Mike Costa

Mankind prayed for salvation. As the gods of mythology fought and destroyedaround them, they hoped and spoke in hushed tones of the return of the ChristianGod. Now Jesus Christ has risen and once again walks among mortals. Butthousands of years of recounting the stories of the Bible won't prepare peoplefor the truth about the All Powerful. They believed that Jesus was the savior ofthe human race and that he would return to do so again. Now the Son of God hascome back -- but the images of his gentle touch are absent Sacrilege andblasphemy are the order of the day as the human race attempts to cope with thetrue intentions of God returned. The most audacious arc of God is Deadhas arrived as Mike Costa delivers the intensity and darkness in a world ofdivine wrath. Collects issues #13-18 of the ongoing God is Dead comic bookseries.

Jonathan Hickman's vision for the end of the world through divineretribution continues with an electric new chapter from writer Mike Costa Afterthe cataclysmic battle of gods, the human religions are left in tatters andcivilization in ruin. The human-born goddess Gaia has laid claim to Earth andvery few dare to oppose such an absolute divine ruler. But, oh so many gods haveyet to make their play, this time they have seen the folly of their peers...nowthey plan and plot and prepare to bring Armageddon Divine vengeance unwinds inthe pages of God Is Dead and the very earth itself is the prize for theremaining gods of old. Now in our darkest hours, the things we prayed to havecome once more, and they seek revenge Collects issues #7-12 of the ongoing God Is Dead comic bookseries.

Like a thunderbolt from heaven, the epic first chapter of JonathanHickman's God is Dead is here Mankind has argued over theexistence of gods since the dawn of time. In modern eras it's beenfashionable to mock religious believers with taunts of scientific testimony andfact. But when the gods of old begin to reappear on earth and claim the domainof man for their own, the world is thrown into a state of utter anarchy. NowHorus walks the streets of Egypt, Zeus has taken over the Sistine Chapel, andOdin is coordinating the dissection of the earth among the returned deities. Mankind held sway over the world for thousands of years and their hubris overthat time has made them powerful, but when faced with the divine, can mortalweapons put an end to the second coming of the gods? After the missiles fly andthe tanks roll, the gods still remain. As the world tumbles toward apocalypse, agroup of scientists seek to do the impossible...give birth to the gods ofscience. As the greedy deities battle for absolute rule over the material world, a new divinity arises and the world will tremble beneath the war of thegods God is Dead Volume 1 collects Hickman's entire first chapter ofGod is Dead issues #1-6.