I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation.

Maleficent has received her invitation from Dynamite Comics to join Scar and be the second villain to rule in their Disney Villains comics series. The Disney Villains Maleficient miniseries will run for five evil issues.

Today, we will take a look at Disney Villains Maleficent #3 published by Dynamite Comics.

Release Date: July 5th, 2023.

Writer/Illustrator: Soo Lee

Letterer: Jeff Eckleberry

Editor: Nate Cosby

Covers by: Jae Lee, Soo Lee, Jennifer L. Meyer, Rebeca Puebla, Erica D’Urso, J Scott Campbell

Official Synopsis: Chapter III: THE BEAST. Maleficent’s familiar, the crow, scours The Forbidden Kingdom, searching for threats to their master. The crow will encounter a strange creature, helpless and weak. And the crow must make a choice…destroy the creature, or show mercy?

Covers

This is a Dynamite Comics release. So you know that the evil sorceress is going to conjure up a kingdom of covers. In this section, I am going to highlight some of the enchanting covers for Disney Villains: Maleficent #3.

The Soo Lee cover is the most accurate to the Maleficent’s character design in the comic. You will be happy with whichever cover you get your hands on as this batch of Maleficent covers are evil works of art that all Disney Villains and Maleficent fans will treasure. The cover game with this series is very strong, and I can see fans purchasing multiple covers from a fantastic artist lineup.

My Review

*STOP READING HERE IF YOU WANT TO AVOID ALL SPOILERS*

Chapter 3 is titled the Beast. The main star of this issue is Maleficent’s raven friend, Diablo. Maleficent sends Diablo out above the forest as a spy to see if there are any new threats in the forest since she recently had two princes show up in her territory. The raven encounters many animals in it’s mission, but it finds no threats. That is until Prince Reynaud who was transformed by Maleficent into a bobcat looking “beast” in the first issue tracks and hunts down the raven. There is very little dialogue in this issue as the majority of the pages feature Diablo the raven’s journey which includes an action packed dramatic chase throughout the forest between the raven and the beast. The lack of dialogue is made up in beautifully high detailed comic art in each and every pane. So Lee can definitely draw a forest that Disney artist legend Mary Blair would appreciate.

Don’t sleep on Dynamite Comics Disney Villains Maleficent.

The next issue of Disney Villains Maleficent will awaken August 9th, 2023. Please make sure to support the Dynamite Comics Darkwing Duck, Gargoyles, and Disney Villains: Scar comic series while you are out buying Disney Villains Maleficent. You can also preorder Disney Villains Hades which will join the wicked lineup in August and Negaduck which will terrorize your pull box in September.

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