana: This Sounds Like Us, Sisters in Song with Nicole Cabell & Alyson Cambridge, and the upcoming Black and Cardinal.

Editorial Reviews

03/07/2022

Past lives and old enemies come back to haunt the heroes of this high-concept, globe-spanning jaunt, another collaboration from Higgins and Watanabe (Radiant Black), with Clark as cowriter. Christopher is 22 years old, worried that nothing he’ll do matters, and depressed because of it. But then his 12-year-old little sister, Brianna, murders his whole family. Rescued by a mysterious fighter named Dominic, Christopher is informed by Dominic and Sareh, the head of a powerful organization, that he’s actually a god trapped in a cycle of reincarnation in the prison that is Earth. He’s tasked with destroying this Earth-prison and leading a group of five other gods against an immortal tyrant, the One King. Only by doing this can Christopher unbind Brianna from the being who is controlling her body and is hell-bent on killing him. There’s a lot to admire in this ambitious outing: Watanabe’s art makes excellent use of negative space, and the ample dramatic action and worldbuilding will entice high fantasy fans. However, as the narrative jumps away from Christopher and his gang to flashbacks and side characters—with convenient plot devices employed along the way—character development falls behind, and when the gods realize their immortality, they seem to lose their personalities. This one has too much supernatural drama and not enough human touch. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly