The Wicked + The Divine (Issues)
Series · 54
books · 2014-2019
Books in series
#1
The Wicked + The Divine #1
2014
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critically thermonuclear floor-fillers Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to start a new ongoing superhero fantasy with a beautiful oversized issue. Welcome to THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, where gods are the ultimate pop stars. But remember: just because you're immortal, doesn't mean you're going to live forever.
#2
The Wicked + The Divine #2
2014
Diabolically divine pop-god Lucifer is in trouble. She offers superfan Laura an unprecedented deal if she helps. It’s a bargain. A Faustian bargain, and they always turn out so well. Who knows who Laura will turn to fulfill it? We do. Clearly. It’s our comic. You can know too if you buy this fine pictorial narrative with your human money coins.
#3
The Wicked + The Divine #3
2014
Laura has no choice. She has to go underground to find the goth-goth-gothity-goth of the Morrigan. Is this the most illadvised underworld-related decision since Orpheus decided to see how Eurydice was doing in the back seat? To find out, read the comic that people are literally calling "The one by GILLEN/MCKELVIE/WILSON with the very long title."
#4
The Wicked + The Divine #4
2014
The mystery is solved. But does pop-god Lucifer like the answer? The answer is a word that rhymes with “Go”, “Blow” and “Pro”. If you think the answer rhymes with “Cow” I applaud you for your unconventional nature. It’s good to experiment. We’re experimenting with being Awesome for four issues in a row. JOIN US.
#5
The Wicked + The Divine #5
2014
Showtime.
#6
The Wicked + The Divine #6
2014
The Faust Act is over. Welcome to Fandemonium. The second arc of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE begins with issue #6 in its traditional manner (i.e. a ludicrous pun) and something like “nothing will ever be the same again.” But if you think about it, you can say that about literally everything, ever. Also, some comic story. Probably.
#7
The Wicked + The Divine #7
2015
Last year, before The Recurrence, fans gathered from their lonely worlds at RAGNAROCK to wonder whether the gods were really about to return or not. Now, as the next RAGNAROCK approaches, everyone knows things are different. What’s more, there are two gods still to emerge. Will anyone there get “lucky?” Look at us whistle, shuffle feet, and avoid eye contact.
#8
The Wicked + The Divine #8
2015
Now the eleventh god is here, it’s time to party. You’re invited. Everyone’s invited. We can sleep when we’re dead—but when you’ll be dead within two years, you may as well turn up in your pyjamas. After seven issues of egomaniacs, it’s time for an issue where the crowd is the star.
#9
The Wicked + The Divine #9
2015
It's time for a private audience with Ananke, she who has protected and judged the Pantheon for thousands of years. Yes, it's time for an interview... with an umpire. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Also: Baphomet being all goth and having a nice little mope.
#10
The Wicked + The Divine #10
2015
Ragnarock is finally here. The show to end all shows promises to be a lovely experience for all the gods…wait. Oh noes! Jamie and Matt have drawn Baphomet drenched in blood on the cover. What a hilarious internal communication error. I’m sure it’s a mistake and nothing to do with the story whatsoever.
#11
The Wicked + The Divine #11
2015
The end of Fandemonium. The end of Ragnarock. The end of the arc. The start of something else. Everything’s going to be okay.
#12
The Wicked + The Divine #12
2015
The aftershocks from the Fandemonium apocalypse are tearing the gods apart. Join us for a new arc of guest artists working alongside Team WicDiv, starting with KATE BROWN (Young Avengers).
#13
The Wicked + The Divine #13
2015
There’s one god missing in our story. It’s time to finally meet Tara, Goddess of God-knows. Also, meet TULA LOTAY (SUPREME: BLUE ROSE) who joins Team WicDiv as the second guest artist in our Eisner Nominated Series. We had to mention the Eisner nom. We are shameless.
#14
The Wicked + The Divine #14
2015
Behind the music, Woden’s stayed back from the spotlight. But in this issue? We look beneath the mask. Shall we say it’s the most audacious and experimental issue of WicDiv yet? I think so.
