Animal Mystic is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams.

Animal Mystic
Created byGreg "Dark One" Williams
Publication information
Publisher
ScheduleVaried
Title(s)
  • Animal Mystic #1-4
  • Animal Mystic: Water Wars #1-6
  • Klor #1-3
  • Heavy Metal vol. 26 #4
FormatsOriginal material for this series has been published in three limited series and one comics anthology.
Genre
Publication dateMay 1993 – September 2002
Number of issues13
Main character(s)Nikki Ranoakke
Creative team
Writer(s)
  • Greg "Dark One" Williams
  • Robb Horan (script assist)
Artist(s)Greg "Dark One" Williams
Editor(s)Robb Horan
Reprints
Collected editions
Animal MysticISBN 1-57989-004-0
Animal Mystic: Water WarsISBN 1-57989-024-5
Animal Mystic: KlorISBN 1-57989-036-9

Publication history

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Animal Mystic debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by Cry For Dawn Productions and then by Sirius Entertainment.[citation needed]

Other appearances

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For 1998's Crypt of Dawn #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a crossover story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several Sirius Entertainment-published titles, including Animal Mystic, wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri.[1]

Synopsis

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The daughter of a wealthy philanthropist, southern California native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior.[2] Trained since youth in martial arts by the secret order of Glass Mantas, she became a student of ancient civilizations and their ways of combat.[2] Traveling to the Brazilian rainforest, Ranoakke befriends a white tiger that she names Mingus, discovers the secret temple of Thalk, and is initiated as lost amazonian tribe's true champion and leader through the right of trial by combat.[2]

Ranoakke, now known strictly as Queen Jatarri, is destined to enter "The Dark" and confront a mystical artifact called the Hypromid for the safety of reality.[3] Doing so, Jatarri is transported through time and space to the alien moon of Praktill, arriving there with the permanent body modification of pointed ears.[4] On Praktill, Jatarri rescues and eventually befriends Klor, a fierce warrior of great wisdom who is a centorg (horse-headed centaur).[5] From Klor, Jatarri learns of a threat to all life on Praktill: the hordes of carnivorous creatures called Spigmodites, which she vows to help eradicate.[6]

Learning that the wizard Rudapogg knows the secret to defeating the Spigmodite hordes, Jatarri and Klor embark on a quest to find him, the pair joined along the way by a female Kisabian (anthropomorphic tiger) named Ryntha and a Draco (dragon) called Shadu.[7] Upon finding Rudapogg, Jatarri learns that she holds the power to control Spigmodites, which she uses to ultimately force them to devour one another in a feeding frenzy.[8]

After Jatarri defeated the Spigmodites, Klor delivered to her the Hypromid, which transported her and her new friends to the underwater world of Antakia.[9] On Antakia, Jatarri learns of Lord Multa's tyranny and she vows to overthrow him.[10] In her quest to do so, Jatarri learns of her cosmic origins and meets the being who initiated her path as the universe's savior.[10]

References

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Citations

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  1. ^ Taylor (1998)
  2. ^ a b c Williams (1994a, p. 31), an illustrated recap of issue #1; Williams (1994b, p. 1), an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.
  3. ^ Williams (1994a, pp. 2, 6, 31), the last of which is an illustrated recap of issue #1; Williams (1994b, p. 1), an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.
  4. ^ Williams (1994a, pp. 12–13); Williams (1994b, p. 1), an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.
  5. ^ Williams (1994a, pp. 20, 27); Williams (1994b, p. 1), an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2; Williams (2000, back cover).
  6. ^ Williams (1994b, pp. 1–2), an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.
  7. ^ Williams (1994a, pp. 29–30); Williams (1995, p. 1), an illustrated recap of issue #3.
  8. ^ Williams (1995, pp. 5–6, 50)
  9. ^ Williams (1995, p. 51); Williams (1999, back cover)
  10. ^ a b Williams (1999, back cover)

Sources

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  • Williams, Greg [as Dark One] (1994). Horan, Robb (ed.). "[untitled]". Animal Mystic. No. 3. Stanhope, New Jersey: Sirius Entertainment.
  • Williams, Greg [as Dark One] (1995). Horan, Robb (ed.). "[untitled]". Animal Mystic. No. 4. Stanhope, New Jersey: Sirius Entertainment.
  • Williams, Greg [as Dark One] (June 1999). Animal Mystic: Water Wars. Illustrations colored by Loon (pp. 3-50), Ashley Underwood (pp. 51-94). Lettering by Brenda Feikema. Dover, New Jersey: Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-024-5.
  • Williams, Greg [as Dark One] (June 2000). Animal Mystic: Klor. Dover, New Jersey: Sirius Entertainment. ISBN 1-57989-036-9.
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