Story: "Books of Magic Book II: The Shadow World" (47 Pages)

Credits: Neil Gaiman (plot, script); Scott Hampton (artist); Todd Klein (letters); Karen Berger (edits)

Feature Character: Timothy Hunter

Guest Stars: Phantom Stranger, John Constantine, Mister E (all next in issue #4), Doctor Occult; Deadman (last in Deadman: Love After Death #2; next in ???); Dr. Fate II (last in ???; next in ???); Spectre (last in Justice League Europe #8; next in War of the Gods #2), Jim Corrigan; Madame Xanadu (both last in Spectre Vol. 2 #31); Zatanna, Baron Winters (both last in Spectre Vol. 2 #23), Merlin (last in Spectre Vol. 2 #11); Jason Blood (last in ???; next in ???); Doctor Thirteen (last in Action Comics Weekly #634; next in ???)

Supporting Characters: Yo-Yo; Kim Liang (last in Spectre Vol. 2 #30; next in Spectre Vol. 3 #2); William Hunter (first appearance; Timothy Hunter's father; next in issue #4)

Villains: The Cold Flame; Tannarak (last in Batman and the Outsiders #8; next in Zatanna #1), Tala (last in DC Super-Stars #18; next in Books of Magic Vol. 2 #39); Wizard I (last in ???; next in ???); Felix Faust (last in Crisis on Infinite Earths #12; next in Green Lantern Vol. 3 #57)

Other Characters: Apollonius (first appearance; the bouncer at "Bewitched"); Mattheson (first appearance; an African-American)