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Timothy Hunter (often called Tim Hunter) is a Fictional Comic Book character in the DC Comics Universe , a young Sorcerer who First Appeared in the four-issue Miniseries '' The Books Of Magic '' (1990-91), written by Neil Gaiman , with painted art by John Bolton . CHARACTER HISTORY In that story, a group of four DC mystics — John Constantine , the Phantom Stranger , Mister E , and Doctor Occult (the Trenchcoat Brigade ) — approach the young Hunter and inform him he had the potential to become the world's greatest magician. In '' A Christmas Carol '' fashion, he is taken on a journey to the mystic parts of the DC Universe's past (by the Phantom Stranger), its present (by Constantine), and its future (by Mister E), and also shown the world of the Faerie (by Doctor Occult), along with such other planes of existence as The Dreaming ). After the journey, he must decide whether to remain an ordinary boy or to follow the path of magic. After some thought, he chooses the former, then immediately recants the choice. However, he had made the decision long before. The original miniseries was collected as a 1993 '', which ran 15 issues from September 2004 to October 2005, was also a story about an older Tim Hunter, but was not rooted in the continuity of the earlier volumes. Other trade-paperback collections include ''The Books of Magic: The Summoning'' (1996). TRIVIA Timothy Hunter bears the face of series illustrator John Bolton's oldest son at young age. EXTERNAL LINKS
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