Title: "Bleak House" is a novel by Charles Dickens, the preeminent author of fiction related to Victorian London, the era from which Daniel and
Slaggingham originate. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan a>)
page 1, panel 1: Enter Auberon, King of Faerie and husband of Queen Titania. Auberon (also Oberon, Alberon, and Alberich) originates in German
and French myth, where he is a magician; he often appears with horns, as he does here. He was mostly famou sly utilized in Shakespeare's "A
Midsummer Night's Dream", though much of this was drawn from a traditional French epic, "Huon de Bordeaux". (submitted by Shannon Patrick
Sullivan)
page ?, panel 6: Presumably, it is the stone which has been giving Tim the extra "spurts" of magical power, and causing the green and black
shadow-like effects. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 14, panel 1: "Leman": lover. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 2: "The Jade": Titania. Specifically, Auberon is referring to her by the color of her flesh, which is a little odd given that Titania has
appeared in many different guises (and skin tones). (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 5: "Fairy gold": in folklore, a common trick amongst the Fair Folk is to disguise common plants as gold. The charm fades away after
the "gold" has been exchanged for something of true value. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 15, panel 3: "Lazar houses": formerly, institutions where the very ill were housed. Unsurprisingly, they were usually hellish places to live.
(submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: Enter Gwendolyn, also known (in Slaggingham's factory) as Sister Staylace.
Gwendolyn's globe is similar to the one Slaggingham had in his briefcase in THE BOOKS OF MAGIC #9.
Judas was the apostle of Christ who, according to the Bible, betrayed Jesus to Pontius Pilate and committed suicide afterwards. (submitted by
Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 22, panel 4: Being a ballerina, Marya does, of course, practice catching people. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