#15
The Wicked + The Divine #15
2015
STEPHANIE HANS's Amaterasu alternate cover was so stunning we figured doing a whole issue of that would be a good idea. Plus JAMIE and MATT on a back-up, obv.
#16
The Wicked + The Divine #16
2015
The Morrigan is receiving visitors, including LEILA DEL DUCA (SHUTTER). Plus a back-up by JAMIE and MATT. Suffice to say, this one is NONE MORE GOTH.
#17
The Wicked + The Divine #17
2015
In the last of our guest issues, we're joined by Brandon Graham (PROPHET, ISLAND, MULTIPLE WARHEADS) to slink closer to the mysterious and oft-murderous Sakhmet.
Plus a back up by Jamie and Matt.
Also... the end of an arc? You know WicDiv. Expect big game changers and/or Sakhmet having a nice purr.
#18
The Wicked + The Divine #18
2016
An ideal jumping-on point. Persephone, live. The question is, will it be for more than one night?
Don't call it a comeback, as JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON return to THE WICKED THE DIVINE for the most rock-and-roll everything-explodes arc of the hit series.
#19
The Wicked + The Divine #19
2016
“RISING ACTION,” Part Two
Gods of the Underworld, in the Underworld. Perfectly safe now. Definitely. Stuff definitely doesn't explode. That doesn't happen.
#20
The Wicked + The Divine #20
2016
“RISING ACTION,” Part Three
So... why is Laura still alive anyway?
#21
The Wicked + The Divine #21
2016
"RISING ACTION," Part Four FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! But don't worry, it's probably a metaphor for the creative process or the Hegelian dialectic or something clever so we'll still get taken seriously. FIGHT!
#22
The Wicked + The Divine #22
2016
END OF STORY ARC. “RISING ACTION,” Conclusion
A little extreme violence never hurt anyone.
#23
The Wicked + The Divine #23
2016
NEW STORY "IMPERIAL PHASE I," Part One Welcome to the November 2014 issue of Pantheon Monthly. Exclusive interviews with all your favorite gods. Plus! The first photographs of the Morrigan ever!
#24
The Wicked + The Divine #24
2016
"IMPERIAL PHASE (I)," Part Two It's January 1st. Happy New Year. For a WicDiv-ian value of happy.
#25
The Wicked + The Divine #25
2017
IMPERIAL PHASE (I), Part Three The comic that says, "What could possibly go wrong?" and then looks at the camera and stares until we all start crying releases another issue.
#26
The Wicked + The Divine #26
2017
IMPERIAL PHASE (I), Part Four Once more we return to the polling booth. One god, one vote. I'm sure it'll be fine. Democracy always works, right?
#27
The Wicked + The Divine #27
2017
IMPERIAL PHASE (I), Part Five: Sex and drugs and rock and roll and sex and drugs and rock and roll and sex and drugs (cont.).
#28
The Wicked + The Divine #28
2017
END OF STORY ARC. “IMPERIAL PHASE (I),” Part Six. and sex and drugs and rock and roll and sex and drugs and rock and roll and sex and drugs and end.
#29
The Wicked + The Divine #29
2017
NEW STORY ARC Regrets, I've had a few, but then again, too many to fit in the scant time I have remaining, so what's a girl to do? The party's over. The party never ends. A hangover that just won't go away opens IMPERIAL PHASE (Part II). Heaven help us all.
#30
The Wicked + The Divine #30
2017
Wherein Dionysus sits in the darkness for most of an issue, but in an awesome way. Honestly, you'll love it. Also: other stuff.
#31
The Wicked + The Divine #31
2017
“IMPERIAL PHASE (II),” Part Three A nice lie-in. An awesome gig three friends have worked really hard on. A day trip to a museum enlivened when some old chums turn up. Everything continues to be lovely for the gods in “IMPERIAL PHASE.”
