Welcome to the Maynard - by James Robinson (Paperback)

About the Book

"The Maynard is a hotel unlike any other, a place where every guest and staff member has magic in their veins. It's a hotel for magicians, witches, and otherworldly beings. It's also where Phillipa (Pip) Dale begins her first day as the hotel's new bellhop (and trainee house detective), where she is immediately on the hunt for a magical hotel thief whose daring thefts are just part of a mystery that Pip must solve, and which could turn deadly at any moment. And that's just one of the many challenges and perils Pip must face in her new job in the magical Maynard Hotel, a wonderful, thrilling, fun place . . . so please come in and stay a while"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

From the celebrated creators behind Starman and Super Friends comes this magical comics tale of crime and theft in the world of hospitality.

Welcome to the Maynard! A grand hotel full of luxury and style...but where the guests are all wizards, witches and mythical creatures!

Enter a world of magic, mystery, thrills and fun.

Join Pippin (Pip) Dale as she begins her new job as a bellhop (and trainee house detective) at the exclusive Maynard Hotel for Wizards (and folks of a magical ilk). This opulent, amazing hotel exists right under the noses of everyday San Francisco, where real magicians, witches, mystical characters and fantastic creatures all come to stay.

However, Pip's working days aren't merely full of amazing sights and magical experiences, they come with thrills and dangers too. She must try to catch a magical hotel thief, although their strange choice of thefts suggests that murder is the ultimate goal. Can Pip solve the mystery of who the thief's target is in time to save the intended victim? And at the same time, she must go about her other duties at the hotel almost all of which involve spells, enchantment, and drama of one kind or another.

Helping her are many fun and funny hotel employees, all of them with magic running through their veins too. The Maynard is a unique, special hotel where the strange and mystical come to stay. It truly a place like no other, especially now Pip is on the case to liven things up even more.

So check in, sit back and enjoy the fun. Welcome to the Maynard!

Collects Welcome to the Maynard #1-#4.

About the Author

An Englishman residing in Las Vegas, I am a writer of comic books and graphic novels. And a couple of films. My most noted comics work is Starman for DC Comics, currently being collected in the New York Times best selling series of six Starman Omnibuses. I now work for Marvel Comics, a tenure that began with (now collected) runs on Fantastic Four and All-New Invaders. I am currently writing Scarlet Witch and Squadron Supreme.