He then meets John Constantine in Hellblazer # 19, written by Jamie Delano, leading into the latter's guest appearance in issue # 3.

* Hellblazer # 19 ( June 1989 )

His name appeared as Nergal in the Hellblazer comics and in the reprint of More Fun Comics # 67 in Weird Secret Origins, though in Countdown to Mystery and The Golden Age Doctor Fate Archives, he is referred to as " Negal ," even in the latter's reprint of More Fun # 67.

* In issues # 89-90 of DC Comics ' Hellblazer, John Constantine ventures into the Dreamtime.

Debuting alongside ongoing former-DC series Swamp Thing # 129, Hellblazer # 63, Sandman # 47, Doom Patrol # 64, Animal Man # 57, and Shade, the Changing Man # 33, the first new comic book printed under the " Vertigo " imprint was Death: The High Cost of Living # 1, debuting a scant couple of weeks before Enigma # 1 in January ( March ) 1993.

* Hellblazer Special: Lady Constantine # 3-4 ( Apr-May ) by Andy Diggle and Goran Sudzuka

Art Young joined Karen Berger to edit pre-Vertigo issues of Animal Man ( from issue # 3 ), Hellblazer and Swamp Thing on issues cover-dated November 1988.

Delano did write Vertigo's Animal Man # 51-79 ( 1992 – 1995 ), and produced 19 issues of Outlaw Nation ( 2000 – 02 ) and the 12-issue miniseries 2020 Visions ( 1997 – 1998 ), plus two Hellblazer miniseries — The Horrorist ( 1995 – 1996 ) and Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood ( 2000 ).

In addition, McKean's artwork also graced the inside pages of the public service comic Death Talks about Life ( 1994 ), an issue of The Dreaming (# 8 ), two issues of the DC-published Hellblazer (# 27 with Gaiman and # 40 with Delano ) and his and Neil Gaiman's OGN Mr Punch ( 1994 ).

During his run, there was also an stand-alone issue, the Hellblazer Annual # 1, exploring Constantine's ancestry, and featuring the video to John's punk band, Mucous Membrane's song " Venus of the Hardsell ".

Between the Garth Ennis and Paul Jenkins runs on Hellblazer, he finally told the story of why John's best friend Chas ' owes ' him, and he returned again for one of the five Christmas stories in issue # 250.

** Hellblazer # 250: " Happy New Fucking Year " ( with Sean Phillips, 2009 )

* Hellblazer # 259-260, 265-266, 282 ( full art ); # 271-274 ( along with Giuseppe Camuncoli ) ( 2009 – 11 )

** " Counting To Ten " ( with John Smith, Hellblazer # 51, 1992 )

Hellblazer is set in a contemporary world, albeit a world of magic and supernatural conflict behind the scenes.

John Constantine, the main character of Hellblazer, is portrayed as a kind of confidence man who does morally questionable things, arguably for the greater good.

In the first issue of the comic book Hellblazer, John Constantine's friend believes he is experiencing delusion parasitosis as a result of being a junkie.

Steve Dillon is a British comic book artist, from Luton, Bedfordshire, best known for his work with writer Garth Ennis on Hellblazer, Preacher, and The Punisher.

Sean Phillips ( born 27 January 1965 ) is a British comic book artist, known for his work on DC Comics ' Sleeper, WildC. A. T. s, Batman and Hellblazer.

He is most famous for his work on Marvelman ( Miracleman, in the USA ), Hellblazer, His Marvel work includes inking Chris Bachalo's pencils on Generation X, Ghost Rider 2099, and penciling Paul Jenkins's run on Peter Parker: Spider-Man.

The film is based on Vertigo Comics ' Hellblazer comic book, with plot elements taken from the " Dangerous Habits " story arc ( issues # 41-46 ) and the " Original Sins " trade paperback.

