The ongoing story of Tim Hunter, a young man who has the potential to be the world's most powerful wizard. The series lasted for 75 issues, with the first 50 issues written by John Ney Rieber before series artist Peter Gross took over for the remainder of the series (with Peter Hogan filling in as writer on issue 63).

Preceeded By:

• The Books of Magic vol. 1 (4 issue limited series)

Followed By:

• The Names of Magic (5 issue limited series)
• Hunter: The Age of Magic (Ongoing series, lasted 25 issues)
• The Books of Magick: Life During Wartime (Ongoing series, lasted 15 issues)

See Also:

• Arcana: The Books Of Magic (One-shot published as part of The Children's Crusade event)
• The Books of Magic Annuals (3 annual specials published alongside The Books Of Magic vol. 2)
• Hellblazer/The Books of Magic (2 issue miniseries crossing over with Hellblazer)
• The Books of Faerie (3 issue miniseries spun-off from The Books Of Magic)
• The Books of Faerie: Auberon's Tale (3 issue miniseries spun-off from The Books Of Magic)
• The Books of Faerie: Molly's Story (4 issue miniseries spun-off from The Books Of Magic)
• Vertigo Rave (Preview of the 1994 Vertigo line containing an exclusive The Books Of Magic story)
• Vertigo: Winter's Edge (3 issue anthology series featuring a short The Books Of Magic story in each issue)

Collected Editions

• Vol. 1: Bindings (#1-4)
• The Books of Magic Book One (#1-13)
• The Books of Magic Omnibus Volume One (#1-32)
• Vol. 2: Summonings (#5-13)
• Vol. 3: Reckonings (#14-20)
• Vol. 4: Transformations (#21-25)
• Vol. 5: Girl in the Box (#26-32)
• Vol. 6: The Burning Girl (#33-41)
• Vol. 7: Death After Death (#42-50)

Note: The last twenty-five issues of this series have never been collected.