- Every choice we're faced with, every decision we make, no matter how simple and black-and-white it may seem, ... take my word for it -- someone, somewhere out there, is always going to get the short end of the stick. And it's not the things we do, it's the things we don't do, that keep us awake at night.
- — John Constantine
The Hellblazer #1 is an issue of the series The Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2016. It was published on August 24, 2016.
Synopsis for "The Poison Truth, Part One"
Appearing in "The Poison Truth, Part One"
Featured Characters:
- John Constantine (Flashback and main story)
Supporting Characters:
- Adnan (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Apparent Death)
- