Magdalena: Reformation

Magdalena: Reformation #1-4

by Tini Howard, Ryan Cady, Christian Dibari (Contributor)

For centuries, the Magdalena has stood as the last bastion of Christ's bloodline, wielding the Spear of Destiny against the forces of evil. When Patience, the current Magdalena, is sidelined in a near-fatal battle with a demon, it falls to her to find her own replacement. Enter Maya Dos Santos - a metalhead community college slacker - with holy blood in her veins. She is Risen.
Collecting issues 1 through 4.

Genres: Comics, Urban Fantasy, Graphic Novels

120 pages, Paperback

First published August 30, 2017

Reviews

[Paul Allard · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reasonably good comic collection continuing the Image tradition

Bringing back the Magdalena character from the Image comics of last century, this collection is reasonably interesting as it deals with how the mantle of the Magdalena is passed on with an appropriate amount of demons involved.

Unfortunately the artwork is not as good nor clear as in previous incarnations and that sorted of spoilt the general end result. It's OK but nothing particularly special.

[Rob McMonigal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Early Tini Howard shows how great a writer she'll become, especially writing about characters who resist the instructions of their elders or who want to live their own lives and things get messy.

Unfortunately, the art is also a little messy and appears not to be finished before colors were applied, which drags this down a lot for me.

Still, a great formative comic for Tini and thus, definitely worth seeking out.

[Rebecca · Rating 5 out of 5]

I left a more detailed review of the first issue. In summary, the team’s work is spectacular, the story works in a four-issue arc, and Maya is an excellent new Magdalena.