Books of Magic Vol 3 1

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"What's Past is Prologue"
Books of Magic Vol 3 #1
December, 2018
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Mark Doyle
Cover Artists	Kai Carpenter
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	Joshua Middleton
What's Past is Prologue
Writers	Kat Howard
Pencilers	Tom Fowler
Inkers	Tom Fowler
Colorists	Jordan Boyd
Letterers	Todd Klein
Editors	Molly Mahan Arianna Turturro Maggie Howell
Next Issue	Books of Magic Vol 3 # 2

I don't want consequences. I want magic.

— Tim Hunter

Books of Magic (Volume 3) #1 is an issue of the series Books of Magic (Volume 3) with a cover date of December, 2018. It was published on October 24, 2018.

Appearing in "What's Past is Prologue"

Featured Characters:

• Tim Hunter (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Deadman (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Ellie
• Hettie (First appearance)
• Dr. Rose
• The Trenchcoat Brigade (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
  • Doctor Occult
  • John Constantine
  • Mister E
  • Phantom Stranger

Antagonists:

• Cult of the Cold Flame
  • Ellie Jones (The Road To Nowhere) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Fatima (The Road To Nowhere) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Tyler (The Road To Nowhere) (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Unnamed demonic assassin (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Unnamed female assassin (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Tyler

Other Characters:

• Atlantean Homo Magus (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Bill Hunter (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• Demons (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
• Jenna Hunter (First appearance; unnamed) (In picture only)
• Tim Hunter's schoolmates
  • Fatima (First appearance; unnamed)
• Tim Hunter (The Road To Nowhere) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Queen Titania (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Fairies (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Zatanna (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • The Road To Nowhere (Unnamed)
    • England
      • London (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Timestream (Flashback only)
    • End of Time
      • Kingdom of Terminus (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Multiverse
  • Earth 0 (Also in a dream sequence)
    • 50 thousand years ago
      • Ancient Atlantis (In dream sequence only) (Cameo)
    • 21st Century
      • England
        • London
          • Hunter Home (Flashback and main story)
          • Tim Hunter's School (Unnamed)
      • United States of America
        • New York City (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Sphere of the Gods
    • The Dreaming
      • Faerie
        • Titania's Palace (Flashback only) (Cameo)

Items:

• "Books of Magic"
• Mundane Egg (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Yo-Yo (First appearance; unnamed)

Concepts:

• Magic
• Time Travel (Flashback only)
  

Notes

• Tim Hunter's story continues from The Sandman Universe #1.
• This story implies the events of The Books of Magic (Volume 1), happened in the Post-Flashpoint continuity of Prime Earth but Tim Hunter somehow only remembers them through flashes. These events includes:
  • Tim's original meeting with the Trenchcoat Brigade and his first time travel with the Phantom Stranger to ancient Atlantis from The Books of Magic #1;
  • Tim and Constantine journeying to New York City and being attacked by the Cold Flame assassin as well as his first meeting with Zatanna at Shadowcrest from The Books of Magic #2;
  • Tim's first journey to Faerie and his first meeting with his mother, Titania, from The Books of Magic #3;
  • Tim and Mister E traveling to the Final Magical Conflict and, then, to the Kingdom of Terminus at the End of Time in The Books of Magic #4.

Trivia

• The Books of Magic originally appeared in Justice League Dark (Volume 1).

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Books of Magic series
• Images from Books of Magic Vol 3 1

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