''Animal Mystic'' is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams.

Publication history

''Animal Mystic'' debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by

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and then by

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Other appearances

For 1998's ''Crypt of Dawn'' #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a

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story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several

-published titles, including ''Animal Mystic'', wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri.

Synopsis

The daughter of a wealthy

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native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior. Trained since youth in

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by the secret order of Glass Mantas, she became a student of

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and their ways of combat. Traveling to the

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, Ranoakke befriends a

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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

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. 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. Doing so, Jatarri is transported through time and space to the alien moon of Praktill, arriving there with the permanent body modification of

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. On Praktill, Jatarri rescues and eventually befriends Klor, a fierce warrior of great wisdom who is a centorg (horse-headed

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). 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. 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 (

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tiger) named Ryntha and a Draco (

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) called Shadu. 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. After Jatarri defeated the Spigmodites, Klor delivered to her the Hypromid, which transported her and her new friends to the underwater world of Antakia.; On Antakia, Jatarri learns of Lord Multa's tyranny and she vows to overthrow him. 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.

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