Kai and his family are on with a scientific mission to study a primitive world of magic when an unforeseen accident devastates their vessel, leaving Kai separated from the rest of the crew. Now, with the protection of a loading dock robot, an apprentice magi and her quirky mentor, Kai must survive on a world very different from his own!

Mixing small bits of humor, action, coming of age, science fiction, and fantasy, I, Mage #0 should appeal to an audience both young and old. Honestly, the writing by Gary Turner is humorous, and entertaining even in the face of disaster near the end of the story. I’m curious to see how the paralleling ideas of magic, and technology expand as the story continues on the world of Urth. Especially since early on in the comic, the writing reveal advanced A.I. and magic don’t interact well, but given the circumstances of the crash landing. How much will the magic interfere with the limited technology that fell.

If I had to choose one word to describe the artwork by Carlos Gomez and Teodoro Gonzalez, it would be: colorful. The world is filled with a cornucopia of colors, of various hues that seems to expand as the story expands. However the planet Urth, has a contrasting color scheme from the ship. Replacing the blues, white, reds, and blacks with green, yellow, darker shades of red, and brown. I’m curious to so if that contrasting color scheme continues, in upcoming issues.

I, Mage #0 would be a great gift for child who is just starting to get into comics.

Story: Gary Turner Art: Carlos Gomez, Teodoro Gonzalez
Story: 8.0 Art: 8.0 Overall: 8.0 Recommendation: Buy

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