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Book II: The Shadow World is the second issue in the limited series The Books of Magic.

Summary[]

John Constantine takes Timothy Hunter to a trip to meet American wizards. They meet Madame Xanadu, the Spectre, Boston Brand, and other practitioners, all of whom share some knowledge and warn the travellers that some malign cultists are already looking for the boy. Indeed, soon random attacks start happening.

Timothy is also reunited with his owl, whom he decides to name Yo-Yo. Meanwhile, the rest of the Trenchcoat Brigade are planning an assault on the Brotherhood of the Cold Flame, believing them to be the ones behind the hunt. Book IV later reveals that they successfully took the whole organization down.

At one point, Constantine has to leave Timothy in Zatanna's care to attend some urgent business in India; she somewhat carelessly takes the boy to a Halloween party attended by black magicians, and only Constantine's return saves him from capture.

Appearances[]

Featured Characters[]

Supporting Characters[]

  • Baron Winters
    • Merlin the Leopard
  • Deadman
    • Mattheson
  • Eric Strauss/Doctor Fate
  • Linda Strauss/Linda Strauss
  • Dr. Thirteen
  • Jason Blood/Iason
  • Madame Xanadu
  • The Spectre
  • The Trenchcoat Brigade
    • Doctor Occult
    • Mister E
    • Phantom Stranger
  • William Hunter
  • Yo-Yo the Owl
  • Zatanna Zatara

Antagonists[]

  • The Brotherhood of the Cold Flame
    • The Sniper
  • Demons
    • Tala
  • Felix Faust
  • Ghosts
    • The Mistress of All Mirrors
  • Hyacinth and Leander
  • Tannarak
  • Vampires
  • Werewolves
  • The Wizard
  • Zombies

Other Characters[]

  • Apollonius
  • Kim Liang
  • Rachel
  • Angels (Mentioned)
  • Anthony Lupus (Mentioned)
  • Auntie Blodwyn (Mentioned)
    • Auntie Blodwyn's kids (Mentioned)
  • Cult of the Blood Red Moon (Mentioned)
  • The Dark Circle (Mentioned)
  • Kent Nelson/Doctor Fate (Mentioned)
  • Ghouls (Mentioned)
  • Giovanni Zatara (Mentioned)
  • God (Mentioned)
  • Gods (Mentioned)
    • Kali (Mentioned)
  • The Great Darkness (Mentioned)
  • Harpies (Mentioned)
  • Lords of Chaos (Mentioned)
  • Lords of Order (Mentioned)
    • Nabu (Mentioned)
  • Merlin (Mentioned)
  • Mister E's father (Mentioned)
  • New York City Police Department (Mentioned)
  • Trolls (Mentioned)
  • Benny Hill (Mentioned)
  • David Letterman (Mentioned)
  • Jonathan Ross (Mentioned)
  • Monthy Python (Mentioned)

Objects[]

  • Helmet of Fate
  • Madame Xanadu's Tarot Cards
  • Silk Cut
  • The Wind Egg (Mentioned)

Locations[]

