Magnus #3 is a comic written by Frederick J. Littles and Devin Arscott with art by Bruno Abdias and Rom Silva with colors by King Bola. Magnus finds himself fighting for his life against beings from another world. This is an issue filled with action sequences, new characters, and key information. Our leading man is Magnus Jakuta, a young man from Chicago who discovers that he is a lot more important than he thinks. With him is his college classmate Shante who bears witness to many a wild event. Returning for this issue are a few villains we’ve seen in every installment. The plot picks up right where the last one ended with Magnus facing off against Blyze in front of his house. What started off as a simple abduction attempt soon turns violent as there is some unexpected resistance. The violence here is nasty with some deep wounds and a good amount of blood. Things here are fast-paced as there is a lot of fighting. The dialogue is short and to the point throughout the fight but gets a bit longer outside of the conflict. No wordy pages here. Where the last issue was calm and full of conversation this one is full of bloody action and important encounters.

            The art here is well-colored, has high detail, and showcases some great shading. Though this story takes place in a few locations the scenery can go unnoticed. The background of quite a few panels tends to be a solid color or action lines. The expressions here are done very well as we can clearly see the terror and anger in these characters’ faces. The words and action sequences have more impact as you can feel the emotion during the fights. The faces are very detailed down to the teeth which gives an extra bit of life to them. The more magical and mystical effects look fantastic and stand out on whenever they are used. The action is full of magic and gets very bloody. A few of the scenes jump from moment to moment a bit too fast which will make you scratch your head about how they got there. Depending on the character the outfits are either of the superhero style or average American dress.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes.

“Would I like this?”

If you like superhero stories starring an all-black cast with a male lead who is discovering how important he is with lots of drama tangled in this is for you.

“What would this comic’s film rating be?”

R. Bloody hits.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“Go now, before I decide to remove you myself.”

 

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***IN-DEPTH COMIC STATS BELOW***

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 20

Violent Pages: 10, for 50% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 1, for 5% of the comic

 

**The levels below aren’t necessarily maintained throughout the whole comic, but they were definitely reached**

 

Violence Level – 3

“Wasn’t no tussling at all.”

“Sometimes you gotta hit somebody.”

“I’m getting charged with how many counts of assault?”

“This was a tournament arc.”

“All my life I had to fight.”

 

Gore Level – 3

“The only thing leaking out your face is tears.”

“Looks like somebody spilled some ketchup.”

“Might need to soak that up with a bath towel.”

“That isn’t supposed to be outside the body.”

“This is a slaughterhouse.”

 

Death Level – 1

“And everybody lived happily ever after.”

“We might have gone to a couple funerals.”

“It just LOOKS like a serial killer was here.”

“Yeah this was a tragedy.”

“Think Gettysburg.”

 

Porn Level – 2

“Everybody kept their clothes on.”

“I guess it was too hot for a bra.”

“Sometimes you got to let everything air out.”

“This is like late night Cinemax in the early 2000’s.”

“Oh. This is porn.”