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W.I.T.C.H. Graphic Novels #6
Forces of Change
Five friends who are guardians of the Veil, the boundary that separates good from evil, have adventures to save the earth from evil forces.
128 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2006
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Parke Godwin
239 books90 followersParke Godwin was an American writer known for his lyrical yet precise prose style and sardonic humor. He was also known for his novels of legendary figures placed in realistic historical settings; his retelling of the Arthur legend (Firelord in 1980, Beloved Exile in 1984, and The Last Rainbow in 1985) is set in the 5th century during the collapse of the Roman empire, and his reinterpretation of Robin Hood (Sherwood, 1991, and Robin and the King, 1993) takes place during the Norman conquest and features kings William the Conqueror and William Rufus as major characters. His other well-known works include Waiting For The Galactic Bus (1988) and its sequel The Snake Oil Wars (1989), humorous critiques of American pop culture and religion.
Parke Godwin also worked as a radio operator, a research technician, a professional actor, an advertising man, a dishwasher and a maitre d' hotel.
Godwin's short fiction has appeared in several anthologies. His short story "Influencing the Hell out of Time and Teresa Golowitz," was the basis of an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
Parke Godwin also worked as a radio operator, a research technician, a professional actor, an advertising man, a dishwasher and a maitre d' hotel.
Godwin's short fiction has appeared in several anthologies. His short story "Influencing the Hell out of Time and Teresa Golowitz," was the basis of an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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April 11, 2023
Elyon is preparing for her coronation, and Miss Rudolph tells the guardians that they need to protect her. She senses some thing is wrong, and that Phobos is plotting. Phobos wants to use the Crown of Light as a siphon to steal Elyon’s powers. Once he has absorbed her powers, he can destroy the veil insert conquering other worlds. Cedric worries about a revolt, but Phobos has an army of annihilators.
The detectives are still trying to figure out where Elyon’s family disappeared to.
Back at school, Uriah the bully is causing trouble. He wants to get back at Nigel. He steals someone’s watch and puts it in his locker. Martin witnesses this. The principal is trying to figure out who stole the students watch. She asked Uriah if he has it and he empties his locker meaning everyone else should open their locker. Everyone open their locker, and when Nigel opened his the watch fill out so he got in trouble. Martin tells the guardians that he saw Uriah do it, and that Nigel is innocent. They tell him to tell the principal. But he’s scared that Uriah will beat him up. So they promised to protect him. After he tells the principal and Uriah gets in trouble, he tells Martin he’s gonna beat him up. The guardians use Will’s invisibility and play tricks on the boys. Nigel runs up as Uriah was going to hit Martin. Uriah goes to hit Nigel and Martin hits Uriah! Martin learns that you should always stand up for what’s right!
Hay Lin uses her seeing powers to see where the portal is. She finds a portal in an amusement park, and it brings them to.Meridian during a celebration for the coronation. They make their way to.Phobos’ castle. Will shows them a shortcut through the enchanted roses. The girls meet.Daltar the palace gardener, whose wife and daughter were trapped in the roses. He helps them see.Elyon. The coronation starts and he crowns her and she falls to the ground in pain. The crowd is furious, knowing it’s a trap.Phobos goes to absorb the power from the crown, and it’s not working. He tries to kill the people and nothing happens. Elyon comes out of the crowd and says that he only hurt her replica. The rebellion takes over and. Phobos send his annihilators to destroy all the people in the buildings in the whole city. Phobos goes hand-in-hand combat with Caleb. He turns Caleb into a blue flower. Cornelia is very sad!
The annihilators are destroying the city. The guardians meet with the rebels, and they tell them to save the city, and they’ll go against Phobos. Phobos uses the rest of his powers to transform Cedric into a more powerful being so he can protect the crown, so Phobos can kill Elyon. (Giant gross cockroach thing)
Vathek tricks, the guards, and they all get washed away. While they’re doing that the girls head to the castle.
The guardians go to attack Phobos, and he sends them into the abyss of shadows, where Cedric is waiting to attack them in his gross monstrous form. So Elyon his left to fight Phobos. Elyon loses, and gets knocked out. Hay Lin finds the Crown. Will puts the crown on Cedric’s head and it drains his powers. He turned back into his original form as a snake. Then the guardians break the spell on the crown. Will places the crown on Elyon’s head and she transforms into the light of Meridian. She basically looks like a spirit! With her powers, she finds her brother and Cedric and she removes all the spells cast by her brother. All of the prisoners in the black roses return to their original bodies. Daltar is reunited with his daughter and wife.
The guardians along with Phobos and Cedric are brought to Candracar. They get to meet the Oracle and see Hay Lin’s grandma. They tell them how proud they are of them, and that their first task is over, but they still have much more work to do. They exiled the two to the Tower of Mist! The Oracle then brought down the veil! Since the threat is gone, all is united, there are no more barriers. All worlds are now entrusted to the guardians.
