D&D General 'Magefall' is an official new D&D comic you can download free

Over on D&D Beyond you can download a copy of Dark Horse Comics' new Dungeons & Dragons comic book for free. By Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, it features the wizard Mordenkainen in a magical duel with an avatar of the dragon god Bahamut. The issue is available for free as part of Free Comic Book Day.

In this free Dungeons & Dragons graphic story from Dark Horse Comics, you'll witness an epic arcane duel between the powerful wizard, Mordenkainen, and an aspect of a dragon god! The fate of the Forgotten Realms is at stake in this prologue to a grand tale! Written by Collin Kelly and Jackson Lanzing, illustrated by Alessandro Miracolo, colored by Valentina Taddeo, and lettered by Haley Rose-Lyon.

 

[Birmy]

Just to clarify the mention in the first paragraph, this is the same story that appeared as the back-up feature in Dark Horse's Masters of the Universe giveaway on Free Comic Book Day, teasing an upcoming D&D comic for fall 2026. So if you picked that up on FCBD/Comics Giveaway Day, you've already read this story. Nice to have a digital option, at any rate.

 

[EthanSental]

Cool, I tend to pick up most D&D comics along with Conan and Red Sonja, even the pathfinder comics were fun reads.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I don't know what his staff does, but it had better be worth not ever being able to just rest it on the ground like a quarterstaff could be.

 

[Toriel]

It looks more like a very unwieldy double-bladed sword than a staff.

 

[Incenjucar]

It looks more like a very unwieldy double-bladed sword than a staff.

Reminds me of Paizo's star knife.

 

[brodahisou]

To be honest I don't know much about Mordenkainen as I've never run any adventures with him in them, so I'll be interested in reading this series. I've read the first two issues of The Fallbacks, which I've enjoyed and I'm looking forward to the upcoming Ravenloft series. Dark Horse is a solid publisher and I think they'll handle the D&D franchise well.

 

[MonsterEnvy]

It looks more like a very unwieldy double-bladed sword than a staff.

It’s been around a long time.

 

[W'rkncacnter]

It’s been around a long time.

then it has apparently sucked for a long time. like sheesh, at least replace the center ring with an actual hilt so you can get a proper grip on the thing.

 

[Omega9999]

So apparently Mordenkainen has learned to use nuclear power