The Books of Magic, Volume 1 by John Ney Rieber

It continues the story of young magus Tim Hunter from Neil Gaiman’s earlier limited series, and features a number of returning characters from some of Gaiman’s other DC/Vertigo work, such as King Auberon and Queen Titania of the Fair Lands, as well as introducing a number of new supporting characters, including Molly O’Reilly, Leah, Araquel, Amadan, Barbatos, Gwendolyn, and Circe.

The first fifty issues were written by John Ney Rieber, with the concluding twenty-five written by series artist Peter Gross. The Books of Magic (Volume 2) is a seventy-five issue ongoing series published by Vertigo from 1994 to 2000. In 1999, the Trenchcoat Brigade would reunite for a titular limited series of their own. The series was a success, and editor Karen Berger would launch an ongoing Books of Magic series under DC’s mature readers Vertigo imprint to further chronicle Timothy’s adventures. DeMatteis, various production setbacks led to Neil Gaiman becoming a writer instead, with a rotating quartet of artists supplying full-painted illustrations.

Initially meant to be a three-issue series written by J.M. The Books of Magic was a four-issue prestige-format limited series, released from late 1990 to early 1991, meant to explore various magical characters and settings in the DC Universe through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy named Timothy Hunter, guided by Zatanna and the Trenchcoat Brigade - an newly created, informal team of DC’s magic-based characters consisting of John Constantine, the Phantom Stranger, Mister E, and Doctor Occult and Rose Psychic.

The Books of Magic, Volume 1 by John Ney Rieber