The Books of Magic (1994) #10

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The Artificial Heart: Book 2, "Bleak Houses, Hard Times"
The Books of Magic Vol 2 #10
February, 1995
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Charles Vess
The Artificial Heart: Book 2, "Bleak Houses, Hard Times"
Writers	John Ney Rieber
Pencilers	Gary Amaro
Inkers	Peter Gross
Colorists	Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Letterers	Comicraft
Editors	Julie Rottenberg
Previous Issue	The Books of Magic Vol 2 # 9
Next Issue	The Books of Magic Vol 2 # 11

I'll figure something out. I'm not stupid.

— Tim Hunter

The Books of Magic (Volume 2) #10 is an issue of the series The Books of Magic (Volume 2) with a cover date of February, 1995.

Appearing in The Artificial Heart: Book 2, "Bleak Houses, Hard Times"

Featured Characters:

• Tim Hunter

Supporting Characters:

• Khara
• Marya
• Molly O'Reilly
• Nikki

Antagonists:

• Reverend Slaggingham
  • Daniel (Joins team)
  • Reverend Slaggingham's followers/"Rivets"
    • Sister Staylace (First appearance; unnamed)

Other Characters:

• Elves (Cameo)
• Fairies
  • King Auberon (Flashback and main story)
  • Queen Titania
• Goblins (Cameo)
• Tim Hunter's Imaginary Friends
  • Awn the Blink (First appearance)
  • Queen of the Buggers (First appearance)
  • The Unicorn (Apparent death)
• Angels (Mentioned only)
  • Araquel (Mentioned only)
• Bill Hunter (Mentioned only)
• Death (Mentioned only)
• Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
• Judas (Mentioned only)
• The Manticore (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Moloch (Mentioned only)
• Mr. O'Reilly (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime
  • Timestream (Behind the scenes)
• Multiverse
  • Faerie
  • Interdimensional Limbo
  • Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
    • 19th Century
      • England
        • London
          • Southwark (Flashback only) (Cameo)
    • 1993
      • England
        • London
          • London Sewers
            • Subterrean London (Unnamed)
              • The Commissary (First appearance)
          • Southwark
  • Free Country (Mentioned only)
  • Heaven/Paradise (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Reverend Slaggingham's Gadgets
  • Anti-Tantalic Extractor Apparatus (First appearance)
  • The Globe

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Trivia

• The "In Great Labour The Greatest Happiness is Born" sign on the gates of the Reverend's property is very reminiscent of the "Arbeicht Macht Frei (Work makes one free)" from the Nazi concentration camps.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Books of Magic series
• Images from The Books of Magic Vol 2 10

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