‘Lost Fantasy’ #6 Swells Its Rank By Two: One New Enemy And One New Hero

by Olly MacNamee

Image Comics’ Lost Fantasy #6 by writer Curt Pires (Indigo Children) and artist Luca Casalanguida (Money) will introduce an all-new adversary for Henry Blackheart, promising to take readers to “the darkest corners of The World Beneath”. This giant-sized issue also includes a bonus story co-written by singer/songwriter/comics writer Franklin Jonas, and comes out next month from Image Comics.

It will also have a variant cover (Cover E) by artist Amilcar Pinna, featuring a character also making their first appearance in the issue. A character who will be pivotal to Lost Fantasy and planned spinoffs.

If you’re new to this series but are hearing good things. about it, here’s the series’ overview:

“In Lost Fantasy, there’s a magical world that lies beneath ours, and first contact was made over a hundred years ago between the two worlds due to a natural disaster, resulting in a schism that allowed monsters to break through. Since then, secret monster slayers, known as The Great Hunters, have been working with global leaders to police the border and to keep our world safe from the creatures that lurk in the shadows. But something broke through resulting in a mysterious mass killing in Montana, and causing things to shift in a way that will ripple through both worlds. Safety now rests in the hands of rookie monster hunter Henry Blackheart.”

Speaking of the support for this critically acclaimed series, Pires said:

“We were so blown away by the retailer and reader support for the launch of issue five and our new story arc that we knew we had to do something special to thank everyone, so here it is: issue six now has a second backup, co-written by Franklin Jonas that will directly lead into our brand new Lost Fantasy spinoff launching in April. The issue also features the first appearance of a key Lost Fantasy character — so readers be sure to subscribe to the series so you never miss out!”

As for the new issue’s storyline…

“Still reeling from last issue’s shocker, Henry takes on his most personal investigation yet — one that pulls him deep into The World Beneath’s shadows and straight into the path of a dangerous new threat and a deadly new foe. Meanwhile, back at Blackheart Academy, Nihlas is just finding his footing when he stumbles upon a clue that could blow the murder case wide open.”