‘The Magic Order 2 #1’ Review

Writer: Mark Millar / Artist:  Stuart Immonen / Image Comics Mark Miller is back on his mystical spellcasting, brutal imagery, and foul-mouthed gangster wizards flow with the 2nd volume! Cordelia has usurped the throne from her father after taking out Madame Albany and her wild henchmen. Gabriel’s daughter was then brought back to life after her dad’s selfless sacrifice. The Magic Order is back at full strength, and they’ll need it after the next threat surfaces with their eyes on chaos. The Magic Order 2 #1 very much felt like the season premiere that sets up the madness that lies ahead. But I’ll be Bast damned if I’m ever gonna be upset about a setup that contained so many tidbits of greatness to nibble on! Mark Millar was out here throwing catnip to comic book felines like Puerto Ricans throw bread to birds rats with wings in the Bronx. 

First off, we not gonna act like Mark Millar hasn’t been using the most cherished souls in our lives to elicit wildly harrowing feelings of fear and worry. That child who casually Chucky murdered his sleeping pops in the opening panels of Vol. 1, issue #1 had me straight shookums, and the twisted scene that went down in this one is bout to give me nightmares. I don’t know if this trend is intentional, but it’s a hell of a tactic that I cannot help but love and hate at the same dam time! While the demonic child moments have been wonderfully warped, the itch I cannot get rid of in the villainous part of my mi…