Mage #8

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About this issue

Writer

Matt Wagner

Penciller

Matt Wagner

Inker

Rich Rankin and Sam Kieth

Colorist

Matt Wagner

Letterer

Bob Pinaha

Editor

Diana Schutz

Characters

Argent (Grendel), Edsel (Mage), Hunter Rose, Kevin Matchstick, Mirth, Sean Knight (Mage), Stacy Palumbo, Stanis Grackleflint, and Umbra Sprite

Teams

Grackleflints

Story arc

The Hero Discovered

Cover date

July 1985

Cover price

$1.50

Pages

36

Rating

Unknown

After capturing Stanis Grackleflint outside Kevin's apartment, Mirth decides to interrogate him. With help from Sean's ability to ooze fear, Stanis cracks and reveals that Mirth is the reason the darkness can track their movements so easily. Mirth's position as the most powerful magician on this plane of existence makes him easy to spot for anyone attuned to magic. With help from the Umbra Sprite, Stanis attempts to escape. Kevin stops the attempt, but his apartment is burned down in the process. Mirth decides to leave the group, submerging himself within the computerized ATM network where he cannot be traced. He leaves Sean to advise Kevin, and as a parting gift he gives Kevin a magical ATM card. In the back-up Grendel story (which began in issue 6), and 18-year-old Hunter Rose adopts Stacy. There is a trial, but he writes a novel about her in only 3 days, which persuades the public that he should be allowed to do it. The anthropomorphic wolf, Argent, goes into hiding due to the mishandling of the Barry Palumbo case, but eventually comes back and starts to hound Grendel. Grendel is happy for the challenge and begins to plot against Argent in return.