Released this week in comic shops everywhere, writer Ron Marz’s first sold out storyline of Image/Top Cow’s Magdalena collects the first six issues of the series, featuring writing from Marz, art by Nelson Blake II, David Marquez, Sal Regla, and covers by Ryan Sook.

We talked a bit about the first couple of issues of Magdalena in our regular Funnybooks show, but didn’t really discuss the last half of the storyline, primarily because we didn’t want to repeat ourselves.  That being said…in case you didn’t listen to the episodes….just f*cking buy this book.  Ron Marz has very publicly stated that, despite having an immensely popular Witchblade run (about to come to an end), he came to Top Cown primarily because he wanted to write Magdalena, and it shows.

Magdalena tells the story of Patience, who’s only the most current Magdalena.  See, the Magdalena have actually been the official protector and warrior of the Catholic Church for over two thousand years, sworn to defend the Faith with the Spear of Destiny against all manner of supernatural threats.  They’re the descendants of Christ Himself, but Patience…well, she’s actually lost her patience with the church.  She’s abandoned the church and struck out on her own, to fight creatures outside the sanctity of the church.  However, her old employers have come across evidence that the Antichrist has been born.  Not only that, he’s about to unleash the devil upon Earth. Read the rest of this entry »