[1] Written by Jim Shooter, Jan C. Childress, D. G. Chichester, and Mike W. Barr, the series ran for a total of 9 issues until Defiant ceased publication.

The story focuses on a group of young kids who were all attending a crowded comic book store on the day when a seeming magic box broke open.

Matt's younger brother Zack gains the ability to cast a wide array of magical spells.

Spellcaster develops a mode of transport for the group, but like Reggie, it involves sliding through an alternate realm full of unexplainable dangers and creatures.

On their first outing, they stop electronic store robbers and destroy a powerful monster threatening a group of homeless people.

Master Ridgely Gatesman has gained intelligence in the very reality-shaking incident that has granted so many other people super-powers.

Ridgley's boobytraps ensnare all of them in many ways; for example the chauffeur is prevented from helping anyone else by motion-sensor water cannons.

The team fights a super-powered being named Charles who thought the 'Good Guys' were a threat and vice versa.

In short order, the island estate is destroyed, the parents rescued and Ridgely escapes in his own submarine.