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BOOKS OF MAGIC - NEIL GAIMAN, JOHN BOLTON and PAUL JOHNSON
3 GRAPHIC NOVELS/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS (1990)
7 years before HARRY POTTER was first published in 1997, Neil Gaiman created the story of a
British boy named Tim Hunter, who wears glasses and has a pet owl. He lived in the mundane world until a group of mysterious strangers arrive to inform him that he is a magician with a destiny involving the fate of the world!
Note: one of his teachers on this magical Journey is the occult detective John Constantine, Hellblazer. Potrayed by Keanu Reeves in the smash hit feature film CONSTANTINE.
V1: THE PHANTOM STRANGER takes him on a journey through time where they witness the birth of the universe, the fall of Lucifer, the fate of Atlantis, an encounter with Merlin, and meet Doctor Fate, Zatara (father of Zatanna), and Sargon the Sorcerer!
V3: Doctor Occult takes Tim on a journey into the other mystic realms, including The Dreaming from The Sandman, and the Lands of Faerie, including The Market from STARDUST. Also featuring appearances by Morpheus The Sandman himself, Cain and Abel, Baba Yaga, Warlord, Nightmaster, Amethyst, Titania Queen of Faerie, The Demon Etrigan, and many more!
V4: Mister E (who becomes an important character in Gaiman's follow-up DEATH Graphic Novel) takes Tim on a journey into the future to observe the dangers of magicians and mystical beings on the fate of the human race. Also featuring appearances by The Sandman's siblings Death and Destiny, Zatanna, Eclipso, The Spectre, Doctor Fate, Tefe Holland (AKA The Swamp Thing), Jonah Hex, Space Cabbie, The Legion of Superheroes, Darkseid, Merlin, The Flash's villian Abracadabra, and the Demon Etrigan, and many more!
THIS VERSION IS LONG OUT OF PRINT.
HARD TO FIND COLLECTOR'S ITEM BY NEIL GAIMAN .
ONE OF GAIMAN'S EARLIEST WORKS FOR DC COMICS, FOLLOWING HIS ACCLAIMED GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES SANDMAN.
Published by DC Comics.
This is the hard to find first printings of the original BOOKS OF MAGIC with full color lavishly painted illustrations.
This is the RARE original 1990 published version of Gaiman's BOOKS OF MAGIC, and was never sold in any mass market retail outlets. It was only available to purchase through comic book specialty shops.
Written by NEIL GAIMAN (Sandman, Coraline, Neverwhere, American Gods, Books of Magic, Black Orchid, Miracleman).
This squarebound book is in brand new condition and measures approx 6.5" x 10" inches, and is printed on high quality paper to enhance the delicate and beautifully painted artwork.
Book Description
From one of the most highly recognised and award winning comic writers on the scene today, Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Death, Violent Cases), and his collaborator, innovative artist Paul Johnson, comes a haunting and stylish exploration of a young boy taken on a journey through time to discover his magical destiny. Timothy Hunter is just like any other thirteen-year-old boy in London . . . except for the tiny fact that he might be the most powerful magician of his time.
A quartet of fallen mystics dubbed the "Trench Coat Brigade" is introduced in this first collection of the adventures of Timothy Hunter. John Constanine, the Phantom Stranger, Dr. Occult and Mister E take Hunter on a tour of the magical realms. Along the way he's introduced to the greatest practitioners of magic and must choose whether or not to join their ranks.
Long before Harry Potter went to Hogwarts, a young English lad in glasses learned of magic from the pen of Neil Gaiman.
Timothy Hunter, a fairly typical, aimless 12-year-old boy, meets a quartet of mysterious, powerful men who show him worlds beyond understanding. Possibly destined to be the greatest magician of his age, Tim is exposed to wonders and possibilities, alternate realities and the end of all existence.
His guides on the journey are the so-called "trenchcoat brigade" -- the Phantom Stranger, Dr. Occult, John "Hellblazer" Constantine and the sightless Mister E -- although other magical luminaries, from Dr. Fate to Zatanna, will chime in from time to time. His adventures take him from Faerie to Hell and many dimensions in between, from the start of time to the final curtain. He'll see the beauty and ugliness of magic, discover the power of names and the consequences of gifts. He'll meet Death before his time, and he'll learn a little bit more about trust and betrayal.
The Books of Magic is still a delightful, eye-opening story about magical potential. Gaiman, who was already deep into his Sandman mythos by this time, unleashed a new force on the world of comics with this book, which quickly became a successful, ongoing Vertigo series.
About the Author
Neil Gaiman wrote the award-winning graphic novel series The Sandman, and with Terry Pratchett, the award-winning novel Good Omens. His first book for children, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish, illustrated by Dave McKean, hasn't yet won any awards, but was one of Newsweek's Best Children's Books of 1997. Angels & Visitations, a small press story collection, was nominated for a World Fantasy Award and won the International Horror Critics Guild Award for Best Collection, despite not having any horror in it. Well, hardly any.Born in England, he now makes his home in America, in a big dark house of uncertain location where he grows exotic pumpkins and accumulates computers and cats. He is currently at work turning his first novel Neverwhere into a film for Jim Henson films.
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