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BOOKS OF MAGIC VOL. 3 #1
Cover Date: December 2018
Cover Price: $3.99
Publication Date: 2018-10-24
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Cover Credits:
Art: Kai Carpenter
Variant Cover:
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Credits:
| Story | Kat Howard |
| Art | Tom Fowler |
| Lettering | Todd Klein |
| Colors | Jordan Boyd |
| Assistant editing | Maggie Howell |
| Associate editing | Amedeo Turturro |
| Editing | Molly Mahan |
Feature Character(s):
- Tim Hunter (last in Sandman Universe #1; also in flashback to Books of Magic #1-#4; see Comments)
Supporting Character(s):
- Rose Psychic (last in Sandman Universe #1)
- Mad Hettie (next in issue #3)
Villain(s):
- The Cold Flame (also in flashback to Books of Magic #2)
Other Character(s):
- Ellie Jones (last in Sandman Universe #1; next in issue #3)
- Tyler (last in Sandman Universe #1; next in issue #3)
Cameo Appearance(s):
- Phantom Stranger (in flashback to Books of Magic #1, #4)
- John Constantine (in flashback to Books of Magic #1-#2, #4)
- Doctor Occult (in flashback to Books of Magic #1, #3-#4)
- Mister E (in flashback to Books of Magic #1, #4)
- Arion (in flashback to Books of Magic #1)
- Titania (in flashback to Books of Magic #3)
- Zatanna (in flashback to Books of Magic #2)
Comment(s):
- This series continues on from the events shown in Books of Magic #1-#4, but diverges at the time when he was asked to chose between magic and a normal life. While there was never really any choice from the point where Tim agreed to go with the Phantom Stranger at the beginning of the series, he thought he chose a normal life in the original story, whereas in this reality he chose magic.
- The events of the original series might have happened slightly different though as Tim does not recognize Rose Psychic in this story.
Solicitation:
- From the SANDMAN UNIVERSE #1, it’s the return of Neil Gaiman’s magical morality fable in an all-new series written by Kat Howard (Roses and Rot, An Unkindness of Magicians) and drawn by Tom Fowler (DOOM PATROL)!
- Timothy Hunter may be destined to become the most powerful magician in the universe, but he’s still a London teenager, and having magical abilities complicates things more than it helps. It’s not like he can use magic to pass his exams, stop being bullied or convince his cute friend to date him. And while Tim’s trying to live his life, there are cultists who want to kill him, believing his power will eventually corrupt him into becoming a merciless mage. Oh, and those are the good guys. Luckily, his new substitute teacher is more than she appears, and may be able to help Tim discover the mystery behind the Books of Magic…