Mage the Hero Discovered #1-15 Complete series Matt wagner Bonus Batman Grendel
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Please see photo for description. I can combine shipping. Please check out my other listings. I am willing to answer any questions that you may have.Free shipping when you spend over $25.00Mageissues 1-15Complete runIssue 1Ch. 1 "Outrageous Slings And Arrows"first appearance of Kevin Matchsticksissue 6Rosencrantz and Goldstein1st Color GrendelIt's nothing new: taking old mythic tropes and adapting them to modern-age stories.The social commentary thinly-veiled as mysticism, the peek-a-boo mythology references,the obligatory explanation for why most people in our modern times don't notice magic,the unassuming youth who will one day become a great hero ... we've all read them.he secret is in the execution. How well is this ancient story re-told? How compelling are the characters?Are the truths revealed deep or trite?Matt Wagner was only twenty-two when the first issue of Mage was published and it's surprising that someoneso young could write something both this introspective and this self-aware. His hero, Kevin Matchstick,is already a cynical, disillusioned man at the story's beginning. He acts like a man who already has theweight of the world on his shoulders, yet has no true responsibilities. It's telling that the mysteriouswizard who approaches him with news of his great potential is named Mirth. The journey that follows overthe
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