Mouse Guard The Black Axe (2010 Archaia) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Oct 2010 by Archaia Studios Press.$2.50
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(W/A) David Petersen The Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard returns with The Black Axe, a third volume to be told in six bi-monthly issues. Set in 1115, this prequel to Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 fulfills the promise the wise oldfur Celanawe made to Lieam the day his paw first touched the Black Axe: to tell the young warrior about the mouse who first wielded the deadly weapon. The arrival of distant kin takes Celanawe on an adventure that will carry him across the sea to uncharted waters and lands, all while unraveling the legend of Farrer, the blacksmith who forged the mythic Black Axe. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #2
Published Apr 2011 by Archaia Studios Press.$3.00
$2.50
(W/A/C) David Petersen The new volume of the Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard series continues! Celanawe, honor-bound by his loyalty to his Guard Matriarch, accompanies Em, his only living relative, to Port Sumac. There they find a mouse just brave (or crazy) enough to take them across the sea and beyond the record of any map. This long sea voyage gives Em the time to explain to Celanawe about her instance for the journey and how their fates will forever be tied to the Black Axe. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #3
Published Sep 2011 by Archaia Studios Press.$3.00
(W/A) David Petersen The new volume of the Eisner Award-winning Mouse Guard series continues! On an unmapped island, Celanawe and Em discover the land of Ilder ruled by a ferret king. Shipwrecked and with no sign of their ship's captain, Conrad, they become the audience of Ilder's imposing sovereign and hear of his hunger, his power and his fear - all while a mythic weapon dangles just out of reach, preventing destiny from marching forward for the bloodline of Farrer, forger of the Black Axe! Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #4
Published Jan 2012 by Archaia Studios Press.$6.40
$6.40
Leaving the fate of Em in the weasel king of Ilder's paws, Celanawe trudges into the briar lair of a murderous fox. The Black Axe, a weapon forged by Farrer and now wielded by his youngest heir, is put to the test so that one lone mouse can slay the red-furred villain which has claimed enough ferret lives to have the king of Ildur afraid to send his own kin after it. The uneven brutal battle has an only more brutal end. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #5
Published Aug 2012 by Archaia Studios Press.$6.80
$6.80
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(W/A/CA) David Petersen Em, the mouse who brought Celanawe into the quest for the Axe, has met her end. The tragic tale of her death is told to Celanawe and Conrad by the ferret king who was honor bound to keep her alive. The consequences lead Celanawe and Conrad to try and find a way home to the Mouse Territories so that Celanawe can return to the Guard and Conrad can try and gain the seat of Captain's Captain in Port Sumac. Includes a pin-up from Shane Michael Vidaurri, creator of the upcoming Archaia title, Iron. Cover price $3.50.
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Issue #6
Published Jan 2013 by Archaia Studios Press.$3.00
(W/A/CA) David Petersen In the last leg of Celanawe's quest for the Axe and its meaning, he is led to discover a secret order of mice who guard its secrets and history, its maker, and others like him. The knowledge of his having recovered the Axe leads Celanawe to a difficult decision. The end of the issue holds one final surprise for longtime Mouse Guard fans! Features a pin-up by Mike Mignola (Hellboy). Cover price $3.50.
