The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman

The Books of Magic is a 4 short comic series which later became an on-going series by Dc. It has so far been on of my favorite comics. It is 4 editions by Neil Gaiman who also wrote The Sandman series which has some ties to the book of magic.  In Sandman you are introduced to John Constantine  who, if you have seen the movie, is a human stuck between  heaven and hell; he is an imortant character in this story. The series is about a boy named Tim Hunter who has the potential to become the greatest magician of his time.  So this boy is introduced to four men in coats, the "Trench Coat Brigade",  who include the Phantom Stranger, John Constantine, Doctor Occult, and Mister E.  In the first book , The Invisible Labyrinth, Tim Hunter is taken through the past with the Phantom Stranger and is shown the beginnings and history of the DC universe.  This was a great beginning of the series because it is our past and mythology from Gaimans point of view.  The past gods and creatures are all tied together.  The second chapter is called The Shadow World in which Tim walks around current times with John Constantine and evades people who are trying to assasinate him, but he now is introduced to the current members of magic world. In the third volume he is taken to the land of faerie by Dr. Occult. Lastly he is taken to the future by Mister E. and has to make his choice to either live by magic or want to be a normal person. It was an enoyable series which had great illustrations. The artist of the second book is the same as the first chapter of Lucifer, Scott Hampton.  He might be my favorite at this point.  I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys fantasy and history.