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Summary: CrossGen continues to impress
Review: CrossGen Comics continues to impress me with each of their books that I read. "Mystic: Out All Night" is no different, but it is rather dependent on the previous three volumes. This is clearly a part of a series, not a work intended to stand alone, and should be treated as such.First, the general premise: On the world of Ciress, people are governed by various mystical Guilds. Each Guild has a patron spirit, which inhabits the body of the Guild leader to provide council and enhance his or her power. On the day a new leader is going to be appointed to the Nouveau Guild, her sister is branded with a mysterious sigil. Not only is the sister, Giselle, suddenly charged with power, but all of the patron spirits are drawn into her body. That's your basic premise -- for a more in-depth version, read "Mystic Volume One." In this volume Gislle has had time to adapt and has just won a major victory over a powerful enemy. She begins behaving oddly, though, like the spoiled party girl she was before given her power, and with her irresponsible attitude, the whole world could be in jeopardy. It speaks well for writer Tony Bedard and former writer Ron Marz that when Giselle becomes the sort of character she was at the beginning of the series the reader experiences a tremendous jolt. That means she's changed, grown, and become a better character along the way. Naturally there's a reason for all of this, but you'll have to read the book to find out what it is. It's well worth it, too. Check out the first three "Mystic" volumes, then come back for this one.
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Summary: Great art and good story but mixed arc
Review: This is a reprint of issues 21-26 of Crossgen's Mystic series bound as a paperback (a TPB - Trade Paper Back). The art is excellent and the story good but I rated it only 4 stars because the combination of issues in this volume don't quite hang together. #21 is the defeat of the demon queen left over from the previous TPB, which has some repercussions covered in 22-23, 24 involves a fight with a very powerful Ingra. #25 and 26 are the beginning of an arc where main protagonist, Giselle, must prove herself to the 7 guilds and truly learn her craft. This is a great seperate arc which will unfortunately now be split between 2 TPBs (this one and the successor). I really like the arc that begins in #25 and should continue through #31 (7 issues, one for each guild, or style of magic); this arc is going to be a really well done and I'm looking forward to it. The art is excellent (the beautiful women are beautiful, the monsters are monstrous). Good productions values - the colors are really vibrant. Good story except for the arc problem described above. A fun read. I bought this TPB even though I own the original comics for the convenience of having them bound together.
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Summary: Great art and good story but mixed arc
Review: This is a reprint of issues 21-26 of Crossgen's Mystic series bound as a paperback (a TPB - Trade Paper Back). The art is excellent and the story good but I rated it only 4 stars because the combination of issues in this volume don't quite hang together. #21 is the defeat of the demon queen left over from the previous TPB, which has some repercussions covered in 22-23, 24 involves a fight with a very powerful Ingra. #25 and 26 are the beginning of an arc where main protagonist, Giselle, must prove herself to the 7 guilds and truly learn her craft. This is a great seperate arc which will unfortunately now be split between 2 TPBs (this one and the successor). I really like the arc that begins in #25 and should continue through #31 (7 issues, one for each guild, or style of magic); this arc is going to be a really well done and I'm looking forward to it. The art is excellent (the beautiful women are beautiful, the monsters are monstrous). Good productions values - the colors are really vibrant. Good story except for the arc problem described above. A fun read. I bought this TPB even though I own the original comics for the convenience of having them bound together.
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