Millarverse’s ‘The Magic Order’ Gets A New Library Edition From Dark Horse Comics
by Olly MacNamee
The Magic Order, from Mark Millar (Civil War, Kingsman), artists Oliver Coipel and Stuart Immonen, colourists Dave Stewart, Sunny Gho and David Curiel, is getting collected as a special hardback volume, The Magic Order: Library Edition, with each volume collecting two series of the original Image Comics’ series.
“In The Magic Order, the fates of the world and of magic are tied to five families, located across the globe, who have been bestowed with a secret power in order to protect our existence from dangerous supernatural and magical threats.
They are the reason you’ve never seen a ghost. By day, members of The Order live among us as friends, neighbors and co-workers. By night they are sorcerers, magicians, and wizards that keep us safe from dark forces and supernatural terrors. In this beautiful hardcover, the original two arcs are collected for the first time, introducing readers to the supernatural world The Magic Order as told by the incredible artwork of Oliver Coipel in series one, and Stuart Immonen in series two. Combined the book provides an elegant entrance to the fantastic setting Millar has constructed.”
Summing up this new collection, and working partnership with Dark Horse Comics, Millar added:
“It’s always exciting to see one of your books on a shelf. But The Magic Order being collected into one of these beautiful library editions has me so excited I’ve already cleared a space on my shelf in anticipation. I created this in my day job as a franchise within Netflix for live-action, but the visual scope of this series was so exciting that I talked the team into making this a comic-book too and was lucky to get the two best artists of their generation to draw the first two volumes. This series is my own personal favourite work in a thirty year career so to have it collected into something this grand is something I’m looking forward to more than any of you.”
The Magic Order: Library Edition Volume 1, which collects volumes 1 and 2 in oversized (8” x 12.875”) hardcover, will be available in book stores on January 14, 2025 and comic shops January 15, 2025 from Dark Horse Comics