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{{Short description|Title of a series of comic books series by Greg "Dark One" Williams}}
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|format              = Original material for this series has been published in three [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]] and one [[comics anthology]].
|titles              = {{Unbulleted list|''Animal Mystic'' #1{{hyphen}}4|''Animal Mystic: Water Wars'' #1{{hyphen}}6|''Klor'' #1{{hyphen}}3|''Heavy Metal'' vol. 26 #4}}
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|publisher           = {{Unbulleted list|[[Cry for Dawn Productions]]|[[Sirius Entertainment]]}}
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|startyr             = 1993
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|main_char_team      = Nikki Ranoakke
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|TPB1                = Animal Mystic
|ISBN1               = 1-57989-004-0
|TPB2                = Animal Mystic: Water Wars
|ISBN2               = 1-57989-024-5
|TPB3                = Animal Mystic: Klor
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'''''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 [[Cry For Dawn Productions]] and then by [[Sirius Entertainment]].{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}

=== Other appearances ===

For 1998's ''Crypt of Dawn'' #5, Kevin J. Taylor wrote and illustrated a [[Crossover (fiction)|crossover]] story which featured Safety-Belt Man traveling through several [[Sirius Entertainment]]-published titles, including ''Animal Mystic'', wherein he met Klor and Queen Jatarri.<ref>{{harvtxt|Taylor|1998}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==

The daughter of a wealthy [[philanthropist]], [[southern California]] native Nikki Ranoakke dreamed of becoming a great warrior.<ref name="recap-1-2" /> Trained since youth in [[martial arts]] by the [[Secret society|secret order]] of Glass Mantas, she became a student of [[ancient civilizations]] and their ways of combat.<ref name="recap-1-2" /> Traveling to the [[Amazon rainforest|Brazilian rainforest]], Ranoakke befriends a [[white tiger]] that she names Mingus, discovers the secret temple of Thalk, and is initiated as lost [[Amazons|amazonian tribe]]'s true champion and leader through the right of [[trial by combat]].<ref name="recap-1-2" />

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.<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1994a|pp=2,6,31}}, the last of which is an illustrated recap of issue #1; {{harvtxt|Williams|1994b|p=1}}, an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.</ref> 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]].<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1994a|pp=12{{hyphen}}13}}; {{harvtxt|Williams|1994b|p=1}}, an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.</ref> On Praktill, Jatarri rescues and eventually befriends Klor, a fierce warrior of great wisdom who is a centorg (horse-headed [[centaur]]).<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1994a|pp=20,27}}; {{harvtxt|Williams|1994b|p=1}}, an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2; {{harvtxt|Williams|2000|loc=back cover}}.</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1994b|pp=1{{hyphen}}2}}, an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.</ref>

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.<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1994a|pp=29{{hyphen}}30}}; {{harvtxt|Williams|1995|p=1}}, an illustrated recap of issue #3.</ref> 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.<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1995|pp=5{{hyphen}}6,50}}</ref>

After Jatarri defeated the Spigmodites, Klor delivered to her the Hypromid, which transported her and her new friends to the underwater world of Antakia.<ref>{{harvtxt|Williams|1995|p=51}}; {{harvtxt|Williams|1999|loc=back cover}}</ref> On Antakia, Jatarri learns of Lord Multa's tyranny and she vows to overthrow him.<ref name="water-wars-back-cover" /> 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.<ref name="water-wars-back-cover" />

== References ==

===Citations===
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<ref name="recap-1-2">{{harvtxt|Williams|1994a|p=31}}, an illustrated recap of issue #1; {{harvtxt|Williams|1994b|p=1}}, an illustrated recap of issues #1 and #2.</ref><ref name="water-wars-back-cover">{{harvtxt|Williams|1999|loc=back cover}}</ref>
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===Sources===
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* {{cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Kevin J. |title=Twilight |magazine=Crypt of Dawn |issue=5 |pages=5{{hyphen}}15 |date=November 1998 |publisher=[[Sirius Entertainment]] |location=[[Dover, New Jersey]] }}

* {{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Greg [as Dark One] |author-link=Greg Williams (comics) |title=Eat or Be Eaten |magazine=Animal Mystic |issue=2  |date=June 1994 |editor-last=Horan |editor-first=Robb |editor-link=Robb Horan |publisher=Sirius Entertainment |location=[[Stanhope, New Jersey]] |ref={{harvid|Williams|1994a}} }}

* {{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Greg [as Dark One] |title=[untitled] |magazine=Animal Mystic |issue=3 |date=1994 |editor-last=Horan |editor-first=Robb |publisher=Sirius Entertainment |location=Stanhope, New Jersey |ref={{harvid|Williams|1994b}} }}

* {{cite magazine |last=Williams |first=Greg [as Dark One] |title=[untitled] |magazine=Animal Mystic |issue=4 |date=1995 |editor-last=Horan |editor-first=Robb |publisher=Sirius Entertainment |location=Stanhope, New Jersey }}

* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Greg [as Dark One] |others=Illustrations colored by Loon (pp. 3{{hyphen}}50), Ashley Underwood (pp. 51{{hyphen}}94). Lettering by Brenda Feikema |title=Animal Mystic: Water Wars |date=June 1999 |publisher=Sirius Entertainment |location=Dover, New Jersey |isbn=1-57989-024-5 }}

* {{cite book |last=Williams |first=Greg [as Dark One] |title=Animal Mystic: Klor |date=June 2000 |publisher=Sirius Entertainment |location=Dover, New Jersey |isbn=1-57989-036-9 }}

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==External links==
* {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20011115093408/http://www.sirius.choiceoneonline.com/mystic.html}} (archived from [http://www.sirius.choiceoneonline.com/mystic.html the original])
* {{Comic Book DB |type=creator |id=3064 |title=Greg "Dark One" Williams }}
* {{Grand Comics Database search |type=credit |search=Dark+One |title=Greg "Dark One" Williams }}

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