Dragged violently into a secret world of monsters, magic, and metadata, Cassandra is asked to join the group of superpowered girls who saved her in their fight against the mysterious Daemons. But Cassandra has so many questions of her own to answer first-Why was she attacked? What is the omnipotent Hermeticorp up to? And most importantly, who are these girls anyway?

Goddess Mode #2 keeps up the action in an issue that explains a bit more of what’s going on and not enough at the same time. Writer Zoë Quinn delivers an issue that adds intriguing layers to this world but in the end comes off as a high-tech magical girl story. That’s not a bad thing but this feels like a series we’ve seen before but fantasy is replaced by technology.

Who were the girls Cassandra met and what’s going on? Quinn explains that, sort of, leaving open a lot of questions and also throwing in some things I hate considered, like is it all a hallucination? The concepts thrown out there are interesting, ghosts in the machine being daemons but there’s something about the series so far that feels all too familiar. Again, it’s not bad at all, just not as original as it may have first appeared.

The craziness that Quinn delivers succeeds due to the art of Robbi Rodriguez with color by Rico Renzi and lettering by Simon Bowland. The combination of art and color deliver a look and matches the frenetic and kinetic nature of Quinn’s storytelling. It’s a style that says cyberpunk but not at the same time. There’s a bit of Tron thrown in on top of things as well as popular designs from manga. It all comes together for a series that visually stands out.

Two issues in and Goddess Mode feels more like a mish-mash of a lot of different things from fantasy, cyberpunk, Tron, manga, magical girl trope, and more. It’s not necessarily unique but it delivers a blender full of concepts into something that’s a fun read and gets you to want to see what’s next.

Story: Zoë Quinn Art: Robbi Rodriguez
Color: Rico Renzi Letterer: Simon Bowland
Story: 7.0 Art: 8.5 Overall: 7.25 Recommendation: Read

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