#32
The Wicked + The Divine #32
2017
IMPERIAL PHASE II Part Four It's time for a "Wait—he's doing what? But he's...yes! No! Oh no! But then she did the—and WHATTAAATATAT? I think I'll sit down and have a cup of herbal tea" issue.
#33
The Wicked + The Divine #33
2017
"IMPERIAL PHASE II," Conclusion There's only one thing all Imperial Phases share. They end. Ours does too.
#34
The Wicked + The Divine
Christmas Annual #1
2017
JAMIE said “It's a shame we never saw any of the gods' early funtimes,” and KIERON said “Yeah,” and then they looked at each other, and then called all their talented friends to do a Christmas album of (mostly) fan service! Inanna and Baal getting it on! Lucifer and Sakhmet getting it on! Dionysus giving Baphomet a lift in a crappy car! And more! This one has it all.
#35
The Wicked + The Divine #34
2018
"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part OneIt's around 6,000 years ago. It's never happened before. Let's talk about that.
#36
The Wicked + The Divine #35
2018
"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part Two Once More We Return to the Once More We Return.
#37
The Wicked + The Divine #36
2018
"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part ThreeOne day we'll reveal a happy secret, like a Secret Santa, but not today.
#38
The Wicked + The Divine #37
2018
"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part Four None More Goth.
#39
The Wicked + The Divine #38
2018
"MOTHERING INVENTION," Part Five We'll probably call this episode “In-Between Days,” just to make Jamie happy. Jamie deserves to be happy. Meanwhile, Kieron has to reread The White Goddess, as he deserves to suffer.
#40
The Wicked + The Divine #39
2018
END OF STORY ARC “MOTHERING INVENTION”.
Well, it’s the end of the arc, in just about every way you could define those particular words.
#41
The Wicked + The Divine #40
2018
“OKAY,” Part One The pop-obsessed sensation starts its final arc. Yup, you read it right. We’re rushing toward the climax. Are you really going to stop now? C’mon. Stay with us. We’ve got a five-years-in-the-making conclusion to be getting on with.
#47
The Wicked + The Divine
455 AD
2017
“CITY OF GOD” Nothing lives forever, be it man, god, or empire, but that doesn’t mean you have to go quietly. Join us as Lucifer refuses to fiddle while the Roman Empire burns. The critically acclaimed THE WICKED + THE DIVINE inevitably vandalizes history as it turns to the Sack of Rome. Showcasing the epic art of ANDRÉ LIMA ARAÚJO (Avengers AI, Man Plus), the special is NOT included in the forthcoming fifth volume of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE.
#49
The Wicked + The Divine 1831
2016
“MODERN ROMANCE” Critically-acclaimed THE WICKED + THE DIVINE goes back to the nineteenth century, to see what became of the Romantic poets one infamous night on Lake Geneva…
#50
The Wicked + The Divine
1923
2018
Basically, a bunch of 1920s gods based on major modernist figures stuck in the middle of an Agatha Christie murder mystery, done in a comics-prose hybrid that's clearly trying to start a fight with JONATHAN HICKMAN. (Yeah, you heard, Jon. Come at us, bro.) It's high art versus lo art, with the most beautiful AUD KOCH artwork the world has ever seen. We're so excited, we may have to have a lie down.
#51
The Wicked + The Divine
The Funnies
2018
Every ninety years gods are reborn as dogs. They are good dogs. They are very good dogs. In two years, they may have learned how to sit, which is one of several (count ‘em!) stories in this special. As THE WICKED + THE DIVINE prepares for its final arc, we invite a bunch of friends over, pass out the fizzy pop and sherbet and have a lovely time. Join us!
#59
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 8
Old Is the New New
2019
Modernist poets trapped in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery. The Romantics gathering in Lake Geneva to resurrect the dead. What really happened during the fall of Rome. The Lucifer who was a nun, hearing Ananke's Black Death confession. As we approach the end, we start to see the full picture. Also includes the delights of the WicDiv Christmas Annual and the Comedy special.
Collects all six of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE's essential Specials.
