Dragon Age: Magekiller #5

Dragon Age: Magekiller #5

by Greg Rucka, Carmen Carnero (Artist), Michael Atiyeh (Colorist)

On Lelianas orders, Marius and Tessa must take on an impossible task . . . a task that could mean life or death for the Inquisitor! Corypheus and the destruction of Thedas looms . . . but has the path our heroes have chosen to follow given them peace? The final battle rages, with the world's future at stake!

"In the hands of Greg Rucka, one of the best comics writers out there -- and a big fan of BioWare and Dragon Age -- it seems like its well on the way to delivering." - Polygon

Genres: Comics, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Video Games, Fiction

25 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 20, 2016

About the author

Greg Rucka, is an American comic book writer and novelist, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, Batwoman: Detective Comics, and the miniseries Superman: World of New Krypton for DC Comics, and for novels such as his Queen & Country series.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not a whole lot of story and it makes me wonder how it's going to wrap up in the next/last issue. Even capitalizing on the Inquisition's large and detailed story and harkening back to its characters and monsters, I still don't really get any sort of idea of what the main plot of this graphic novel is supposed to be.

This issue is basically: Let's clear the way for the Inquisitor and not die while doing so. Oh, and some of these people love/depend on each other.

I did give this extra points for making me want to play DAI again though.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Originally, Magekiller was supposed to be six issues – or that's what the solicitations said, anyways. So I'm a little disappointed that it cut off at only five, because the ending doesn't feel particularly... satisfying. I mean, I know how it ends and what comes after, but that's because I've played Inquisition through twice now, and I know how it ends. Still, I had fun with it and for what it was, I just wish that there had been more of it.

[Jennifer Melzer · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fantastic adventure to coincide with the Inquisition. Loved Marius and Tessa and hope we see more of them later!

[Solace Winter · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the better issues.

[Chris Conley · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's good, and it fills in some small gaps in the overall story.

[Froda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love fill-in-the-blanks type stories, and Sutherland's appearance was welcome. Minor characters make my heart flutter.

[Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like Tessa and Marius and can only hope that this means that they'll be part of the next game. Because, honestly, what else was the point?

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

Really unsatisfying conclusion to what started out as one of the best comics I've read. The plot of the first two issues completely dropped off in #3 and is never resolved. Each issue after 2 has very little story to it, and the final volume has the least of all. Marius and Tessa go on one final mission, finally realizing they are more than partners: they're friends. And the story just ends. I'm disappointed...but I did like that Tessa ended up being a lesbian character and her girlfriend is an elf, cause that was cute AF.

This comic had such promise but the conclusion just dwindled down into nothing. This series begs for fan fiction fixes. lol

[Andy Hickman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dragon Age: Magekiller
Very good story ***

#5 - "I hate going into battle CONFUSED. I don't need my HEART and my HEAD getting into a knife fight."

[Mara Burke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Makes me nostalgic for Inquisition :) the desire to replay the video game is so strong after reading this series !

[Corey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mage Killer really is significantly more talented at portraying the actual impact of The Breach than Inquisition itself ever was

[Otso Rasimus · Rating 2 out of 5]

What happened? The first two parts of Magekiller were kind of promising, it seemed like there was this cool original side story in the world of Dragon Age. Then the plot was quickly scrapped and it turned into a crappy tie-in to the latest game...