*** " This is the Diary of Danny Drake " ( with Garth Ennis, Hellblazer # 56, 1993 )

Like Love Street, Marquee Moon is a tie-in to Neil Gaiman's The Sandman and offers a look at the early days of John Constantine of Swamp Thing and Hellblazer fame.

Manco is best known for his dark and gritty style on such titles as Hellstorm ( 1994 ), Blaze of Glory ( 2000, # 1-4 ), Apache Skies ( 2002, # 1-4 ), Deathlok Vol. 3 ( 1999 – 2000 ) and Hellblazer ( 2004 ).

Thompson is married to fellow comic book writer Brian Azzarello, creator of 100 Bullets and former writer of Hellblazer and Batman.

The original plot and premise of Preacher was spun out of Ennis ' run on Hellblazer, which postulated what would happen if an angel and a demon mated, and the spirit of their offspring ended up in a mortal man.

In 2010, it was announced that Vertigo would become a strictly creator-owned imprint, with all titles that originated in the DC Universe, with the exception of flagship title Hellblazer, returning to the DC imprint.

Berger included in the initial Vertigo line-up the five titles she had had some hand in creating or editing ( Swamp Thing, Hellblazer, Animal Man, Sandman and Shade ) as well as Doom Patrol which she " decided to include ... because Grant Morrison was working on it and the sensibility was very much like the other series.

Grant Morrison, whose pre-Vertigo work on Animal Man and Doom Patrol was similarly retroactively branded as " Vertigo " when collected, also wrote two issues of Hellblazer pre-Vertigo, which are collected in a 2005 trade paperback.

Ennis ' best-known Vertigo work was his and artist Steve Dillon's creator-owned Preacher, which ran for 66 issues and six spin-off specials between 1995 and 2000, while Ennis ' prolific work on Hellblazer rivals initial-series author Delano.

Sean Phillips earliest American comics work was in the pages of pre-Vertigo Hellblazer, and in May 1993 he became one of the early Vertigo artists by illustrating ( with assists from Paul Peart and Sean Harrison Scoffield ) the entire 16-issue run of Kid Eternity ( 1993-4 ).

In 2000, Corben collaborated with Brian Azzarello on five issues of Azzarello's run on Hellblazer ( 146-150 ) which was collected in a trade called Hellblazer: Hard Time.

A more substantial return was made in 2010 for a hardcover graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium with artist Jock to commemorate the 25th anniversary of John Constantine's first appearance in Swamp Thing.

This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries ( again with Gaiman ) and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics.

In December 1997, a two-issue crossover with Hellblazer was published, with a script from the then current Hellblazer writer Paul Jenkins from a story written in collaboration with John Ney Rieber.

* During Paul Jenkins's run on the Hellblazer comic series, John Constantine learns that his ancestor, one James Constantine, was " The Person from Porlock ".

It was announced in October 2008 that Milligan would be taking over writing duties on the long-running Vertigo comic series Hellblazer.

He was part of the British Invasion, getting work on Hellblazer before returning to the UK.

However, this series was used for the framing story in the first Vertigo Winter's Edge special, featuring Rain happening upon an art gallery in the house whose paintings allow her to see stories from The Sandman, The Dreaming, Hellblazer, The Invisibles, The Books of Magic, The Minx, Sandman Mystery Theatre and Nevada.

The names primarily associated with the invasion include Jamie Delano, who was approached by DC as the writer of the Swamp Thing spin off Hellblazer ; Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean, who collaborated on the Black Orchid limited series, as well as the famous and acclaimed Sandman ; Peter Milligan, who launched a new Shade, the Changing Man series ; and Scottish creator Grant Morrison, whose pitch of an Animal Man series was approved.

In 2004 he drew an original graphic novel-Hellblazer: All His Engines, written by Mike Carey, was the regular artist on the Hellblazer series.

She debuted in Hellblazer # 43 ( July 1991 ), and was created by Garth Ennis and Will Simpson.

In 2005, his feature film debut was Constantine based on the Hellblazer comic book, starring Keanu Reeves.