“U.X.O.”
Someone is eliminating evil magic users across the globe. Not even magic wielding monsters are safe from the mystery assassin. Can Pandora Peters, Wong and Doctor Zee find the killer before the natural balance of things crumbles into chaos? The Agents of W.A.N.D. are about to investigate an extended list of murders stacked up in their U.X.O. case files.
The immortal Boris Bathory, the Dire Diabolist of Denver – Jasper Jeniver, and Chorfus – the dark theurgist of the walrus-men are just a few dead bodies piling up. Wong is pushing for new methods in the antiquated W.A.N.D. organization while Pandora keeps a secret vendetta against Clea Strange. Doctor Zee seems to be the only level-headed one in the bunch. In other circles that statement would be considered insane. Not for the true defenders of the arcane!
Can ghost miners unionize under a badly written Contract of Damnation? How does a
Jiangshi boss break free from a Blood Seal without alerting the magical authorities? Do fake Christian relics gain power if worshippers truly believe in their legitimacy? Collect the series to find out!
Reviewer Notes
This issue was light on story but makes up for it in location hopping character reveals. I had a good belly-laugh with all the exotic wizards and monsters discovered here. I’m not sure if these were obscure characters resurrected from past storylines, or just randomly generated NPCs. I do know this issue is worthy of a four out of five star review.
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[appalachian mine cc], [athena – w.a.n.d. mobile hq], [basement of jasper jeniver], [blood bag], [blood seal], [borough – manhattan], [brimstone], [city – belgorod], [city – denver], [city – hong kong], [city – new york city], [collective action], [continent – asia], [continent – europe], [continent – north america], [contract of damnation], [country – china], [country – russia], [country – united states of america], [demons], [dog – basset hound], [dogs], [equipment – cloak of levitation], [equipment – eye of agamotto], [fangxiangshi], [free spirits], [ghost rider's chain], [ghosts], [ghouls], [hell], [hexswarm], [hive of the hexswarm queen], [hybrid – human-faltine hybrids], [jiangshi], [jungle of madness], [L.M.D. – litho-mimetic doppelgangers], [lake – lake bratoz], [lava men], [mine shaft 666], [mountains – appalachian mountains], [nails of the true cross], [neighborhood – greenwich village], [planet – earth], [religious relics], [runes], [runic binding], [running blinding], [sanctum sanctorum], [spells – sorsiant’s second unsommoning], [state – colorado], [state – kentucky], [state – new york], [street – 177A bleecker street], [street – bleecker street], [summoning circle of duke archos], [throne – throne of igneo], [true cross], [U.X.O. – unexploded ordinance], [union], [vampires], [vehicle – hell cycle], [village – village of bratoz], [walrus-men]
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[agents of w.a.n.d.], [aggamon – lord of the purple dimension], [bats – basset hound], [billy – nasty boys leader], [blasphemy cartel], [boris bathory – the butcher of belgorod], [brimstone-mining ghosts], [chorfus – dark theurgist of the walrus-men], [clea strange], [demonic robber barons], [doctor strange – stephen vincent strange], [doktor zee], [duke archos – hell’s heretic], [ghost rider – johnny blaze], [hexswarm queen], [hong kong jiangshi], [igneo – arch-warlock of the lava men], [jasper jeniver – the dire diabolist of denver], [master flerox], [nasty boys], [pandora peters], [punisher – francis “frank” g. castle], [sorsiant], [w.a.n.d.], [wong]
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