"Wedding Knight"
Mantra Vol. 1 #16
November, 1994

Quote:
"Eden...for fifteen centuries I've hopped from body to body..life to life--my only concern was that damn war with Boneyard! I didn't care whose lives I ruined while doing it. I'd grown cold...I haven't allowed myself to love anyone...until now. I know you feel the same..." - Lukasz

"Lukasz...I do..!" - Eden

Credits: Mike W. Barr (writer); Jason Armstrong (penciller); Jim Amash & Jason Moore (inkers)

Cover: Jason Armstrong (penciller); Jason Moore (inker)

Main Character: Mantra

Supporting Characters: Prime, Evie, Lila, Jim, Gus Jr., Gus Sr., Mrs. Freeman, Uncle Moe+

Villains: Kismet Deadly, Thanasi/The Iron Knight

Story

Mantra returns home to find Kismet Deadly pretending to be Eden. The fake Eden is about to remarry Gus! Kismet Deadly, who uses a charm that transforms love into mystic power, attacks Mantra at her hotel, but Mantra escapes. Later, at the wedding, Mantra confronts Kismet Deadly and seemingly destroys her. Thanasi is still in the body of Uncle Moe, and he commits suicide to escape his decrepit body. Thanasi returns to Gus Sr.'s body to again become The Iron Knight. Kismet Deadly reconstitutes herself to aid The Iron Knight, but they are both defeated with the help of Gus's resistance and Evie's destruction of the charm. Thanasi is banished to Kismet Deadly's dissipating body, and the wedding is called off.

* Denotes First Appearance
+ Character Dies