Dark Horse Comics has announced Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories: Chandra, a new comic coming in spring 2027 that pairs the pyromancer Chandra Nalaar with her partner Nissa Revane. Dark Horse describes it as a "Thelma and Louise-esque adventure" across several planes of Magic's Multiverse. The announcement came the same day Netflix released the first look at Planeswalker, its animated Magic series with Chandra at the center. Check out the official post down below:
The Untold Stories: Chandra Creative Team
Dark Horse credits the book to Ryan O'Sullivan, Dan Watters, Owen Gieni and letterer Clayton Cowles, working with Wizards of the Coast. Watters, Gieni and Cowles return from Magic: The Gathering: Untold Stories: Elspeth, the first book in the line, which Watters wrote and Gieni drew. O'Sullivan joins the line for the first time. Dark Horse's post says the road trip "will test both women as they travel across several planes." The comparison points to Ridley Scott's 1991 film Thelma & Louise, in which Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis play 2 friends who go on the run across the American Southwest.
Dark Horse has not yet announced a page count, cover artists, an issue count or an exact release date for the Chandra book.
Chandra And Nissa
Chandra is a fire mage from the plane of Kaladesh, later renamed Avishkar, and she debuted as one of the 5 original planeswalker cards in the Lorwyn set in 2007. The 2016 Kaladesh card set took the story to her home world, where she found her mother, who had been presumed dead. IDW published a 4-issue Chandra comic miniseries in 2018 for Magic's 25th anniversary.
Nissa Revane is a Joraga elf from Zendikar who channels the magic of her home plane to command elves and elementals. Chandra and Nissa were both members of the Gatewatch, the alliance of Planeswalkers at the center of Magic's story for several years, and Magic's story later made the 2 a couple.
The Untold Stories Line So Far
Untold Stories: Chandra is the 4th book in Dark Horse's Untold Stories line, which centers each series on a different Planeswalker:
- Untold Stories: Elspeth: 4 issues from Dan Watters and Owen Gieni, with colors by Hilary Jenkins and letters by Clayton Cowles, starting September 17, 2025. It tells a previously unpublished Theros Beyond Death story, and the collected edition arrived on September 22, 2026.
- Untold Stories: Jace: 4 issues from Michael W. Conrad and Caitlin Yarsky, starting April 1, 2026, with Tezzeret in the story. The 112-page collection arrives on January 12, 2027, for $19.99.
- Untold Stories: Liliana: 4 issues from Torunn Grønbekk and Nataliia Rerekina, with colors by Lauren Affe, starting October 14, 2026. Liliana hunts the demon Griselbrand on Innistrad.
- Untold Stories: Chandra: Ryan O'Sullivan, Dan Watters, Owen Gieni and Clayton Cowles, spring 2027.
Dark Horse also has a 12-issue series coming before the Chandra book. Magic: The Gathering: Mage of Zhalfir, about Teferi Akosa's student days at Tolarian Academy, starts on January 20, 2027.
Chandra Leads Netflix's Planeswalker
Netflix's Planeswalker debuts in 2027 with Chandra at the center. Netflix describes her as "a volatile pyromancer hunted for her gifts and haunted by her past." Terry Matalas is the showrunner, with Cindy Appel as co-showrunner, Patrick Osborne as supervising director and DIGIC Pictures handling the animation. Netflix shared the first look on X:
The full first look is broken down in VisionQuest Showrunner Terry Matalas' Magic: The Gathering Series Planeswalker First Look. Dark Horse's other Wizards of the Coast comics include a Baldur's Gate 3 ongoing series, as covered in Baldur's Gate 3 Gets An Ongoing Comic From Dark Horse, And Astarion Is Hunting A Killer First.
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