BOOM! Studios has announced Magic: The Hidden Planeswalker, a brand new four-issue comic book series from comic book and screenwriter Mairghread Scott (Transformers, Guardians of the Galaxy), artist Fabiana Mascolo (Firefly: Brand New ‘Verse) and letterer Ed Dukeshire, about the deadly Liliana Vess and the hidden planeswalker she discovers who will change the fate of the entire multiverse forever, available in April 2022.
While our heroes may have defeated one of the many dangers throughout the multiverse, the powerful Necromancer Liliana Vess is left to return to her new home as a professor at the greatest college of magic in the multiverse. But she doesn’t return alone. Sensing the presence of a distant planeswalker calling for help… one with the power to save or destroy entire planes, puts her on a collision course with the diabolical machinations of Tezzeret, the Master of Metal…Mairghread Scott is an animation and comic book writer.
Her animated work includes Justice League Dark: Apokolips War, Hello Kitty and Friends Supercute Adventures, and Star Wars: Resistance. Her comics work ranges from Batgirl to Transformers. She’s also released two original graphic novels, The City on the Other Side and Toil and Trouble.
Mairghread lives in southern California with her husband and son.“I’m thrilled to bring a brand new chapter of Magic comics to life in all its twisted glory with THE HIDDEN PLANESWALKER. Professor Vess is waiting for you, and she doesn’t like to be disappointed,” said Scott.Fabiana Mascolo is a visual artist based in Rome. She’s been working in the comics industry since 2015, collaborating with companies such as BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse, Èdtions Soleil, Sergio Bonelli Editore and more. Her recent publications include Firefly: Brand New Verse and Yasmeen.“As a fan of the game, it’s such a pleasure and honour to work on an all-new Magic comic book series! I genuinely cannot wait for the readers to find out more about this story and the mysterious HIDDEN PLANESWALKER,” said Mascolo.
Print copies of MAGIC: THE HIDDEN PLANESWALKER #1 will be available for sale in April 2022 exclusively at local comic book shops or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.
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