Who Is Tim Hunter? Origin, Powers and Key Facts

Tim Hunter is a DC Comics comic book character, the alter ego of Timothy Hunter, with over 243 comic issue appearances. Timothy Hunter is a young man with the potential to be the greatest mage of his time.

Who is Tim Hunter?

Origin Tim Hunter, a young boy from London was approached by four men of great mystical power, the Trenchcoat Brigade , and told that he had the potential to become the greatest magician of all time. Of course, he was a little unsure at first, and before he made his decision whether or not he would accept the world of magic, they were each to show him part of the history of magic, let him see what world he could be a part of. So the Phantom Stranger took him through the history of magic, John Constantine took him to meet practitioners of magic in the present including Zatanna , Doctor Occult (as Rose) tours him through the Faerie and various other dimensions (including Hell, The Dreaming, Gemworld and Skartaris) and Mister E shows him the future all the way up to the end of time where E tries to kill Tim who is saved, ironically, by Death . Although the illusion of a choice was proposed initially, since he was shown magic, Tim never really had a choice at all and so began his journey to become The Merlin. Creation Created in 1990 by Neil Gaiman and John Bolton , Tim Hunter first appeared in the prestige-format four-issue miniseries The Books of Magic . Each issue was by a different.

Key facts

Tim Hunter is of human origin and first appeared in "The Invisible Labyrinth". The character is published by DC Comics. With 243 recorded issue appearances, Tim Hunter ranks among the most featured characters in comics.