The comic strip told the story of an English boy destined to be the greatest wizard years before 'Harry Potter.'

The greatest magician of the '60s is about to make a long-awaited comeback. Heat Vision can exclusively reveal that 2000 AD will reprint the fan-favorite Luke Kirby series — about a boy destined for magical greatness published a decade before J.K. Rowling's first Harry Potter book hit shelves — early next year.

Described by the publisher as "Cider With Rosie meets Harry Potter via John Wyndham and Alan Garner," The Journal of Luke Kirby follows a young English boy in 1960s England who has to come to terms with not only adolescence, but his potential for becoming the greatest alchemist in the world.

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