Carmen pays a visit to an old friend, soap opera star and stand-up comedian Walt Willey. Little does she realize a Gaelic astrological cult has targeted Willey as the perfect ritual sacrifice. Can Dr. Mirage overcome his collegiate rivalry with Walt in time to thwart the druidical menace before he winds up a Welsh-worshipped write-off in T?r na n?g?
Hwen's hunger pains indicate his powers are fading -- and only Sandria Darque can help. In the face of this startling realization, the doctor decides to take up cooking.
While Carmen struggles to make Hwen corporeal again, Master Darque lures the couple into his latest nefarious plan involving a strong man, a demolitions expert -- and Shadowman!?
Dr. Mirage investigates a mass disappearance from a New York subway train. The Deathsmith has arrived! A demon with the power to mold flesh, and it's come looking for Carmen. But before Hwen can challenge this monstrous adversary he must first survive dinner with the in-laws!
Parapsychologist Doctor Hwen Mirage and his brazilian bombshell, kickboxing-expert wife Carmen Ruiz are in world class, stuff-of-legend love. A love so strong it transcends time, space, death, and the sorcerous power of Master Darque. But can it withstand the second life of Dr. Mirage as an insubstantial specter of necromantic energy incapable of holding, kissing or even touching his wife?
Dr. Mirage saved the world from the Chaos Effect, but at the loss of his restored physical form. Having done it once before can Dr. Mirage now figure out how to make his necromantic energy form physical again?
At a ski resort in Aspen, Colorado, Carmen and Hwen are stalked by a deadly, protean servant of Master Darque looking for a reservoir of necromantic power to feed on.
Contains materials originally published in single magazine form as The death-defying Doctor Mirage #1-5, The death-defying Doctor Mirage: second lives #1-4, and The death-defying Doctor Mirage #1 plus edition.
How do you solve the case of your own death? Paranormal detective Doctor Shan Fong Mirage had the ability to see and talk to the dead. Except the dead have gone silent, their spirits mysteriously vanished, including Hwen, her deceased husband. Now, Doctor Mirage must face the most challenging question of her life: Is she dead but doesn?t know it? From Eisner Award-nominated writer Magdalene ?Mags? Visaggio (Eternity Girl) and artist Nick Robles (Euthanauts) comes a gripping supernatural mystery to penetrate the veil between here and the hereafter. Collecting the complete five-issue DOCTOR MIRAGE limited series.
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