  • Earth
    • India
      • Calcutta
        • Citadel of the Cold Flame
    • United Kingdom
      • England
        • London
          • Ravenknoll Estate
            • Hunter Residence
        • Birmingham (Mentioned)
        • Brighton (Mentioned)
        • London
          • Gatwick Airport (Mentioned)
        • Tyburn (Mentioned)
    • United States of America
      • California
        • San Francisco
          • Golden Gate Bridge
          • Shadowcrest
        • Los Angeles
          • Hollywood (Mentioned)
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan
            • Bewitched
            • Chrysler Building
            • Corrigan Detective Agency
            • Greenwich Village
              • Christy Street
                • Hokus & Pokus Occult Curioso
            • Twelfth Street
            • Empire State Building (Mentioned)
          • Queens
            • JFK International Airport
      • Washington, D.C.
        • Georgetown
          • Wintersgate Manor
      • Massachusetts
        • Boston (Mentioned)
      • New Jersey
        • Gotham City (Mentioned)
    • China
    • Lemuria (Mentioned)
    • Mexico (Mentioned)
    • Mu (Mentioned)
  • Faerie (Mentioned)
  • Hell (Mentioned)
  • The Netherworlds (Mentioned)
  • The Road to Nowhere (Mentioned)
  • Dawn of Time (Mentioned)
ISSUES
The Books of Magic (Vol. 1)
The Invisible LabyrinthThe Shadow WorldThe Land of Summer's TwilightThe Road to Nowhere
The Books of Magic (Vol. 2)
Bindings Binding: Book 1, Tearing DownBindings: Book 2, A Book of LeavesBindings: Book 3, Closing CirclesBindings: Epilogue, Lost Causes
Summonings The Hidden SchoolSacrifices: Part I, InstrumentsSacrifices: Part II, VictimsSacrifices: Part III, AltarsThe Artificial Heart: Book 1, Handmedowns Of The Ragged SchoolThe Artificial Heart: Book 2, Bleak Houses, Hard TimesThe Artificial Boy: Book 3, The Climbing BoySmall Glass Worlds Part One: Missing ColorsSmall Glass Worlds Part 2: Transparent Lies
Reckonings What Fire Leaves UsPlaygrounds Part One: Hell And BackPlaygrounds Part Two: Tag... You're ItPlaygrounds Part Three: Deformative YearsPlaygrounds Part Four: Boys Will Be BoysPlaygrounds Part Five: Really-PretendPlaygrounds Epilogue: The Knight, The Dragon, & The Maiden
Transformations Heavy PettingNeedlepointRed Rover, Red RoverAnd Sure In Language Strange She SaidUsed To Bes
The Girl in the Box Rites Of Passage: Prologue, Into Thin AirRites Of Passage Part One, Down With ThatRites Of Passage Part Two, This Is Not About ChocolateRites Of Passage Part Three, Singing In The DryRites Of Passage Part Four, ShellsRites Of Passage Part Five, I'll Hold Your BreathRites Of Passage Part Six, Drowning In Place
The Burning Girl Purgatory Creek Population: 1Dark As Day, My Lady, Bright As NightRites of Passage Part 8: Fire & Sugar & SpiceRites of Passage Part NINE: AppearancesRites Of Passage Part 10, Reasons To Be StoneLocked InRites of Passage Conclusion, A World Of OneSolitaireThe MotherlessNothing Up My Sleeve
Death After Death The BridgeKing of ThisSlave of Heavens Prologue, The EndSlave of Heavens Part 1, The VeilThe ScaleNear Life ExperienceSlave of Heavens Part 4, Inconvenience Be Not ProudSlave of Heavens Conclusion, When All Else FailsThe Box
Book Eight A Thousand Worlds of TimHomecomingBardsey BoysThe Exquisite CorpseA Fully Articulated KnowingThe Last Molly StoryThe Wager/Sturm and the SilverWilliam's Tale Part 1/Auberon Finds a FriendWilliam's Tale Part 2/The Kelpie's LoveIn Defense of his CountryAll Things TimothyWrong Side of the Tracks/The Scrying PoolThe Good FellaThe Heart of the StormThe ArrangementA Day, a Night & a Dream - Part OneA Day, a Night & a Dream - Part TwoPentimentoCauldrons & KettlesAshes TimeThe HunterThe Lord of The HuntThe Closing Part One - Chasing BarbatosThe Closing Part Two - Being Mr. WrongThe Closing Part Three - Inner Child
Sandman Universe: Books of Magic
Moveable Type What's Past is PrologueUnreliable NarratorsIn MemoriamLibrary FinesA Twist in the NarrativeThe End of Chapter One
Second Quarto Over the River and Through the WorldsOut of This Wood Do Not Desire to GoStorytimeEverything's FineNo Take BacksGreat ExpectationsA Blast from the Past
Dwelling In Possibility Bad InfluencesFoul CopyNeedful Books and Winter DreamsAlways Winter and Never...An Awakening
Field of Dreams, Part OneField of Dreams, Part TwoDwelling in Possibility, Part OneDwelling in Possibility, Part TwoDwelling in Possibility, Finale
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Core SeriesSpin-offs by Neil GaimanThe Sandman Presents & Other storiesSandman Universe
Spin-offs by Neil Gaiman
Overture Chapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3
Chapter 4Chapter 5Chapter 6
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters Chapters 1 & 2Chapter 3 & 4
Chapter 5 & 6Conclusion
One-shots Sandman Midnight TheatreEndless Nights
Short stories Death: A Winter's TaleFear of FallingHow They Met ThemselvesThe CastleThe Flowers of RomanceThe Wheel
Death: The High Cost of Living The Spirit of the StairwayA Night to RememberThe High Cost of Living
Death: The Time of Your Life Things You Just Do When You're BoredImaginary SolutionsThe Time of Your Life
The Books of Magic The Invisible LabyrinthThe Shadow WorldThe Land of Summer's TwilightThe Road to Nowhere
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