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Perfect for fans of the beloved moviesJurassic ParkandTraining Day , the new New phantasy seriesThe scale of measurement Tradetakes flying dragon stories to the next level . Screen Rant can exclusively denote the newMagma Comixseries from creators Steve Orlando ( Wonder Woman , Spider - Man 2099 ) and Megan Huang ( Star Wars , Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ) , plunge this May .
Magma Comix will be hometoThe Scale Trade , an ethically - minded forward-looking fantasy serial publication about dragon poach . The series — by Orlando and Huang with variant covers by Max Dunbar — follow a " young dreamer " who hopes to take on a corrupt system in ordering to save the world ’s dragon population .
THE SCALE TRADE # 1 ( 2024 )
Release Date :
May 1st , 2024
author :
Steve Orlando
creative person :
Megan Huang
Cover Artist :
Variant Covers :
Max Dunbar
In a modernistic - day world one footfall hit from our own , dragons are a highly respected — and extremely endangered — species , but poaching is an experiential terror . When a young idealist join the Union government agency task with managing dragon population , he quickly discovers that the entire system is corrupt . After seeing at first hand the cruelty of the organization , our newly radicalize flying lizard savior takes matter into his own hands !
" At the core , " say Orlando , " The Scale Tradeis about heroic fauna deliverance . A human race and his hound … if his andiron was a majestic flying lounge lizard . ” The first issue ofThe Scale Tradewill be available everywhere comic strip are sold on May 1st , 2024 .
Dark Horse ’s The funnily Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos # 1 portmanteau a number of genre to create one of the great first issues of the year .
Magma Comix’sThe Scale Trade#1 Launches a Dragon Tale with an Ethical Twist
Fantasy storey are often the perfect vesselsfor contemporaneous issues , especially those with honourable and moral implication , like poach , the exotic meat craft , and other environmentally - inflected and international problems . That does n’t mean these report ca n’t be fun , and dragons are , plainly put , undeniably coolheaded . Huang , the serial publication ' artist , clearly agrees , meditate on other influence : " I remember theHow to Train Your Dragonfilms specifically influenced me on this one , because to me , The Scale Tradefeels like a mature , innovative edition of that . ”
The Scale TradeIs Perfect for Fans ofJurassic Park
Fans of dragon ( and dinosaur ) storytelling will most sure enough require to match out Orlando and Huang ’s new series , but so will devotee of socially - witting fabrication , no matter the genre . From Superman ’s Krypto to the enigmaticanimals from the Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely taleWe3 , devout stories about creature will always have a rest home in comic . Now the latest series fromMagma Comix , The Scale Trade , shows lector just why dragons count , too .
The Scale Trade#1is useable May 1st from Magma Comix .
