The Books of Magic Vol 2 53

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"Bardsey Boys"
Cover
The Books of Magic Vol 2 #53
October, 1998
Cover Artists	Mike Kaluta
Bardsey Boys
Writers	Peter Gross
Pencilers	Peter Gross
Inkers	Jason Temujin Minor
Colorists	Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Letterers	Comicraft
Editors	Stuart Moore Cliff Chiang
Previous Issue	The Books of Magic Vol 2 # 52
Next Issue	The Books of Magic Vol 2 # 54

In case her Royal Green Bitchiness didn't tell you -- I don't have magic anymore.

— Tim Hunter

The Books of Magic (Volume 2) #53 is an issue of the series The Books of Magic (Volume 2) with a cover date of October, 1998.

Appearing in "Bardsey Boys"

Featured Characters:

• Tim Hunter

Supporting Characters:

• Davis Duvall (First appearance; unnamed)
• Holly Hunter (Cameo)
• Thomas Currie (Impersonates a Troll) (Narrator)
• William Hunter

Antagonists:

• Bardsey Academy bullies (First appearance)
  • Cameron (First appearance)
• The King of the Dead (Cyril Ransome) (First appearance as King of the Dead)
• The Other (Behind the scenes)

Other Characters:

• Alternate Universe characters
  • Elves
    • The Market Warden (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
  • The Executioner (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
  • Fairies
  • Goblins
    • Snout (Single appearance) (Cameo)
  • Tim Hunter (Alternate Universe) (Single appearance; dies)
  • Trolls (Cameo)
• Angels (Only as statues) (Cameo)
• Bardsey Academy students (First appearance)
  • Henry (Single appearance)
• Bardsey Academy teachers (Single appearance)
• Lawrence Gavin (First appearance) (Appears only as a corpse)
• Griffins (Only as statues) (Cameo)
• Headmaster Post (Unnamed) (First full appearance)
• Trolls (As an illusion only)
• Araquel (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Cyril Ransome's Heralds (Mentioned only)
  • Chocolate (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Inconvenience (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • Plague (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
  • War (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Gods (Mentioned only)
• Leah (Mentioned only)
• Molly O'Reilly (Mentioned only)
• Saints (Mentioned only)
• Queen Titania (Mentioned only)
• Zatanna (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse (Mentioned only)
  • The Market Universe (First appearance; unnamed)
    • The Market
  • Vertigo Universe/"True World of the Opener"/"The Real World" (Unnamed)
    • England
      • London
        • Bardsey Academy for Young Gentlemen (First full appearance)
          • The Kingdom of Dead (First appearance)
        • Camden
          • Camden Market
        • Kensington
          • Holly Ransome's Flat/Hunter Residence
    • United States of America
      • New York City (Mentioned only)
  • Faerie (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• "The Books of Magic: The True Story of Tim Hunter" (Behind the scenes)
• Cyril Ransome's Halo (Mentioned only)
• Green Glamour Stone
• Mundane Eggs

Vehicles:

• Holly Hunter's Car (First appearance) (Cameo)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Trivia

• Snout, one of the creatures from the Alternate Universe, originally appeared in the main Vertigo Universe in The Books of Magic #3.
• Cyril Ransome reminisces many events the Slave of Heavens storyline, including growing up an halo and believing to be a saint, having his toys turned into "heralds" and turning Araquel into chocolate.
• One of the Camden Market clients wears a Batman shirt.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the The Books of Magic series

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