#1-5
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1
El Acto Fáustico
2014
Cada noventa años, doce dioses regresan como jóvenes. Los aman. Los odian. En dos años, mueren todos. Está ocurriendo ahora. Está volviendo a suceder.
Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie y Matthew Wilson (Phonogram, Jóvenes Vengadores) llegan con una fantasía moderna en la que los dioses son las estrellas del pop definitivas y las estrellas del pop son los dioses definitivos.
#6-11
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 2
Fandemonium
2015
The critically-lauded best-selling hyphen-abusing series of stardom, divinity, and death returns with a second volume that's even grander than the first, because it contains six issues instead of five. THE FAUST ACT is over. Welcome to FANDEMONIUM. Includes cover gallery and anything else we'll cram in the back, because we just can't help ourselves.
Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #6-11.
#12-17
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 3
Commercial Suicide
2016
After the detonation of FANDEMONIUM the gods-as-pop-stars of THE WICKED + THE DIVINE try living in the long dark shadow.
Team WicDiv are joined by a stellar cast of guest artists to put the spotlight on each of the gods. The multiple Eisner Award nominated series continues in the only way it knows how: darker, weirder, faster. Don't worry. It's going to be okay.
Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #12-17
#18-22
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 4
Rising Action
2016
Every ninety years, twelve gods are reincarnated as young people. They are loved. They are hated. And sometimes - just sometimes - they fall into open Superstar wars. The fourth volume of the award-winning, best selling series from acclaimed creators KIERON GILLEN, JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON is the most explosive yet. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #18-22.
#23-28
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 5
Imperial Phase, Part 1
2017
The gods are free to do whatever they want. Inevitably, they do. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #23-28, including the critically lauded KEVIN WADA magazine issue.
#29-33
The Wicked + The Divine Vol. 6
Imperial Phase, Part 2
2018
When you're at the peak of your powers, there's only one way to go. The question becomes—how many people are you willing to drag down with you? The bestselling, critically acclaimed comic by KIERON GILLEN, JAMIE McKELVIE and MATT WILSON reaches its most dramatic arc yet. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #29-33
#34-39
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 7
Mothering Invention
2018
In the past: awful stuff. In the present: awful stuff. But, increasingly, answers.
Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #34-39
#40-45
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 9
"Okay"
2019
FINAL STORY ARC! After five years, we reach the final volume. We do not go gentle into that good night, but go driving a converted tank, covered in glitter and spangles, with a sound system audible from Mars blaring nothing but bangers. Gods, pop stars, an ending. We'll miss you. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #40-45
Authors
Kieron Gillen
Author · 146 books
Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.
Chip Zdarsky
Author · 57 books
Chip Zdarsky is a Canadian comic book artist and journalist. He was born Steve Murray but is known by his fan base as Chip Zdarsky, and occasionally Todd Diamond. He writes and illustrates an advice column called Extremely Bad Advice for the Canadian national newspaper National Post's The Ampersand, their pop culture section's online edition. He is also the creator of Prison Funnies and Monster Cops. Source: Wikipedia.
Matt Wilson
Author · 3 books
Librarian note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. Disambiguation Profile is Matt Wilson (2 spaces) Matt Wilson is an American artist and colorist working in the comics industry. (source: Wikipedia) Sometimes credited with his full name, Matthew Wilson
Erica Henderson
Author · 2 books
Erica Henderson is an illustrator and animator hailing from the Big Apple. She is graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design and has since moved north to the cold shores of Boston.
Kate Leth
Author · 22 books
Kate Leth is a Canadian author and illustrator working in comics, animation, design, and feelings. A grown-up goth and pop culture devotee, Kate specializes in work for kids and teens. Their comics work includes Patsy Walker, A.K.A. Hellcat!; Girl Over Paris; Spell on Wheels; and Adventure Time, among others. They live in Halifax, Nova Scotia with an absolutely ridiculous cat and several regrets. They are queer and genderfluid/non-binary, a fact that greatly influences their work. Kate uses they/them pronouns, but probably won’t correct you.
