Mage #3

Three figures stride forward on this cover with casual, street-level confidence — a bearded man in a lightning-bolt shirt anchors the center, flanked by a pumped-up companion throwing a triumphant fist and a dreadlocked figure with a musical note drifting from his lips. Matt Wagner's linework gives the trio a grounded, lived-in energy that sets Mage: The Hero Defined apart from flashier superhero fare of 1997. With "Two Truths Are Told" as the story's title, this third issue promises the kind of mythic undercurrent that makes Wagner's series such a rewarding read.