MICE TEMPLAR HC (2025)

"Collecting the first six issues of the acclaimed ongoing series. Before their fall, the Templar preserved the order of the natural world, maintaining th balance of life and death for all creatures. But an ideological dispute pitted the noble brotherhood against itself, where they destroyed themselves in a vicious civil war. Chaos descended in their wake, where predatory and scavenger creatures now reign supreme bringing anarchy to the night world of Shadow Time. Yet the young mouse Karic receives visions from the gods that their creator Wotan has chosen him to challenge the imbalance and restore the order of the fallen Templar. And thus begins the first chapter in an extraordinary adventure of magic and wonder, faith and valor, and of one small mouse whose destiny might change the entire world. Collects THE MICE TEMPLAR #1-6. OCTOBER 29 • 200 pg • FC • $29.99"

"Karic might be the Chosen One...but what does such a title even mean for the young mouse who desires only to save his family from a monstrous fate. Under the training of exile Cassius, Karic learns what it truly is to be a Templar knight and warrior. While One-Arm Leito rallies his fellow prisoners, struggling to become a leader against impossible odds. Both mice find themselves on a collision course with destiny. COLLECTS MICE TEMPLAR: DESTINY #1-5."

"Destiny, prophecy and free will collide as the young mouse Karic prepares himself for an audacious confrontation with the fearsome Snake god of the druids, for the salvation of his family, and the fate of all mice. Yet many forces stand in his way: the tyranny of the mad King Icarus, the twisted riddles of the Bats of Meave, a Scorpion god, the ancient demonic Nathair, and certain doom at the claws of the Zombie Cat!"

"'A MIDWINTER NIGHT'S DREAM' Karic was the prophesied 'Chosen One,' yet now all the Dark Lands will suffer for his audacious actions against King Icarus and the snake god of the druids. Winter has come to the Shadow Time. The Druid High Priest claims the vacant throne and unleashes a wave of tyranny. Civil war looms between rats and weasels. The legend of 'Karic Lives' sparks open rebellion. While the hero Karic lies in a feverish coma, unable to wake: yet his dreams are a portal to the Outer Darkness, where the accursed evil of Donas the Nathair lays claim to Karic's very soul. The two-time Harvey Award-winning series continues, from the acclaimed writer of THOR: FIRST THUNDER and the co-creator of POWERS and TAKIO!"

"'LEGEND,' Part One The Legend of Karic grows but its legacy is both greater and darker than the noble young mouse it is said to embody. As every victory is turned against him, Karic confronts his own past and demands answers. And the mad king Icarus launches his great war against creation. Collects MICE TEMPLAR: LEGEND #1-8"

"'LEGEND,' Part Two The season has come for the 'Legend of Karic' to restore the long and bitterly divided Templar Order! But is the heroic young mouse a savior...or an unwitting agent of destruction-the prophesied Sword of Demons-bent on vengeance and the annihilation of all living creatures? "