| Animal Mystic | |||
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| Created by | Greg "Dark One" Williams | ||
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| Schedule | Varied | ||
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| Formats | Original material for this series has been published in three limited series and one comics anthology. | ||
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| Publication date | May 1993 – September 2002 | ||
| Number of issues | 13 | ||
| Main character(s) | Nikki Ranoakke | ||
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| Artist(s) | Greg "Dark One" Williams | ||
| Editor(s) | Robb Horan | ||
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| Animal Mystic | ISBN 1-57989-004-0 | ||
| Animal Mystic: Water Wars | ISBN 1-57989-024-5 | ||
| Animal Mystic: Klor | ISBN 1-57989-036-9 | ||
Animal Mystic is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams.
Animal Mystic debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by Cry For Dawn Productions and then by Sirius Entertainment.[citation needed]
For 1998's Crypt of Dawn #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a crossover story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several Sirius Entertainment-published titles, including Animal Mystic, wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri.[1]
The daughter of a wealthy philanthropist, southern California native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior.[2] Trained since youth in martial arts by the secret order of Glass Mantas, she became a student of ancient civilizations and their ways of combat.[2] Traveling to the Brazilian rainforest, Ranoakke befriends a white tiger that she names Mingus, discovers the secret temple of Thalk, and is initiated as lost amazonian tribe's true champion and leader through the right of trial by combat.[2]
Ranoakke, now known strictly as Queen Jatarri, is destined to enter "The Dark" and confront a mystical artifact called the Hypromid for the safety of reality.[3] Doing so, Jatarri is transported through time and space to the alien moon of Praktill, arriving there with the permanent body modification of pointed ears.[4] On Praktill, Jatarri rescues and eventually befriends Klor, a fierce warrior of great wisdom who is a centorg (horse-headed centaur).[5] From Klor, Jatarri learns of a threat to all life on Praktill: the hordes of carnivorous creatures called Spigmodites, which she vows to help eradicate.[6]
Learning that the wizard Rudapogg knows the secret to defeating the Spigmodite hordes, Jatarri and Klor embark on a quest to find him, the pair joined along the way by a female Kisabian (anthropomorphic tiger) named Ryntha and a Draco (dragon) called Shadu.[7] Upon finding Rudapogg, Jatarri learns that she holds the power to control Spigmodites, which she uses to ultimately force them to devour one another in a feeding frenzy.[8]
After Jatarri defeated the Spigmodites, Klor delivered to her the Hypromid, which transported her and her new friends to the underwater world of Antakia.[9] On Antakia, Jatarri learns of Lord Multa's tyranny and she vows to overthrow him.[10] In her quest to do so, Jatarri learns of her cosmic origins and meets the being who initiated her path as the universe's savior.[10]