“Jed MacKay and Ig Guara have tapped into what makes MTG such a popular and enduring game.”—AIPT
“Continues to cast a spell over readers new and old.”—Multiversity Comics
BOOM! Studios, under license by Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAS) and in partnership with Wizards of the Coast LLC, revealed today a first look at MAGIC #5, the latest issue of the original comic book series from acclaimed writer Jed MacKay (Marvel’s Black Cat), artist Ig Guara (Marvel’s Ghost-Spider), colorist Arianna Consonni (Arancia Studios), and letterer Ed Dukeshire, perfect for new readers and long time fans, available in August 2021.
Who will Ral, Kaya, and Vraska encounter on Dominaria? The answer will scatter the Planeswalkers across the multiverse as the race to find out who is behind the attacks on Ravnica continues! The answer may lie with one of the oldest living Planeswalkers…
MAGIC #5 features main cover art by acclaimed artist Qistina Khalidah (Batman: White Knight Presents Harley Quinn) as well as variant cover art by Ig Guara, illustrator Andrew Thompson, Nimit Malavia (Kill Shakespeare), Ornella Savarese (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Pierluigi Casolino, Christian Ward (Invisible Kingdom), and Ario Anindito (Star Wars: The High Republic) and Nicola Righi.
MAGIC is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; Faithless by Brian Azzarello and Maria Llovet; Proctor Valley Road by Grant Morrison, Alex Child, and Naomi Franquiz; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; and Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties including Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; and Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers series from Ryan Parrott, Marco Renna, and Francesco Mortarino.
Print copies of MAGIC #5 will be available for sale on August 4, 2021 exclusively at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one) 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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