W.I.T.C.H. Part 1, Vol. 1: The Twelve Portals (W.I.T.C.H.: The Graphic Novel, 1) (Volume 1)

This is a wonderful trip down memory lane! As a huge fan of W.I.T.C.H., I was pleasantly surprised to see YenPress re-releasing this Disney Italian comic series to English readers after so many years! Each volume contains four of the original comic issues, summarizing the first saga into three neat re-released volumes! Fans of this series would be delighted. The series followed five girls with magical powers over the elements; Will, Irma, Taranee, Cornelia, and Hay Lin, creating the acronym W.I.T.C.H. The girls discovered they are the Guardians of the Veil, fighting to protect Earth from the evil creatures of Metamoor. At the same time, they must restore the rightful ruler of Metamoor back on the throne. With barely any guidance, the Guardians must learn to work together, control their powers, and who they can and can't trust. This Italian comic series isn't your typical magical-girl genre, but a blend of super-heroes, actions, romance, exciting and sometime dark adventures, with some of the most wonderfully created characters ever to hit the pages!I am very pleased to see that unlike the first English edition previously published by Hyperion, YenPress doesn't censor or alter some parts of the comic's panels, and quotes on the pin-up pages were not omitted. This is how W.I.T.C.H. should have been re-released all along. My only disappointment is the type of paper YenPress chose to print the pages. Unlike most comic books with colored pages, the pages in this volume isn't glossy. Other than this small nickpicking, I am thrilled to see my favorite childhood comic series comic back to life here in North America. I sincerely hoped that YenPress will re-release all of W.I.T.C.H.'s comic issues into volumes such as this for English speaking audiences to enjoy. Hyperion stopped halfway through the second story arc and the last English issue was officially translated in the Phillipines after the end of the six story arc. I do hope that YenPress will continue to re-release all of W.I.T.C.H.'s comic issues beyond the second story arc so that a new generation of fans can explore the magic and the wonder of this story, while satisfying the older fans.

I really enjoyed reading this graphic novel! I find the illustrations beautiful! The characters are nice to look at, unique and emotions are expressed well. Further the background art and colors used are very pleasing to the eye.The story was easy to follow and very enjoyable. I especially appreciate how teens (and adults) can relate to the friendship, sibling and parent/child relationship that is shown in the story.I found this series when I was a young teen and still enjoy it now. I find that it's very relatable and the illustration is one of the main things that inspired me to take drawing more seriously. For that reason this series will always have a special place in my heart.I think others could enjoy this story and art as well. Especially young teens.

I remember finding one of the Italian comics when I was a teen. I loved what I could see from the characters then and was captivated by the artstyle. Unfortunately I couldn't find any official English copies.So imagine my delight when I found ALL the volumes were being released officially by Disney again! I've bought this volume off of Amazon and two more from offline seller. Loved each one of them.The characters are wonderful and fun. The artstyle is the perfect blend between anime/manga style and the wonderful colorful Disney style we've grown up with. The story is well-written and the quality of the printing is amazing. What more could you ask for?Definitely going to be buying all of the volumes (have two on the way from Amazon as we speak actually).Couldn't recommend more!

I've been searching for this series since the fifth grade; when I was in middle and high school, it was no where to be found, and now that I have been able to find it, I haven't had room where I live to order books. . . .So having it released for kindle is amazing. What's even more amazing is just how much of the story there is in each volume -- it has taken me two hours to get four fifths of the way through the first volume, and it's amazing. Thank you so much for making this series so accessible!The translation is wonderful and retains a lot of the nineties charm that I associate with what I was able to read of the series, and the images are very clean, retaining the art style very well, and just. . . I'm so happy to be able to read this series now!

I wasn’t sure I’d ever be able to read this book, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it on kindle unlimited. Good book, a bit confusing.

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I've been a fan of W.I.T.C.H. right around the time Disney was picking it up and launching it into a TV show, but this series went just as fast as it came. When I found out the comics are being re-released I knew I had to get them even though I have the Hyperion comic books as well as the chapter books. The thing with the older books is that Disney stopped the story-line for the chapter books after the battle with Nerissa while the comic books stopped halfway through that.The comparison:"Part 1: The Twelve Portals Volume 1" contains the same stories from the first four chapter books and the first two Hyperion comic books. The pages of the Hyperion comics are more glossy while the pages of this comic, although not glossy, they're still good quality pages making this book twice as thick as the Hyperion ones. I feel that the Hyperion comics offer a slight better translation with some images but they also kept it friendly. The biggest difference is that Hyperion censored some of the images as you can see in the pictures I've provided from the first comic story.

The media could not be loaded. Been looking for this comic series! I was hoping they will republish it here in the Philippines bec i wasnt able to get all the copies way back. Started reading WITCH when i was 13, now im 34 and im so happy i will finally be able to collect all copies. Thank you Amazon! 🥰🥰