This article is about the 1991 limited series by Neil Gaiman. You may be looking for the ongoing series by the same name.
"Science is a way of talking about the Universe in words that bind it to a common reality. Magic is a method of talking to the Universe in words that it cannot ignore."
The Books of Magic was a four-issue limited series by Neil Gaiman which explored the DC universe through the eyes of a young boy named Timothy Hunter. Characters from The Sandman, including The Endless, are featured prominently in the second half of the story.
The concept was later expanded upon by other Vertigo authors, first in a 75-issue series by John Ney Rieber and Peter Gross, and later in a series that became part of The Sandman Universe.
| Issue | Title | Writer | Artist | Letterer | Editor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Book I: The Invisible Labyrinth | Neil Gaiman | John Bolton | Todd Klein | Karen Berger |
| 2 | Book II: The Shadow World | Neil Gaiman | Scott Hampton | Todd Klein | Karen Berger |
| 3 | Book III: The Land of Summer's Twilight | Neil Gaiman | Charles Vess | Todd Klein | Karen Berger |
| 4 | Book IV: The Road to Nowhere | Neil Gaiman | Paul Johnson | Todd Klein | Karen Berger |
Trivia[]
- Despite being relatively short, this series has probably the largest timespan among the Sandman stories, showing both the dawn of the Universe and its destruction.