Rating: 4/5
After a slump with volume three, Wic/Div is back on its game here. A bunch of questions that were raised in earlier parts of the story are addressed, or at least start to get addressed, in this arc. On top of that, there is a collision between the old guard, led by Ananke, and the rebellious gods.
One thing to note is that the issues collected in this volume have a lot more action than before. There is still a nice amount of subtlety and character building. As these two groups come to a head, it makes sense that there would be more fighting involved. What made this volume work so well for me is the division amongst the gods. Rather than being everyone for themselves, they start to work together along the lines of these two major factions. There is some maneuvering back and forth that should be expected from the characters at this point.
The art is superb. One thing that I love from the creators is their willingness to play with the comics format. The art facilitates telling the story visually with the characters, etc. It also keeps the reader engaged because it could do something unexpected by long term comics readers. The art is very polished, which may not work for everyone. It fits into the world the creators have developed perfectly though.
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