- Written by: Jonathan Hickman
- Art by: Valerio Schiti
- Colors by: Marte Gracia
- Letters by: VC’s Travis Lanham
- Cover art by: Mateus Manhanni
- Cover price: $4.99
- Release date: April 24, 2024
G.O.D.S. #7 follows Dimitri on a personal quest, explaining why he’s planted listening devices all over the city.
Is G.O.D.S. #7 Good?
Look, it’s safe to say G.O.D.S. is a collection of one-shots that amounts to a Jonathan Hickman vanity project. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but if you’ve been waiting for the miniseries to come together in a cohesive story, it ain’t happening.
G.O.D.S. #7 is the next one-shot that explains why Dimitri keeps planting little signal devices all over the city during his travels with Wyn. It turns out Dimitri’s parents were Soviet astronauts who disappeared during a space flight when Dimitri was a boy. Given adult Dimitri’s access to all things knowable, he deduced that his parents’ ship disappeared into a place outside of known reality. The signals, once fully placed, create a network that triangulates to a location based on a sound recorded by flight control during the disappearance.
Dimitri uses advanced technology to open a portal in space to bring his long-lost parents home, but as he already knows, nothing is that easy.
What’s great about G.O.D.S. #7? Dimitri’s personal quest is emotional, urgent, and weighty. Everyone can understand what it must feel like for a child to lose his parents, and this last adventure puts everything Dimitri has done to this point in perspective.
What’s not so great about G.O.D.S. #7? The downside of this issue is the lack of clarity surrounding the details. For example, why was placing a listener in the Sanctum Sanctorum so important? How did Dimitri conclude his parents’ ship fell out of known reality? How did Dimitri’s parents’ ship fall out of known reality? When Dimitri creates the portal and punches through, why doesn’t he try to enter the ship when he finds it? What does any of this have to do with the In-Betweener?
Yes, this is a heartfelt character piece for Dimitri, but with only one issue remaining, the most important question is, “Why is this here when bigger things are [supposed to be] happening?”
How’s the Art? Top-notch stuff. Valerio Schiti’s style mixes equal parts surreal sci-fi action with emotionally powerful personal moments, and it all comes through loud and clear on the page.
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Bits and Pieces
G.O.D.S. #7 puts the conflict with the In-Betweener on pause for a side story about Dimitri fulfilling a personal quest. In isolation, this is a perfectly good story that tells you everything you want to know about Dimitri and his life to this point. In context, the urgent conflict involving the In-Betweener is at a standstill when only one issue is left to tell that story. This does not bode well for the finale.
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