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| Front Cover |
Comic Details |
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| Series Group |
Mage The Hero Discovered |
| Series |
Outrageous Slings and Arrows |
| Issue |
Book One |
| Publication Date |
October 1998 |
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Image |
| Language |
English |
| Format |
Comic |
| Age |
Modern |
| Country |
USA | |
| Credits |
| Cover Artist |
Matt Wagner |
| Artist |
Matt Wagner |
| Writer |
Matt Wagner |
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Colorist
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Jeromy Cox |
| Colorist |
James Rochelle |
| Editor |
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| Personal Details |
| Collection Status |
In Collection | |
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The Hero Discovered Mage Book 1- Outrageous Slings and Arows
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Matt Wagner |
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The Item for sale is for one (1) copy of the comic book "The Hero Discovered Mage Book 1- Outrageous Slings and Arows".
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This is the Image publication- First Printing
The Hero Discovered, was published by Comico from 1984 to 1986. Despite advertisements saying that a sequel was "coming soon", The Hero Defined did not appear until 1997, published by Image Comics (Comico had gone bankrupt in 1990, and it had taken some time for Wagner to regain the rights to the series).
Wagner wrote and drew both series, with Sam Kieth as inker for part of the first, and Jeromy Cox as colourist.
The Hero Discovered follows Kevin Matchstick, an alienated young man with an uncanny resemblance to the author, as he meets a wizard called Mirth, discovers he has superhuman abilities, gains a magic baseball bat and defeats the nefarious plans of a being called the Umbra Sprite. He ultimately discovers that Mirth is Merlin, the baseball bat is Excalibur, and he is, in some ambiguous way, King Arthur. It is a story of existentialist engagement and can be read as an allegory for Wagner finding his own voice as an artist. Also, all the chapter titles are lines from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and the chapters bear more than a passing resemblance to events in the play.
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Time-Less-Image is proud to offer items from our collection of comic books, graphic novels and original comic art. Both my brother Tom and I have been lifelong readers, collectors and fans of comics since early childhood. I actually remember paying $ 0.05 for my new issue comics! Classic Illustrated books introduced me to some of the American and European classics. Tom owned "Comics, Legends & Lore" a comic book store in Lynn, Massachussetts during the 80's. He was active at all the trade shows and conventions. Together we hope to bring our knowledge and enthusiasm to the virtual comic world on Ebay.
Our objective at Time Less Image is to offer the public unique, affordable, original fine art note cards & prints. Additionally, we will be offering original comic book art, comic books and graphic novels from our collection.
Sincerely,
Jack Egan
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