Epic Mickey (IDW)

Epic Mickey is a comic book series published by as a part of its Infinite Disney World line. It is loosely inspired by the game of the same name and is considered to be the flagship title of the Infinite Disney line. The series follows Mickey Mouse as he wanders across the known universe as well as a bizarre alternate reality known as the Wastelands, protecting both residents with a magic paintbrush.
== Characters ==
=== Main ===
* Mickey Mouse - the protagonist of the series. In the regular world, he is an entertainer and the owner of the famous House of Mouse. Mickey is in possession of both the strongest soul (Heart) in the universe, which makes him a frequent target of villainous enemies, and a magic paintbrush that allows him to paint objects into existence and erase them. Mickey's emotions have a physical effect on him, with negative emotions causing his body to "drip" as if made of ink, caused by exposure to the Phantom Blot.
* Oswald the Lucky Rabbit - Mickey's long-lost brother who was initially created to fill a similar role as Mickey before being scrapped by the wizard Yen Sid. He now accompanies the wizard in the infamous Wasteland, which he rules as king. He begins the series jealous of Mickey and unwilling to trust him, though he slowly warms up to him. He often wields a remote that can control electrical devices and by twisting his ears like helicopter blades he can fly.
* Gremlin Gus - the leader of the Gremlins and Mickey's sidekick. He is an older man who has seen most corners of the world, making him incredibly wise. He serves as Mickey's guide and helper throughout his adventures.
* Yen Sid - the creator of the known universe, having painted both the Toon World and the Wasteland into existence. He serves as Mickey's mentor throughout the series and is an incredibly serious-minded and powerful sorcerer. While heroic, later events reveal he is much more morally grey, wrathful, and flawed than once thought.
=== Supporting ===
* Minnie Mouse - Mickey's long-time girlfriend who is a self-proclaimed "lover, not a fighter" with a love of fashion, music, and more. She often contrasts with Mickey, who is more adventurous and charismatic, while she is quiet and reserved. She helps to run the House of Mouse, but her dream is to one day become a famous singer.
*Pluto - Mickey's loyal pet dog who, while not the brightest, loves Mickey dearly. Due to being unable to speak, he conveys his thoughts and feelings via pantomime.
* Ortensia - Oswald's girlfriend and the queen of the Wasteland. She is devoted to Oswald and their numerous children above everything else. She is also self-proclaimed as having a "song in her heart", which causes her to often sing and dance when she is in good moods. She has mild shapeshifting abilities, able to turn her limbs to weapons made of stone and her skirt also acts as a parachute.
*Animatronic Donald - a robotic version of Donald Duck designed by the Mad Doctor by request of Oswald, who wanted a friendship like Mickey and Donald's. He acts in a very similar way as Donald, being prone to anger and greedy, but his body is somewhat decayed and exposes his robotic parts.
*Animatronic Goofy - a robotic version of Goofy. Like Animatronic Donald, he acts the same as regular Goofy, being dimwitted and accident-prone. Unlike the other animatronics, he is not very well put together and his exposed robotics often fall apart.
*Animatronic Daisy - a robotic version if Daisy Duck and the girlfriend of Animatronic Donald. Like the others, she is decayed but acts the same as the real Daisy, having a deva-like personality. She is also in charge of the Wasteland's most famous news station, the Duck News Network.
*Horace Horsecaller - the Wasteland's star detective and Mickey's former best friend before he was scrapped. In spite of being a beloved figure and respected detective, he is shown as being dimwitted and clumsy. He feels great sadness at the fact Mickey no longer remembers him and is constantly attempting to jog his memories and rekindle their friendship.
*Clarabelle Cow - a local gardener in OsTown and a personal friend of Ortensia, as well as the self-proclaimed town gossip. She was an actress once but gave up on this after being sent to the Wasteland. Later on, Mickey helps her become an actress again, entertaining Wastelanders. In a crossover, she begins dating Goofy, with her referring to their relationship as "the longest distance relationship".
*Bunny Children - Ortensia and Oswald's many, many children who are all the princes (and one princess) of the Wasteland. They are hyperactive and are a handful for their parents. All of them are named Oswald Junior plus their number (I.E. "Oswald, Jr. The First) except for the only girl who is named Ortensia II, who acts as the leader of her brothers.
