Giant Size Mantra Vol 1 1

Giant-Size Mantra Vol 1 #1 Published Released July, 1994 July 1, 1994 Issue Details Original Price $2.50 Editor-in-Chief Chris Ulm Cover Artists George Perez Publisher Malibu Comics Brand/Imprint Ultraverse "The Archimage Quest part 4: Once More, Into the Breach...!" Writers Mike W. Barr Pencilers Mark Heike Inkers Ken Branch Colourists Chris Ulm Letterers Gail Beckett Editors Chris Ulm "Arena of Fire" Writers Mike W. Barr Pencilers David Williams Inkers Gary Martin Colourists Tim Divar Violent Hues Letterers Gail Beckett Editors Chris Ulm Dan Danko Previous Issue Next Issue Mantra #12 Mantra #13

Appearing in "The Archimage Quest part 4: Once More, Into the Breach...!"

Featured Characters:

• Mantra (Lukasz) (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Eden Blake (possessed by Lukasz) (Flashback and main story)
• Evie Blake (Only in flashback)
• Gus Blake Jr. (Only in flashback)
• Etan (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Barbara Freeman (Only in flashback)
• Prime (Only in flashback)

Adversaries:

• Boneyard (Only in flashback)
• Gwendorians (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • Topaz (First appearance)
  • Lyra (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Nerosians (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
  • Jontor (First appearance) (Only in flashback)
• Boneyard's wives (Only in flashback)
  • Aniela
  • unnamed wife

Locations:

• Ultraverse
  • Earth
    • United States of America
      • Los Angeles, California (Only in flashback)
  • Godwheel
    • Boneyard's realm
    • Gwendor (First appearance)
    • Neros (First appearance)

Items:

• Sword of Fangs

Vehicles:

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Synopsis for "The Archimage Quest part 4: Once More, Into the Breach...!"

The woman who saved Mantra on the Moon comes to him in a dream and says he must return to Eden’s kids on Earth. When he asks who she is, she reveals herself as Eden. Mantra wakes up in a cell and fails to force his way out. He meditates and recalls how he got there: he returned to Eden’s back yard and found Prime waiting there. Prime invited him to join Ultraforce, but he refused, and Prime dejectedly flew away. Shifting into his guise as Eden, Lukasz went inside and told her kids he had to go away for a while. As he left, Evie burst into tears and said she hated him. Mantra returned to the Hollywood sign where Boneyard had arrived on Earth and used the token Warstrike gave him to open a portal to Boneyard’s realm. Boneyard monitored Mantra’s arrival and blocked his flight path with a force field, knocking him out of the sky. He fell into a city and held its attacking inhabitants at bay until their leader arrived. Using translating headgear, the leader introduced himself as Overlord Etan and explained Mantra had landed in the all-male city of Neros. Mantra mentioned Boneyard, and Etan gave him access to Neros’s archives. Etan’s subordinate, Commander Jontor, secretly reported Mantra’s arrival to Boneyard, and Boneyard promised to make him Overlord if he killed Mantra. Meanwhile, Etan contacted his counterpart in all-female Gwendor, Queen Topaz, and agreed to transfer Mantra to her custody. Topaz recognized Mantra’s Sword of Fangs as the weapon Gwendor’s Claw and sought to reclaim it. In the archives, Mantra had just learned the history of Neros and Gwendor when three of Jontor’s men assaulted him. Mantra impaled one with the Sword and flew out a window. Soon after, a Gwendorian sniper shot him out of the sky, causing him to land in Gwendor, and captured him. Now, Mantra causes the cell’s sink to overflow and magically triggers a steam explosion that blows a hole in the wall. Just as Mantra walks out, Topaz appears, demands the Sword of Fangs, and threatens to kill him if he does not reveal the location of Gwendor’s armor.

Appearing in "Arena of Fire"

Featured Characters:

• Mantra (Lukasz)

Supporting Characters:

• Eden Blake (possessed by Lukasz)
• Gwendorians
  • Topaz
  • Lyra
  • Opal Queen (First appearance)
  • Sapphire Queen (First appearance)

Adversaries:

• Nerosians
  • Jontor (Death)

Other Characters:

• Etan

Locations:

• Ultraverse
  • Godwheel
    • Gwendor
    • Neros

Items:

• Sword of Fangs

Vehicles:

• 
  
  
  

Synopsis for "Arena of Fire"

Per Gwendorian tradition, Mantra is forced to face Topaz in the city’s arena. Topaz’s co-rulers, the Opal and Sapphire Queens, offer to welcome him if he reveals the location of Gwendor’s armor. When he says Boneyard stole it, they disbelieve him, and Topaz attacks. As she and Mantra duel, Jontor and his henchmen deploy an incendiary device that sets fire to the arena. Jontor tries to claim Mantra as a prize, but Mantra beheads him. While Topaz battles Jontor’s men, Mantra magically encases the fire in a force field, snuffing it out. Afterward, Overlord Etan disavows Jontor’s actions and vows to punish his men. Won over by Mantra’s help, Topaz now believes him about Gwendor’s armor. Mantra then asks her help in confronting Boneyard.

Notes

• The story continues from Mantra #12 and continues in Mantra #13.
• This issue includes a two-page pin-up of Mantra and Topaz by George Perez.

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