Collected volume 2 · Spoiler-light
Night Witch
A spoiler-light guide to Night Witch, volume 2 of the Rivers of London collected graphic novels.
The edition desk
- Writers
- Ben Aaronovitch
- Artists
- Lee Sullivan
- Colourist
- Luis Guerrero (issue #1 credit; whole volume not independently checked)
- Collected issues
- 2.1–2.5
- Collection date (publisher/distributor territory)
- 4 November 2016
- UK print ISBN
- 9781785852930
Sources and dates
Creator listings can omit production roles. Colourists from individual issue listings are labelled as issue credits; they are not automatically attributed to an entire collection. Lettering is omitted unless a primary credit is available. Titan collection record (opens in a new tab)↗ Titan issue #1 creator listing (opens in a new tab)↗. Titan issue #1 also credits Andrew Cartmel as a writer; the collected-edition page lists only Ben Aaronovitch.
Where it fits
After Foxglove Summer. Compare the complete reading order → · Explore the books and audiobooks →
Spoiler-light outline
The second collected volume follows the Folly into a case touched by Russian magic and the city's wider supernatural connections. Its title promises a figure with a history beyond Peter's immediate beat, but this introduction leaves the identity and outcome for the pages themselves. It is a short visual investigation placed after Foxglove Summer in this guide's integrated order, with the unfamiliar magical thread encountered through working police eyes.
Why it’s worth reading
What makes this volume appealing is the contrast between a tightly organised case file and the larger, older stories its witnesses seem to carry. A comic can hold those registers in the same spread: a person in a present-day room beside a visual suggestion of another tradition. That does useful work for a series whose magic has always belonged to particular communities and places, not merely to a list of powers. Peter's part of the investigation grounds the book in questions and consequences. The art offers a way to feel an encounter before the dialogue has classified it. I would keep this volume in sequence because its relationships have more weight after the surrounding prose cases; the title alone is no reason to jump ahead. It is also a reminder that the comic branch can widen the world without asking every episode to become a main-arc revelation. Compare its handling of an unfamiliar practitioner with the novels' habit of making Peter learn the terms as he investigates. The collected paperback is a coherent case in its own right, with the issue run gathered under one cover.
Case notes · open after reading
Which early assumptions about a suspect change as the investigation develops? This is an original reading prompt for this volume, grounded in the collection premise. Compare the opening premise with the final pages after reading, and follow the edition source above for the publisher’s description.
Characters linked in this guide
Selected characters named in the publisher’s premise; this is not a complete cast list.