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In part one, "The Invisible Labyrinth", Timothy Hunter is approached by four of the DC Universe's mystical heroes, and, after agreeing to the tour, is shown the DC Universe's past by the Phantom Stranger. In part two, "The Shadow World", Tim is shown around the DC Universe's present by John Constantine. In part three, "The Land of Summer's Twilight", Doctor Occult shows Tim the Land of Faerie, with brief stopovers in a number of other otherworlds (including the Dreaming). In part four, "The Road to Nowhere", Mister E shows Tim the DC Universe's future (or, at least, one of its possible futures), and Tim faces a decision about whether to try and fulfil his potential, or to live out his life as a normal person.
Each issue was illustrated by a different artist: "The Invisible Labyrinth" by John Bolton, "The Shadow World" by Scott Hampton , "The Land of Summer's Twilight" by Charles Vess , and "The Road to Nowhere" by Paul Johnson.
The miniseries was followed by an ongoing comic book series about the further adventures of Timothy Hunter. This series, also called The Books of Magic, was written by John Ney Reiber . It ran from May 1994 to August 2000 and was followed by a five-issue mini-series called The Names of Magic , in which Tim learnt his true name and was accepted into a school of magic, and a new ongoing called Hunter: The Age of Magic which ran from September 2001 to September 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, and which told of his graduation and what happened to him afterwards.
Another series Books of Magick: Life During Wartime, set (possibly) in an alternate DCU, began in July 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co. In this series the war Mister E warned Tim of in the first mini finally occurs, however it seems Tim has no knowledge of the magical world whatsoever.
There were also several spin-off mini-series set in the Faerie realm, entitled The Books of Faerie .
Many people have noticed similarities between Timothy Hunter — a bespectacled English teenager with family troubles who has a magical owl as a pet — and the later and more famous Harry PotterHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter is the informal name given to a collection of fantasy novels by J. Rowling, and the movies based on them. The series is named after the protagonist, Harry James Potter who was born July 31 1980 given t. The similarities between the two are, however, largely superficial and most likely reflect the fact that both draw on common archetypes.
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