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Winx Club: Magic Collection, Volumes 1-9
Meet the Winx Club, a group of beautiful fairies who fight evil using their unique magical powers! As they battle scary monsters and trouble-making witches, these girls become stronger fairies and closer friends.
Before Bloom became part of the Winx Club, she was living a normal teenager’s life. All that changed one day when she discovered she’s actually got magical powers! Between enrolling in Alfea School for Fairies and learning to control her newfound powers, Bloom’s life is anything but ordinary now. Luckily, she’s got special fairy friends who encourage and support her—and help fight against wicked villains!
Before Bloom became part of the Winx Club, she was living a normal teenager’s life. All that changed one day when she discovered she’s actually got magical powers! Between enrolling in Alfea School for Fairies and learning to control her newfound powers, Bloom’s life is anything but ordinary now. Luckily, she’s got special fairy friends who encourage and support her—and help fight against wicked villains!
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First published September 16, 2014
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Iginio Straffi
368 books59 followersIginio Straffi is the founder and CEO of Rainbow S.r.l., as well as the creator of its most famous product, the Winx Club series.
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March 5, 2026
2026 REREAD: I went back to this, after binging a lot of 'Winx Club' content recently, for nostalgia.
This 'Magic Collection' is as completely nonsensical as the original cartoon (that had been going on for far too long, and is nothing but rot after season four). There are plot holes, plot gaps, inconsistencies and continuity errors galore, and the more you read, the clearer it becomes quickly that you would have to have watched the show in order to understand what is going on, even with the self-contained, light and inconsequential stories.
But my Magical GirlTM-loving heart can't stop adoring it.
The franchise has been milked dry for over a decade now, past the point of reason, and in recent years it has been wildly, shamelessly exploited in the name of nostalgic IP, corporate greed, and just plain bad business decisions and models. 'Winx Club' has suffered greatly. The magic seems to be officially dead, and its original creators killed it. They don't care anymore, not about the Winx, nor about art, and they haven't for a very long time.
But I will always remember how 'Winx Club' used to be, in the 2000s. I will always remember Bloom (my favourite!), Stella, Flora, Musa, Techna, Aisha, and even Roxy. Creative, imaginative, colourful, glittery, cheesy Magical GirlTM cartoons like these will always hold a special place in my heart.
There are still some cool ideas in 'Magic Collection', too. And humour. And cuteness.
'Winx Club', let's go! Fairies unite!
(My original review below holds up, as do my views and acknowledging the cartoon's problematic aspects (it's been made a whole lot worse now, tragically).)
Final Score: 3.5/5
Original Review:
Why, hello old friend.
Happy 450th review!
But a brief one, revisiting one of my childhood Magical Girl gems.
Ah, the nostalgia! 'Winx Club' = the Magical Girl genre meets 'Harry Potter' meets all kinds of magic and technology, featuring impossibly-thin, impossibly-pretty teenage fairy girls, handsome teenage boy knights in shining armour, and mean girl evil witches. It's a fun, glittery, colourful guilty pleasure, where friendship is magic! Like 'W.I.T.C.H.', but softer and sillier.
'Winx Club: Magic Collection' contains nine volumes of the comic series based on the Italian cartoon created by Iginio Straffi, but I believe that it was made for preexisting fans of 'Winx Club' only, as newcomers are bound to be confused as it progresses. Prepare for a lot of issues to be skipped over, so that there are no formal introductions to some of the characters (not to mention the Winx Club's transformation outfits), little explanation as to what is going on, major details and backstories that are never mentioned again, and major events told only in recaps. The collection starts out as a retelling of the first season of the show, and the rest is all self-contained stories. They are new, at least, and are entertaining, and even political and educational for children.
If anything, now I find this universe's worldbuilding to be far more interesting than ever I did before. Admittedly only a handful of the main characters receive strong representation and focus. However, the protagonist, the redheaded "earth fairy" Bloom who is actually a princess from a destroyed planet and realm, is how I remember her and more. Always one of my favourites, I had related to Bloom the most as a kid, and I admire her kindness, sensitivity, honesty, uncertainties, insecurities, courage, generosity, modesty, altruism, and her unfaltering anger and strength needed to stand up for her beliefs and loved ones. She is the relatable and inspirational heart, soul and motivator of this club of best friends and universe saviours!
