Soulfire

Soulfire

Soulfire pin-up. Art by Michael Turner
and Peter Steigerwald.
Publication information
Publisher Aspen MLT
First appearance Wizard #139 (March, 2003)
Created by Michael Turner
In-story information
Full name Grace
Partnerships Malikai
Soulfire
Cover for Soulfire #0,
art by Michael Turner
and Peter Steigerwald.
Series publication information
Publisher Aspen MLT
Schedule Monthly
Format Ongoing series
Genre Fantasy comics
Publication date
(vol. 1)
May 2004 – July 2009
(vol. 2)
September 2009 – January 2011
(vol. 3)
April 2011 – Present
Number of issues (vol. 1): 11
(vol. 2): 10
(vol. 3): 3 (as of August, 2011)
Creative team
Writer(s) (vol. 1-3)
J.T. Krul
Penciller(s) (vol. 1)
Michael Turner
Joe Benitez
(vol. 2)
Marcus To
(vol. 3)
Jason Fabok
Inker(s) (vol. 2)
Saleem Crawford
Richard Zajac
Colorist(s) (vol. 1)
Peter Steigerwald
(vol. 2)
Beth Sotelo
(vol. 3)
John Starr

Soulfire is a comic book produced by Aspen MLT that is one in a line of titles created by Michael Turner. The original characters were created between 2000 and 2002 with Soulfire (originally named Dragonfly) set to be produced under the Top Cow although that never came to be. Only when Michael Turner started his company Aspen MLT, did the comic begin production in April 2003.

The Soulfire 'preview' issue was first printed in Wizard magazine #139 in March 2003. The preview introduced the two central protagonists of the story, Malikai and Grace.

Contents

Story

Soulfire is centered around the idea of "magic" being gone from the world. The story follows a boy named Malikai and a rag tag team of magical beings and cyborgs . Malikai's quest as the chosen one is to bring magic back to the hardened future of (2211 AD) and stop it from being used by evil.

Storylines

Soulfire: Dying of the Light

A related comic limited series that sets the stage for the Soulfire series is a spin-off. It takes place in the end of the last era of magic where a disease is killing magical beings and parts of magic (such as the wings so many rely on in this era to fly).

Soulfire: Chaos Reign

Is a Soulfire limited series. It takes place in primal times of the Soulfire universe, back when magic was still raw and untapped. It also led into the second volume of Soulfire, released in summer 2006. This is the second such series to spin out of the Soulfire limited series.

Soulfire: New World Order

While Soulfire is a limited series of 10 issues, it does not end there. It continues in the mini-series New World Order. New World Order is the bridge between Volume 1 and 2. It is 5 issues with a beginnings issue and number 0 issue. It is written by J.T. Krul with art by Francisco Herrera. Each issue also contains a Soulfire Vol. 2 backup story called Resurgence.

Characters

Soulfire

Soulfire: Dying of the Light

Soulfire: Chaos Reign

Collections

Trade Paperbacks

Title Material Collected Publication Date ISBN
Soulfire Volume 1 Part 1 Soulfire Preview, Soulfire vol. 1 #0, #1-5 April, 2008 ISBN 0-9774-8212-X
Soulfire Volume 1 Part 2 Soulfire vol. 1 #6-10 June, 2010 ISBN 0-9823-6281-1
Soulfire: Dying Of The Light Soulfire: Dying Of The Light #0, #1-5 June, 2007 ISBN 0-9774-8211-1
Soulfire: Chaos Reign Soulfire: Chaos Reign #0, #1-3 July, 2008 ISBN 0-9774-8214-6

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