The Death-Defying Doctor Mirage: Second Lives Vol 1 1

I miss kissing you. We were really good at that.

-- Doctor Mirage

Solicitation[]

In time, even the dead may die…and, now, after multiple 2015 Harvey Award nominations, the most sought-after couple in comics returns with an all-new adventure from Eisner Award-nominated writer Jen Van Meter (Hopeless Savages) and acclaimed artist Roberto de la Torre (Daredevil)!

Occult investigators Shan and Hwen Mirage lived their lives in the thrall of an epic love that few will ever have…until Hwen died tragically before his time. Now, after a perilous trip through the underworld, Shan and Hwen are reunited…but Hwen is still an intangible spirit of the dead – incapable of opening a spellbook or even touching his wife.

Their options exhausted, the death-defying Doctors Mirage are about to enact a dangerous spell to restore Hwen’s solid form…and grant his ghost a second life. But, in the wrong hands, their ancient rite will become a tool of terror – and unleash a force of pure, homicidal evil that lusts for the murder of the living and the dead alike… a torturous death that obliterates not just everything a person ever had in this world, but everything their ghost will be in the next!

Second Lives[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Doctor Mirage

Supporting Characters:

Leo Bern (Shan's agent)
Li Hwen Mirage (Flashback and main story)
Nesthauser Family (Barcelona)
- Adim (Uncle)
- Aya (Deceased / Ghost)
- Bernice (Aunt)
- Gustav (Uncle) (Dies)
- Inez (Grandmother)
- Rudy (Cousin)
- Selina
- Wolfgang (Deceased / Ghost)

Villains:

Denis de Walt (First appearance)

Other Characters:

B'timshap (Mentioned only)
Biscuit (Shan's dog)
Caligula (Mentioned only)
Chapel Hill Wedding Party
- Adam (Single appearance)
- Dolly (Single appearance)
- Lady (Single appearance)
- Lois (Single appearance)
- Lucy (Bride) (Single appearance)
- Mickey Fingers (Single appearance)
- Miles (Groom) (Single appearance)
- Terry (Single appearance)
Ghosts
Linton March (Mentioned only)
Rina of Tyan (Mentioned only)
Romans (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Spain
- Barcelona
  - El Prat International Airport
  - Nesthauser's house
  - Sagrada Familia
California
- Hollywood
  - Chapel in the Hills
- Santa Barbara
  - Mirage's house
Iraq
- Najaf (Mentioned only)

Items:

Amulet
Darknet
Hayden Bell
Ibn Sahl Lens
Juniper Candles (Mentioned only)
Vita Secunda

Vehicles:

Shan's sports car
Taxi

Credits[]

Writers: Jen Van Meter
Pencilers: Roberto de la Torre
Inkers: Roberto de la Torre
Colorists: David Baron
Letterers: Dave Lanphear
Cover Artists: Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic (Regular), Kevin Wada (B), Roberto de la Torre & David Baron (C), Khari Evans & Allen Passalaqua (1:10), Katie Skelly (1:20), Colleen Coover & Dylan Todd (1:100 LW), Zach Montoya (Bulletproof), Sina Grace (Fried Pie), Ming Doyle & Jordie Bellaire (Newbury), Juan Jose Ryp & Ulises Arreola (Ssalefish)
Recap Page Design: Dylan Todd
Editors: Alejandro Arbona
Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons

Synopsis[]

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Notes[]

Nesthauser family info: There are at least six living members including Uncle Gustav and, according the Selina, at least 16 dead members who still reside at the family's house as spirits of the deceased. Only five (or six?) spirits can be seen in this issue and only Aya and Wolfgang are called by their names and introduce themselves, respectively.