Gabriel #3 is a comic written by C. K. Riley with art by Federico Peters. Morrigan visits the Garden of Eden while Gabriel takes a boat to Egypt. This is a supernatural drama comic that gets very philosophical when it comes to religion and morality. The man here is Gabriel, he is a former archangel for Yahweh who has recently been tasked by Odin with finding the remaining great pantheons. Accompanying him on this journey is the raven Muninn. Morrigan is a powerful Celtic goddess who deals with fate and war. This story is seen from two different perspectives. Morrigan travels to the Garden of Eden where she is accosted by a pair of archangels for trespassing on holy ground. Meanwhile Gabriel is traveling by boat to Egypt but the waves flip his boat and he forced to swim to safety. This takes place in a world where many of the different more ancient belief systems like Norse, Egyptian, and Celtic mythologies/religions. The violence here is physical with some explosiveness but no blood or gore. The pacing here is on the slower side as there is a lot to take in and understand both philosophically and story-wise; you might get confused. The tone is like that of a religious epic film with a focal point on the higher beings. The intensity here is heightened mainly due to the drama but violence and danger does play a part. The dialogue here is mostly conversational with a decent amount of thought narration. Sometimes you won’t initially know who is speaking. The talking style sounds like it is from religious texts like the Bible. There aren’t any word-heavy pages but the subject matter and some thicker text bubbles can make it read a bit slower. This is an interesting issue that pushes the story forward while introducing new characters and providing key development and revelations.

            The art here has a sketch-like and/or painted quality with significant lighting and shading. The first third of this art is in black-and-white while the rest features pages that veer heavily towards either warm or cool tones. For scenery there are mountains, long empty stretches of land, and a lot of water. The location for Morrigan is more static while Gideon goes from the sea to a palace among other areas. The backgrounds are somewhat split between being a gradient-like or solid color and showing the actual surroundings. The expression level here is towards the lower end as hard looks are the norm for everyone. The main emotion here is anger with some sinister smiles and pain. The faces range from low to high detail with many of them looking statuesque. The violence is explosive and usually involves mystical powers but there isn’t any blood or gore. The action scenes are short with most of it being implied and/or unseen.

“Is this worth reading?”

Yes, if this is up your alley.

“Would I like this?”

If you like supernatural dramas that involve multiple pantheons of gods and that get philosophical with thoughts on morality and a bit of violence then this is for you.

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

PG-13. Violence.

“Could I get a quote from the comic?”

“I often wondered if the gods had a sense of humor.”

 

Purchase Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T846985

 

***** I received this review copy for free. *****

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

Probably Contains Spoilers

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Actual Pages(not counting covers and credits): 44

Violent Pages: 3, for 7% of the comic

Sexy Pages: 0, for 0% of the comic

 

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

 

Violence Level – 2

“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 – 1

“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 – 2

“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 – 1

“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.”