The detectives are still trying to figure out where Elyon’s family disappeared to.
Back at school, Uriah the bully is causing trouble. He wants to get back at Nigel. He steals someone’s watch and puts it in his locker. Martin witnesses this. The principal is trying to figure out who stole the students watch. She asked Uriah if he has it and he empties his locker meaning everyone else should open their locker. Everyone open their locker, and when Nigel opened his the watch fill out so he got in trouble. Martin tells the guardians that he saw Uriah do it, and that Nigel is innocent. They tell him to tell the principal. But he’s scared that Uriah will beat him up. So they promised to protect him. After he tells the principal and Uriah gets in trouble, he tells Martin he’s gonna beat him up. The guardians use Will’s invisibility and play tricks on the boys. Nigel runs up as Uriah was going to hit Martin. Uriah goes to hit Nigel and Martin hits Uriah! Martin learns that you should always stand up for what’s right!
Hay Lin uses her seeing powers to see where the portal is. She finds a portal in an amusement park, and it brings them to.Meridian during a celebration for the coronation. They make their way to.Phobos’ castle. Will shows them a shortcut through the enchanted roses. The girls meet.Daltar the palace gardener, whose wife and daughter were trapped in the roses. He helps them see.Elyon. The coronation starts and he crowns her and she falls to the ground in pain. The crowd is furious, knowing it’s a trap.Phobos goes to absorb the power from the crown, and it’s not working. He tries to kill the people and nothing happens. Elyon comes out of the crowd and says that he only hurt her replica. The rebellion takes over and. Phobos send his annihilators to destroy all the people in the buildings in the whole city. Phobos goes hand-in-hand combat with Caleb. He turns Caleb into a blue flower. Cornelia is very sad!
The annihilators are destroying the city. The guardians meet with the rebels, and they tell them to save the city, and they’ll go against Phobos. Phobos uses the rest of his powers to transform Cedric into a more powerful being so he can protect the crown, so Phobos can kill Elyon. (Giant gross cockroach thing)
Vathek tricks, the guards, and they all get washed away. While they’re doing that the girls head to the castle.
The guardians go to attack Phobos, and he sends them into the abyss of shadows, where Cedric is waiting to attack them in his gross monstrous form. So Elyon his left to fight Phobos. Elyon loses, and gets knocked out. Hay Lin finds the Crown. Will puts the crown on Cedric’s head and it drains his powers. He turned back into his original form as a snake. Then the guardians break the spell on the crown. Will places the crown on Elyon’s head and she transforms into the light of Meridian. She basically looks like a spirit! With her powers, she finds her brother and Cedric and she removes all the spells cast by her brother. All of the prisoners in the black roses return to their original bodies. Daltar is reunited with his daughter and wife.
The guardians along with Phobos and Cedric are brought to Candracar. They get to meet the Oracle and see Hay Lin’s grandma. They tell them how proud they are of them, and that their first task is over, but they still have much more work to do. They exiled the two to the Tower of Mist! The Oracle then brought down the veil! Since the threat is gone, all is united, there are no more barriers. All worlds are now entrusted to the guardians.
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March 30, 2024
I don't know if it's from being book 6 in a series I know nothing about, but I couldn't really get into it. I mean, I can figure out SORT OF what's going on enough to understand what happens by the second comic, but clearly there are some things that have gone over my head.
What doesn't help is the odd panel flow in places, making it confusing what is the intended order for reading the panels. Also, the print quality is a bit slapdash; the title page is VERY low-resolution compared to the rest of the book.
The story feels rather stock, too: Magical girls have to secretly protect the world, but also another world with a strong "high fantasy" theme (magic, royalty, demi-humans/"monster"-people). Same girls have to deal with a completely normal problem before running off to the other world, usually something to do with bullies. Kind of forgettable, but also expected from a franchise overseen by Disney.
Honestly, I don't know if reading book 1 first would help. I haven't seen it to tell. Certainly it would be a better starting point, though!
What doesn't help is the odd panel flow in places, making it confusing what is the intended order for reading the panels. Also, the print quality is a bit slapdash; the title page is VERY low-resolution compared to the rest of the book.
The story feels rather stock, too: Magical girls have to secretly protect the world, but also another world with a strong "high fantasy" theme (magic, royalty, demi-humans/"monster"-people). Same girls have to deal with a completely normal problem before running off to the other world, usually something to do with bullies. Kind of forgettable, but also expected from a franchise overseen by Disney.
Honestly, I don't know if reading book 1 first would help. I haven't seen it to tell. Certainly it would be a better starting point, though!
July 17, 2013
THIS SERIES ARE AWSOME I MEAN THE GRAPHICAL I JUST LOVE THEM MY FRIEND IS LOVER OG WITCH AND ME TOO
I WILL READ THIS BOOK TILL MY OLD AGE BECAUSE ITS AWSOME
I WILL READ THIS BOOK TILL MY OLD AGE BECAUSE ITS AWSOME
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