Die: Loaded #2

by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans (Artist)

A party separated. Can they find each other? Can they find themselves? Can Kieron write solicits which sound intriguing without giving away the specifics of the story? The answers are "read to find out", "read to find out", and "you tell me", respectively.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Comics

Kindle Edition

Published December 17, 2025

About the author

Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.

Reviews

[Craig Schorling · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another stellar issue in the art department. The story is also very compelling. Sophie and Molly have a fun chemistry.

[AJ Easterday · Rating 4 out of 5]

Stephanie Hans's art only gets better and better! This is such a gorgeous issue!

I am really enjoying following Sophie as the protagonist of this series. I like how different she is from Ash in the original Die series. ai like how flawed she is. I also like that we are following characters that have not been to Die before so this is all knew to them, unlike the crew from the last series which had been there before. Even though this is a sequel series, Kieron Gillen is doing a great job so far of making everything feel fresh instead of rehashing beats from the previous series.

[Samhain · Rating 4 out of 5]

I keep reminding myself that DIE is purposefully hard to follow, with philosophical dialogue one might not fully understand on the first read because one doesn't have all the info on the characters and where they're coming from. But, to be quite honest, this issue felt a bit too much like a parody of DIE. The entire take on what art as a Master would be was a bit too meta.

I hope it starts being its own thing soon and doesn't rely too much on us being invested in Angela to make us care for her kid's tragedy. Give me more reasons to care for them. Make me feel the desperation of Sophie so when she's faced with saving herself or saving Molly, I do care for real instead of just being like “oh this will kill any chance Angela and Sol had at rebuilding their sibling relationship”, which is so far the only true investment I have in these characters.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m mid on this new series.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

It looks like we're assembling the party in this first volume. It's a fine continuation, but definitely part of the middle. And reading single issues, the ending is so abrupt!