Mage: The Hero Defined

[Rebuilt In Error]

Hi Guys,

been looking around for this but cant find any word.
I figured one of you may manage to find something.

I am looking for a scheduled release date for the complet Hero Defined same as the recent Hero Discovered book.

LMK if you find anything.

Thanks.

R.I.E.

[riftt]

I heard it was December (or maybe november, basically a year from when the hero discovered HC came out....boy these boards suck for all things matt wagner)

[Rebuilt In Error]

Thanks.
I am a bit frustrated now. I really hoped it would be out sooner.
Oh well.

and yes there is a lack of Matt Wagner on here (except Grendel of course)

[The Xenos]

Says here July 13:

http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=5106
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MAGE, VOL. 2: THE HERO DEFINED HC
JULY 13 o 432 pg o FC o $49.95

written by MATT WAGNER
art & cover by MATT WAGNER

In the eagerly awaited sequel to the sold out MAGE, VOL. 1: THE HERO DISCOVERED HC, Kevin Matchstick's path brings him into the company of other legendary heroes, reborn in the modern world under the most everyday guises. Trouble arises when their purpose and challenges seem to be drying up and the number of supernatural "nasties," rapidly diminishing. Have the forces of darkness been DEFEATED, or is there a more sinister manipulation at work? Featuring an all-new painted cover by WAGNER, this handsome hardcover edition collects the 15-issue MAGE: THE HERO DEFINED in one mammoth volume - FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER!

PLUS: A comprehensive of gallery of MAGE covers, development artwork, merchandise and even pages from the special 3-D edition of issue #1!

COLLECTS MAGE: THE HERO DEFINED #1-15

MAGE is ™ and © Matt Wagner, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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While $50 for Hero Defined is rather steep, it is 15 issues of an excellent and hard to find series. Plus the quality of the trade, judging form Hero Discovered, is excelllent. Never read the book before, but took a chance on the first mega trade that came out rencently and I am now quite a Mage fan. Still gotta show it off to my roomate and others.


-Xenos

[riftt]

you should be able to get it for around 30 on amazon when it comes out

comic geek mode: anyone else feel guilty/conflicted reading hero defined and thinking how hot Magda is?

[Rebuilt In Error]

I got the softcover of Hero discovered so I will probably hold out for the softcover of Hero Defined.

And then have a nervous breakdown waiting on MW getting round to doing Hero Denied.

[Patient Boy]

I'm hoping a softcover TPB will come out sooner rather than later, with all the extras of course. US$49.95 would kill me.

[Rebuilt In Error]

Any word on the TPB yet folks?

[jemini169]

Are you saying the entire Hero Discovered run was collected in 1 soft-cover TPB? If that's true I gotta get it. I got the 8 mini-collections that Image did during the Hero Defined run. I got the 4-5 collections of Hero Defined, but I would love to have it in one collection as well...but I don't plan on dropping $50 for a hard-cover.

[K'Nort]

Are you saying the entire Hero Discovered run was collected in 1 soft-cover TPB?

$16.49 at Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1582403880/qid%3D1116630178/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-0639040-4679326

[milk114]

I bought Hero Discovered hardback last year without ever reading it based on my faith in Matt Wagner (and Sam Keith)'s other work and the word of my local comic book dealer. Since then I've been itching for the second series, Hero Defined, to come out in a similar "Definitive" form. I now cannot wait for the third series to materialize.

What a great book. First, the art was not what I expected as it lacked the "soft" quality of the Keith/Wagner airbrush technique but was still excellent. The story was fantastic as far as Im concerned. I'm a fan of Joseph Campbell's Hero with a thousand faces and was excited to see not just the hero's journey but the multiple identity aspects incorporated into the story.

My question then is who is Foxfire? Who else is Kirby? And what will be Ut's third incarnation?

[riftt]

I got my hardcover in the mail today and I havent opened it but it looks great and will look even better on the shelf next to the first hc.

i dont even want to think about how long its going to be before there is a third volume up there :(

[Grant]

I got my hardcover in the mail today and I havent opened it but it looks great and will look even better on the shelf next to the first hc.

i dont even want to think about how long its going to be before there is a third volume up there :(

I'm hoping sometime soon after Wagners Batman miniseries...

Is the Mage #0 story collected in the HC? I like seeing the Grendel backups in the Hero Discovered HC.

[riftt]

yes the zero issue is in the HC

Grendel backups? There werent any grendel backups in my Hero Discovered HC :confused:

I was slightly disappointed with the covers & extras content of the new hc. I would have liked to hear matt's comments for each cover as he did with the first series. Maybe an essay on the experience of coming back to the property, and then a look back at the fan reaction to the new series.

[Grant]

yes the zero issue is in the HC

Grendel backups? There werent any grendel backups in my Hero Discovered HC :confused:

I was slightly disappointed with the covers & extras content of the new hc. I would have liked to hear matt's comments for each cover as he did with the first series. Maybe an essay on the experience of coming back to the property, and then a look back at the fan reaction to the new series.

It's the interlude and with all the french dialouge. That was originally published as a backup in Grendel over at Comico.

The Wagner commentary in the first hardcover is all compiled from the Hero Discovered reprints that Image published a few years back.

[riftt]

It's the interlude and with all the french dialouge. That was originally published as a backup in Grendel over at Comico.

The Wagner commentary in the first hardcover is all compiled from the Hero Discovered reprints that Image published a few years back.
Ah, by grendel backups I thought you meant the grendel stories that started appearing with Mage #6

[riftt]

well lets see, PAGE 78 AND 79 in the hardcover are OUT OF ORDER.

whoops, thanks Image.

[Grant]

well lets see, PAGE 78 AND 79 in the hardcover are OUT OF ORDER.

whoops, thanks Image.

Seriously? That sucks...

[riftt]

More: The entire page 120 is reprinted on page 123

[Grant]

Does anybody else have these problems in their HCs? I was think of spending money on this...

[Grant]

Turns out I spent money on this and those errors are in the book. Turns out the entire print run...

Still it's amazing what some scissors, rubber cement and some back issues in less then "Fine" condition can do...

So if you are thinking of spending 40 bucks on this you might want to scour the quarter boxes for tattered copies of issue #9 and #4.