*Fifi - Minnie Mouse's pet peke who is a generally lazy dog that she loves very much. She is Pluto's mate, though she doesn't get along with Mickey and often bites him.
*Chief Seamus O'Hara
*Clara Cluck
=== Antagonists ===
* Phantom Blot - Mickey's archenemy who is a massive and imposing beast made of paint and thinner. Accidentally created by Mickey himself, the Phantom Blot longs for a love and attention that it can never receive. It has the ability to create beings made of paint and destroy them with its thinner. At the beginning of the series, it is trapped in the Wasteland and is longing to escape to Mickey's world while also having the secondary goal of stealing Mickey's Heart and thus people's love and affection with it.
* Mad Doctor - a self-proclaimed mad genius who was once Oswald's friend before betraying him. Along with the Phantom Blot, he serves as Mickey's primary rival throughout the series. He built all of the animatronics that inhabit the Wasteland and has an army of robotic minions. His goal is to conquer both the Wasteland and the Toon World.
*League of Petes - a team of Wasteland versions of Peg-Leg Pete. While not always villainous, they are always antagonistic.
**Big Bad Pete - the leader of the League of Petes and the jailer of the Wasteland's Mean Street. He is bad mannered, bad tempered, and doesn't get along with Mickey.
**Small Pete - a version of Pete that dresses like the girls in the "It's a Small World" ride. He acts in stereotypically feminine ways, such as being obsessed with his looks and constantly grooming his hair.
**Pete Pan - a Pete who is dressed as and acts like Peter Pan. Big Bad Pete claims he was hit on the head while wearing a Peter Pan costume and began thinking he was Peter Pan. He is accompanied by a fairy-like creature called Sprite.
**Petetronic - an animatronic version of Pete created to be the primary protector of Tomorrow City, but his cowardice and selfishness caused him to abandon them.
**Gremlin Prescott - a former friend of Gremlin Gus and the former caretaker of OsTown's Gag Factory. However, his belief that no one recognized his supposedly obvious genius caused him to turn against his friend and ally with the Petes.
*Thinner Mickey - a split personality of Mickey's magically created whenever he uses too much thinner or when his Heart is removed. In this form, Mickey is much faster and more powerful but in exchange loses all sense of right and wrong and begins attacking people that were once his friends.
*Mizrabel - a villainous witch-fairy who resides in a mysterious castle known as the Castle of Illusion as she has an obsession with youth and beauty. After kidnapping Minnie and bringing her to the Castle of Illusion in order to steal her youth, she becomes a major thorn in the side of Mickey.
*The Phantom - named after and loosely based on the antagonist of the game Land of Illusion, The Phantom is all of Yen Sid's guilt, greed, sorrow, hatred, and more manifested in a humanoid form that resembles that of both Chernobog from Disney's Fantasia and the Horned King from The Black Cauldron. Due to seeing his negative emotions as a mistake, Yen Sid trapped them in the Wasteland, accidentally creating The Phantom in the process. It is the most powerful antagonist Mickey faces in the series.
*Mortimer Mouse - Mickey's rival and his polar opposite. Mortimer is an egotistical, selfish, and more often than not wrathful would-be lady's man that is obsessed with getting everything that Mickey has. This includes both trying to take over the House of Mouse and trying to steal Minnie from him. Throughout the series, he becomes increasingly more antagonistic towards Mickey before ending up a full-blown villain.
*Julius the Cat
*Zeke Midas Wolf
*Animatronic Mickey
*Kat Nipp
*The Rhyming Man - a Wastelander who, for unknown reasons, has the ability to travel between the Wasteland and the Toon World. Unlike his previous version, he is depicted as an animal of unknown species, covering most of his body in a cloak similarly to the original depiction of the Phantom Blot. He speaks in rhymes and despises both Wastelander and Toon Worlder alike, plotting to destroy them both.
*Sylvester Shyster
*Doctor Vulter
*The Weasels
*Professor Nefarious
== Issues ==
Category:Comics
Category:IDW Publishing
Category:The Walt Disney Company