Wizards of Mickey is an Italian fantasy comic saga that began in October 2006. It was created by The Walt Disney Company Italy.
The first series, Wizards of Mickey, was published in ten parts in Topolino #2654-2663 (Oct-Dec 2006). This was followed by another ten-part series, Wizards of Mickey II - The Dark Age, in 2007. Several shorter two-part stories were published in 2008 and 2009, along with three one-part stories labelled Wizards of Mickey: The Lost Legends. The story continued with The New World (2009), Lemuria (2011), Legacy (2013), Mondimontagne (2015), Aurora (2016), Magicraft (2017), Oberon (2018), Arena (2018), Wizards of Gamba (2019) and Destino (2019).
In the United States, the first story was released by Boom! Studios in 12 parts—four issues of Mickey Mouse and Friends #296-299 (Sept 2009-Jan 2010), and eight issues of its own title, Wizards of Mickey (Jan-Aug 2010). To date, it has also been published in more than a dozen other countries.
Authors
Scenario
Stefano Ambrosio
Artists
Lorenzo Pastrovicchio
Roberto Santillo
Marco Giglione
Characters
Protagonists
Mickey Mouse: The main protagonist of the series. He comes from the humble village of Miceland, where the whole story begins. Mickey is the student of Grandalf. He came to the great tournament to get his revenge on Pete, who stole the Crystal of Rain, the Crystal of Miceland. Mickey later becomes the Supreme Sorcerer of Dolmen, who then has great abilities. Donald Duck: A friend of Mickey Mouse, as well as teammate. Donald has a dragon named Fafnir. He is an unfortunate magician, since every time he tries to cast a spell, it either has a strange effect or works later than the time Donald cast it. Goofy: Another friend of Mickey Mouse, as well as teammate. He has a magic staff, although his real magic power is in Goofy's bag, which can create items. Goofy is destined to be a great magician, although he does not want to be one- and doesn't want to rely on magic to solve his problems, instead using more practical, normal methods. He wants to find another job, but seemingly can't find one. Nereus: Mickey's master. He gives Mickey the job to protect the Diamagic after leaving to go to the Great Library, only to be imprisoned by the Phantom Blot and his team. He communicates with Mickey using his pendant-o-phone while being imprisoned. Nereus was once a student of the Supreme Sorcerer, along with the Phantom Blot. He's the only protagonist that is a human, somewhat an oddity in the Mickey Mouse universe. Venerable Ormen: King of the Good Dragons, he is the wisest of all the dragons and the guardian of the dragons' wisdom. Of all the dragons, Ormen is the oldest. He has helped Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy many times. He has great magical powers, but he is very old so he prefers to spend his time resting. Ormen has the power of telepathy and can use them to contact Mickey's team in case he needs help. Zefren: A member of team Magma Dragon Fire. His scales are of a red color. Mickey's team first faced him, and team Magma Dragon Fire, in a battle. Zoron: Brother of Zefren, and member of team Magma Dragon Fire. His scales are of a yellow color. Zaius: Another brother of Zefren, and member of team Magma Dragon Fire. His scales have a blue color. Fafnir: Pet dragon of Donald. He is a baby dragon that is tender but sometimes fierce. Fafnir's personal way of saying thanks is to blow a huge stream of fire. The victim of his fire is almost always Donald, as he is the one who found Fafnir stuck in a trap. From that time, he never separated from Donald. Pluto: Mickey's pet dog. Because of a potion he can transform into a monster dog and back to his normal form whenever Mickey says so, or whether Pluto wants to. Minnie Mouse: Princess of a kingdom in Dolmen. Her people have been turned to stone, so she set off to find a Crystal to restore the kingdom. Also member of team Diamond Moon. Clarabelle Cow: A friend of Minnie. She can tell the future through a crystal ball, although when she tells it to Minnie and Daisy, it is the past, since the future in the crystal ball had already happened. Clarabelle rarely uses her magic though. Daisy Duck: Another friend of Minnie, as well as member of team Diamond Moon. Her pet is the white cat Kiki, who constantly gets in a fight with Fafnir.