Mystic (comics)
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| Mystic | |
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Giselle Villard | |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Ron Marz, Brandon Peterson, and John Dell |
| Written by | Ron Marz, Tony Bedard |
| Penciller(s) | Brandon Peterson, Fabrizio Fiorentino, Aaron Lopresti, Steve McNiven, Paul Pelletier, Al Rio, Paul Ryan, Kevin Sharpe |
| Inker(s) | Jason Baumgartner, Mark Farmer, Marco Galli, Drew Geraci, Drew Hennessy, Rob Hunter, Mark Lipka, Victor Llamas, Pablo Marcos, Roland Paris, Matt Ryan, Rob Stull, Joe Weems |
Mystic is a
Plot summary
Overview
Story
The first six issues of Mystic describe Giselle's gaining of the Sigil and the efforts of the guild leaders to regain her power. Giselle gains her Sigil in the first issue and without intending to, steals the spirits of the ancient (and long dead) guild leaders. She also gets a guide in the form of a talking cat-like creature with yellow eyes and a love interest named Thierry Chevailier (an artist but without any magical ability). Starting in issue #4, Giselle gains the attention of one of
The efforts of the other guild leaders to strip Giselle of the spirits of the long dead guild leaders fail (issue #6) but the leaders of all but two of the magic guilds regard the situation as unacceptable. To destroy Giselle the guild leaders (with the exception of Astral and Nouveau) break the prison which confined Animora. This sets in motion a conflict which lasts for the next 12 issues between Giselle (and her sister Genevieve, the leader of the Nouveau guild) against Animora and the other guild leaders. Darrow rapidly switches sides and supports Animora also. With the reluctant aid of the spirits of the former guild leaders, Giselle is able to defeat all her enemies (issue #14 and again in issue #20) but at a cost.
After her second defeat, Animora was able to establish a psychic link to Giselle and over time this turned into a form of possession. As this control was growing, Giselle alienated her good friend Thierry Chevailier and he fell in love with the older sister Genevieve (issue #24). Eventually Giselle meets Ingra and after a battle - in which Ingra easily defeats Giselle - Ingra breaks Animora's hold over Giselle and imprisons Animora (issue #23). Part of the reason why Ingra is able to defeat Giselle is that due to Giselle's recent behavior, the spirits of the guild leaders refuse to help her. Giselle, without their aid, finds that her knowledge of magic is very poor. She resolves to become a master of magic and starts with learning the magic of the Nouveau guild from her sister Genevieve, before moving on to the Shaman guild, the Djinn guild and the Astral guild (issues #25–28).
In
It was later revealed that a secret guild exists (issue #33) called the Geometer guild; the members of which are allied with the Dark Magi guild and the Tantric guild. The Geometers believe themselves to be manipulators of all the other guilds; the guildmaster is named Archemus.
Characters
- Giselle ("Gis") Villard is one of the many Sigil-Bearers. She was the younger sister who spent her time going to parties and socializing while her older sister Genieveve studied hard and moved up rapidly in the ranks of the Nouveau Mages Guild. The series begins on the day of Genevieve's ascension to the rank of Guild master for the Nouveau guild where she is to receive the spirit of the Nouveau guild. On that day, Giselle is given the Sigil on her hand and consequently absorbs the spirit of the Nouveau guild as well as the six other spirits of the guilds.
- Genevieve Villard is the older sister, and the Giselleis given a sigil on her hand and she then absorbs all the spirits of the long-dead guild masters of the seven magic guilds, including the spirit Genevieve was supposed to obtain.
- Animora is the main antagonist of Mystic, and she is a banished member of The First. Her goal is to kill Ingra any way possible. Animora was one of House Sinister, but she tried to take over the House Sinister Seat from Ingra, and Ingra banished her and reduced her powers. When Animora came to Ciress, she tried to conquer it, but the eight main Guild masters retaliated and trapped her in an abyss.
Collections
Published
- Mystic 1: Rite of Passage
- Mystic 2: The Demon Queen
- Mystic 3: Siege of Scales
- Mystic 4: Out All Night
Unpublished
- Mystic 5: Master Class
- Mystic 6: The Mathemagician
Note
The bankruptcy of CrossGen prevented the publication of these previously-announced collections.
Marvel limited series
| Mystic | |
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| Publication information | |
Giselle Villard | |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | G. Willow Wilson and David Lopez |
| Written by | G. Willow Wilson |
| Artist(s) | David López |
In 2011,
References
- ^ Campbell, Josie "'Mystic'" Returns at Marvel Comics", Comic Book Resources (May 13, 2011).
Sources
- The 11th Hour #16 (Oct. 2000): Mystic (review of CrossGen series)
- The CrossGen Creator Watch (Feb. 28, 2005)
- Mystic (CrossGen) at the Grand Comics Database
- Mystic (CrossGen) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- Mystic (Marvel limited series) at the Grand Comics Database
- Mystic (CrossGen) at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)