The Books of Magic #1

This first book of the four-part miniseries opens with a breathtaking John Bolton cover: a luminous, flame-wreathed figure — hair and form dissolving upward into swirling red fire and ghostly shapes — drifts against a deep, star-scattered void, while a small inset diamond below shows a cloaked adult accompanying a young boy. Neil Gaiman's "The Invisible Labyrinth" promises a journey into DC's magical universe rendered with the painterly richness Bolton brings to every inch of this striking image. For a 1990 prestige-format series, this opening installment sets a tone that is genuinely otherworldly from the very first glance.