'Winx Club: Magic Collection' - an 832-page magical, digital fairy romp! What you'll find inside are: a clever homage to the Minotaur's maze, 16th-18th century pirates, an Asimov-inspired robot rebellion, a time traveller from earth, toy products in the form of magic pets that in-universe can be downloaded from the internet, an education on perfume, a cursed necklace that isn't cursed after all, and all kinds of fashionable, sparkly clothes on the girls!
'Winx Club' is not every little girl's fantasy, I know. All girls each have different, individual wish-fulfilment dream departments. In terms of gender rep it is a simple kids' marketing ploy, catering to the basest of stereotypes. Nearly in all instances of this series there is the traditional, Saturday morning cartoon black and white morality: where good = beautiful, and bad = ugly, or gothic. (But there is less of this in the cartoon than in the comic). What is the difference between fairy magic and witchcraft in this universe anyway?
But... no, I have no excuse. 'Winx Club' is a charming, nostalgic guilty pleasure for me, that's at least not all about cute and pretty things, given its universal themes of friendship, teamwork, believing in yourself, being nice and doing the right thing, schoolwork, community, and rebellion. It can be very funny too.
An addition to my Magical Girl repertoire.
Final Score: 3.5/5
This 'Magic Collection' is as completely nonsensical as the original cartoon (that had been going on for far too long, and is nothing but rot after season four). There are plot holes, plot gaps, inconsistencies and continuity errors galore, and the more you read, the clearer it becomes quickly that you would have to have watched the show in order to understand what is going on, even with the self-contained, light and inconsequential stories.
But my Magical GirlTM-loving heart can't stop adoring it.
The franchise has been milked dry for over a decade now, past the point of reason, and in recent years it has been wildly, shamelessly exploited in the name of nostalgic IP, corporate greed, and just plain bad business decisions and models. 'Winx Club' has suffered greatly. The magic seems to be officially dead, and its original creators killed it. They don't care anymore, not about the Winx, nor about art, and they haven't for a very long time.
But I will always remember how 'Winx Club' used to be, in the 2000s. I will always remember Bloom (my favourite!), Stella, Flora, Musa, Techna, Aisha, and even Roxy. Creative, imaginative, colourful, glittery, cheesy Magical GirlTM cartoons like these will always hold a special place in my heart.
There are still some cool ideas in 'Magic Collection', too. And humour. And cuteness.
'Winx Club', let's go! Fairies unite!
(My original review below holds up, as do my views and acknowledging the cartoon's problematic aspects (it's been made a whole lot worse now, tragically).)
Final Score: 3.5/5
Original Review:
Why, hello old friend.
Happy 450th review!
But a brief one, revisiting one of my childhood Magical Girl gems.
Ah, the nostalgia! 'Winx Club' = the Magical Girl genre meets 'Harry Potter' meets all kinds of magic and technology, featuring impossibly-thin, impossibly-pretty teenage fairy girls, handsome teenage boy knights in shining armour, and mean girl evil witches. It's a fun, glittery, colourful guilty pleasure, where friendship is magic! Like 'W.I.T.C.H.', but softer and sillier.
'Winx Club: Magic Collection' contains nine volumes of the comic series based on the Italian cartoon created by Iginio Straffi, but I believe that it was made for preexisting fans of 'Winx Club' only, as newcomers are bound to be confused as it progresses. Prepare for a lot of issues to be skipped over, so that there are no formal introductions to some of the characters (not to mention the Winx Club's transformation outfits), little explanation as to what is going on, major details and backstories that are never mentioned again, and major events told only in recaps. The collection starts out as a retelling of the first season of the show, and the rest is all self-contained stories. They are new, at least, and are entertaining, and even political and educational for children.
If anything, now I find this universe's worldbuilding to be far more interesting than ever I did before. Admittedly only a handful of the main characters receive strong representation and focus. However, the protagonist, the redheaded "earth fairy" Bloom who is actually a princess from a destroyed planet and realm, is how I remember her and more. Always one of my favourites, I had related to Bloom the most as a kid, and I admire her kindness, sensitivity, honesty, uncertainties, insecurities, courage, generosity, modesty, altruism, and her unfaltering anger and strength needed to stand up for her beliefs and loved ones. She is the relatable and inspirational heart, soul and motivator of this club of best friends and universe saviours!
'Winx Club: Magic Collection' - an 832-page magical, digital fairy romp! What you'll find inside are: a clever homage to the Minotaur's maze, 16th-18th century pirates, an Asimov-inspired robot rebellion, a time traveller from earth, toy products in the form of magic pets that in-universe can be downloaded from the internet, an education on perfume, a cursed necklace that isn't cursed after all, and all kinds of fashionable, sparkly clothes on the girls!
'Winx Club' is not every little girl's fantasy, I know. All girls each have different, individual wish-fulfilment dream departments. In terms of gender rep it is a simple kids' marketing ploy, catering to the basest of stereotypes. Nearly in all instances of this series there is the traditional, Saturday morning cartoon black and white morality: where good = beautiful, and bad = ugly, or gothic. (But there is less of this in the cartoon than in the comic). What is the difference between fairy magic and witchcraft in this universe anyway?
But... no, I have no excuse. 'Winx Club' is a charming, nostalgic guilty pleasure for me, that's at least not all about cute and pretty things, given its universal themes of friendship, teamwork, believing in yourself, being nice and doing the right thing, schoolwork, community, and rebellion. It can be very funny too.
An addition to my Magical Girl repertoire.
Final Score: 3.5/5
October 26, 2018
I’ve always loved winx club. It has been my all time favotite series since it started in 2004. This book filled with the winx club comics where confusing, and they didn’t put in depth everything that was happening, but I still loved it anyway. I decided between reading this book that I would also read all of the other comics… there’s 175 if I’m correct… they’re called issues. And this winx club collection has random comics of all those 175 issues. So I was alternating between the book and my phone so I would read the first one from the book then I would read on my phone the ones in between the comics in the book. But other than that I really much enjoyed the art and the way that all the characters are drawn. In like the first part of this book it tells you about the characters and I still for the life of me can’t see Roxy as part of the Winx Club… I’ve accepted her as a temporary member because she kinda comes and goes, but part of the actual winx club no.
May 14, 2019
Fifteen years later and Winx Club still owns my soul. This series was everything eleven year-old me needed: a magical girl show that also gave me so much of what I loved from Harry Potter, while also giving me a gentle hug and letting my mind accept that yeah, I like girls (looking at you, Musa and Flora and Darcy). Call it cheesy but I would not be who I am today if I had not found Winx Club.
So this was a really fun trip into childhood nostalgia. Critique the ridiculously thin character design all you want, but I still absolutely adore it. The colours! The outfits! Give it all to me. I loved that this volume of collected graphic novels gave me more of the comics I could only admire from afar growing up (which at the time were only available in Italian, except for those that made it to the US comic magazine that...only lasted four issues, and that I had to buy from eBay).
That said, the selection here jumps around so much that for the uninitiated, it will at best be jarring and at worst be downright confusing. Character arcs are glazed over or left out altogether, and issues progress from magic winx/charmix to enchantix to believix without ever giving readers the issues where the new transformations are earned.
Not that I need that knowledge provided, and I’m sure younger readers won’t care, but. It’s still a tad irksome. In the end though, this more than served it’s nostalgic purposes. I wish we could get more of the comics printed over here like this.
So this was a really fun trip into childhood nostalgia. Critique the ridiculously thin character design all you want, but I still absolutely adore it. The colours! The outfits! Give it all to me. I loved that this volume of collected graphic novels gave me more of the comics I could only admire from afar growing up (which at the time were only available in Italian, except for those that made it to the US comic magazine that...only lasted four issues, and that I had to buy from eBay).
That said, the selection here jumps around so much that for the uninitiated, it will at best be jarring and at worst be downright confusing. Character arcs are glazed over or left out altogether, and issues progress from magic winx/charmix to enchantix to believix without ever giving readers the issues where the new transformations are earned.
Not that I need that knowledge provided, and I’m sure younger readers won’t care, but. It’s still a tad irksome. In the end though, this more than served it’s nostalgic purposes. I wish we could get more of the comics printed over here like this.
May 28, 2018
Guilty pleasures. No it was actually a nice addition to my childhood x). I'm a bit surprised though, I recall more stories but I guess they weren't official stories then. The simplicity was nice because of the headache I have atm xD.
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July 5, 20217/5/21
Excited to say that I bought this for a mere $35 in near perfect condition and the listing that went up afterward was $877 in acceptable condition so I definitely feel VERY lucky to own this now!
Excited to say that I bought this for a mere $35 in near perfect condition and the listing that went up afterward was $877 in acceptable condition so I definitely feel VERY lucky to own this now!
February 4, 2019
3.5 stars. I HATE how they changed the Winx girls during the last few volumes, it's like they couldn't decide how to draw them.
July 11, 2021
I Love it when you are free kick crossed
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April 19, 2018this was my childhood and i love the show
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