Talk:The Books of Magic

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Mister E[edit]

The one character who I didn't recognize in the books and haven't found any reference to since was Mister E. Was he created for this book? Does he have any existence outside of the Books of Magic books? -Fuzzy 17:49, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mister E previously appeared in Secrets of Haunted House #31-41 in the early 1980s. Other than that series, Books of Magic, a Mister E miniseries in 1990 or 1991, and the Trenchcoat Brigade miniseries, I don't think he's appeared anywhere else. -Sean Curtin 00:24, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)

Another Mister E point, his four issue mini-series starts from where the Books of Magic series left him and deals with his journey(Both personal and backwards through time). In the series Mister E deals with the childhood trauma of losing his eyes and coming to terms with the cruelty of his father while back in modern time Tim Hunter recieves magical training from Zatanna in disguise as a magic shop owner. I'd add this in myself but am not sure where it fits in. Thanks.

Mister E is also supposed to be the mysterious character in Death: The High Cost of Living; aged because of his trip from the end of time, where Death left him. This doesn't jibe with the other books' continuity, however.

Decadence[edit]

I've recently borrowed the "ongoing series" (Books of Magic 1-75 + Name of Magic + Hunter: The Age of Magic 1-25) from a friend, and I'd like to advice those who haven't read the series yet to avoid the "Name of Magic" and "Age of Magic". They're crap. They take away all that was good in BoM, making it all the other way. Where the plot and dialogue was creative, they put dumb speeches, obviety and linearity. Where there were interesting, thick characters, they put uncharismatic shallow stereotypes. Wish I had stopped reading the series in BoM #75. I wouldn't be so sad and angry now.

I liked all of them but then again wikipedia isn't really the place for reviews. RecentlyAnon 21:45, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Boy wizard?[edit]

So let me get this straight, he's a teenage boy destined to be a great wizard? Sound familiar? -Tyler Durden —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.178.35.60 (talk) 04:41, 29 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you'll note the publication date, The Books of Magic was first published in 1990. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (which you're obviously alluding too) was first published in 1997.Konczewski 19:04, 1 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pedantic I know, but I've removed the section on similarities with Harry Potter. The Books of Magic has never been discussed as being similar to Harry Potter in any of it's iterations: it's the character of Tim Hunter that's been noted as being similar to the character of Harry, and since the section about this is on the character's wiki entry it doesn't need to be here as well. I've removed it to avoid any confusion that may arise from people thinking it's the plots that are meant to be similar, and not the characters. JonStrines (talk) 09:57, 21 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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BetacommandBot (talk) 04:16, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Quote for later inclusion[edit]

New interviews for later inclusion:

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Cleanup[edit]

Added ISBNs to trade paperback section. DC (talk) 16:22, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Read order?[edit]

I was wondering if someone should put up the order to read the comics in since ther are alot of miniseries that if you dont read can make the plot quite confusing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.26.41 (talk) 08:09, 25 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barbatos, Sir Timothy Hunter and the Multiple Molly O'Reilleys.[edit]

How old was Tim when he made the deal with Barbatos that turned him into Sir Timothy Hunter? Was there an alternative way to defeat The Other without needing Barbatos' help? Did Tim need to make the deal with Barbatos to get his magic back from the demon? Or was The Other simply too powerful and only Barbatos had (and would use) the ability to merge him (and all the other Tims who he had killed and absorbed) back into the original Tim? When it is stated that Sir Timothy humiliated, abused and tortured multiple versions of Molly, in what way did he do that? Where did these multiple Mollies come from? Where they originally from the alternate worlds created by Tim's subconscious use of his magic? If not, where?

Jdogno5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.168.49.19 (talk) 10:13, 25 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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