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The Magic Order (comic book)
The Magic Order is a comic book series written by Mark Millar and illustrated by Olivier Coipel. The first comic in the series was published on 13 June 2018. It is published by Image Comics and the property of Netflix which bought Millarworld in 2017. It will consist of six issues. The series is R-rated adult fantasy.

The story is about the Magic Order, comprised of 5 families of magicians entrusted to keep the world safe from supernatural problems. However, the order is in danger as its members are being targeted and picked off one by one. They must now find this enemy and stop the murders. The members of the Magic Order live among normal people. By day they act as neighbors, friends, or lovers. By night they are sorcerers, magicians and wizards that protect us from the forces of evil.

Plot
The Magic Order is comprised of 5 families of wizards. They have been around for thousands of years. The members of the order are entrusted to live among us as stage magicians and other eccentric professions by day while at night they join forces to protect "normal" humans from supernatural problems. One of the 5 families is the Moonstones.

The Moonstones are central to the story. They live in Moonstone Castle which rests in an old oil painting on the second floor of the Art Institute of Chicago. The castle was hidden there after a security breach in 1864. The only ones that are able to enter the house through the painting are those that are formally invited.

The murder of one of the magicians from the order, Eddie Lisowski, signals to the Magic Order that someone is intent on picking them off one by one. Leonard and Regan Moonstone knew Eddie well and attend his funeral, which is known as the Ceremony of the Broken Wand. Madame Albany and her clan appear to be the villains who want the Magic Order dead. It is up to the Moonstones to protect themselves from whomever is trying to murder them. The Moonstones believe that Madame Albany wants the Orichalcum. It contains the darkest spells from Atlantis. The spells are powered by human sacrifice. The tome cannot be destroyed and is supposed to contain spells that Leonard believes "could slay a deity". The tome was left to Leonard by his uncle, Conrad, on condition that Leonard would never open it.

The Moonstones have to try and defend themselves from the assassin that is murdering the members of the Magic Order one at a time.

Leonard Moonstone
Leonard is a professional magician by day. Currently performing his act at a theatre that the Moonstone family has been performing at since 1885. Leonard is getting old but does not know who will be able to replace him when he retires.

Cordelia Moonstone
Cordelia is Leonard's daughter. She works by day as a children's entertainer, stage magician and professional escapologist. Her original mother was one of Leonard's stage assistants that Leonard has impregnated. When her mother had attempted to have an abortion Cordelia had used her powers to transplant herself into the surgeon's womb. Leonard and his wife had adopted her soon after birth. Cordelia was told by her father not to use magic in public and to keep it a secret. But since a young age she has wanted the attention and has used her spells for all to see. She is beautiful and smart but is the black sheep of the family. She is very unreliable and usually gets herself into trouble.

Regan Moonstone
Regan is Leonard's son. He is the owner of a nightclub in Boston. Leonard is handsome and head-strong.

Gabriel Moonstone
Gabriel is Leonard's son. He leads a normal life and does not want anything to do with magic since his daughter died because of it although we do not know how. He blames himself and magic for her death. Leonard must have been a gifted magician as his brother refers to him as being the best.

Edgar Moonstone
Edgar is Leonard's brother. He is forbidden from leaving the grounds of Castle Moonstone.

Madame Albany
A nefarious character who is suspected as the mastermind behind the killings of the Magic Order. She disagrees with the Magic Order's role of living among "normal" humans and protecting them from magical dangers.

Development
Mark Millar has described the Magic Order as "the Sopranos meets Harry Potter, a magical fantasy-crime thing." Millar has said that he rationalised the fact that there were no monsters around by believing that there are people out there that deal with them before we notice. The comics will look like the Sopranos in that their underworld lives live alongside the real ones.