Coming in June, we're hosting a CBCS 10th Anniversary Auction! Now accepting submissions of CBCS-graded comics for auction.

Auction in progress, bid now! Weekly Auction ends Monday April 29!

Mage The Hero Defined TPB (1998-2001) comic books 1998-2000

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Mage The Hero Defined TPB (1998-2001) 1-1ST

    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Mage: The Hero Defined (1997) #1-4. Story and art by Matt Wagner. Picking up several years after the end of The Hero Discovered, the story follows the continuing adventures of the reborn Pendragon, Kevin Matchstick, who wields the powerful, magic baseball bat, Excalibur. Hercules, Hiawatha, and King Arthur unite for the first time ever-all under the guise of everyday fellows in t-shirts. Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #2-1ST
    Mage The Hero Defined TPB (1998-2001) 2-1ST

    Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects Mage: The Hero Defined (1997) #5-8. Story and art by Matt Wagner. Continuing the popular series chronicling the on-going adventures of Kevin Matchstick and company. Master storyteller, Matt Wagner, weaves his own special brand of magic yet again as the Heroic Trio find themselves lured north, across the border, to a mystical gathering the likes of which the world has never seen. In addition to an ever-growing mass of 'nasties', the Northlands seem to magnetically attract a host of the world's most legendary reincarnated warriors. But what is the hidden purpose behind this Gathering? And how can Kevin overcome his arrogant assumptions of leadership in time to save the day? Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

  • Issue #3-1ST
    Mage The Hero Defined TPB (1998-2001) 3-1ST

    Volume 3 - 1st printing. Collects Mage: The Hero Defined (1997) #9-12. Story and art by Matt Wagner. In this third part in the latest adventures of Kevin Matchstick join writer/artist Matt Wagner as he guides his literary alter-ego through some initially confusing interactions with a sorcerous coven of witches, the Hunter sisters. The middle witch, Magda, and the Pendragon find themselves irresistably drawn to each other, but what does this mean for the continuing Quest and how will the Heroic Trio ever reconvene? In the midst of this romantic lull, disaster strikes as the Coyote, Joe Phat, falls prey to the seductive charms of a succubus faerie - the Leanhaun Sidhe! Can Kevin and company rise to the occasion and rescue their enchanted comrade? And will they finally be able to crack the secrets of the Mystic Mountain and the dark, labyrinthine forces that it contains? Softcover, 96 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.