The Magic Order #5 Review

Writer: Mark Millar / Artist: Olivier Coipel / Image Comics The Magic Order returns with it’s 5th installment, and boiiiii is it the deception of the century! Mark Millar ushered in this brave new magical world with grace, and issue by issue dropped glorious moments of dope storytelling, innovative ideas, all while remaining true to the strained family dynamic this story is based on. The Magic Order #5 goes hard in the jaw dropping paint and leaves you devastated when the gut-wrenching twist goes down. Slight Spoilers be Flippin Taxis Like a Coin Toss This is most definitely Gabriel’s coming out episode. Well, technically it’s Regan’s, as we find out he’s got a boyfriend, but back to Gabriel, the keeper of the magical sauce. He got bae to safety and finally decided to dust off his old Desert Eagle wand and bring the static to Madame Albany’s front door with his siblings by his side. To get the jump on her, Albany’s poor ol’ gatekeeper becomes the subject of ruin. My favorite aspect of this scene is that Cordelia and Regal are utterly in awe when Gabriel flips the switch from grieving father to wand wielding monster!

We’ve been waiting so long for Gabriel to find his inner beast and come to his family’s aid, so when it goes down you get this overwhelming feeling of hype for the fam and hope for the future. With the help of Coipel’s astounding backdrops, Millar sprinkles in another amazing spell that these Moonstone’s have up their sleeve, and this one’s a literary doozy! Reg…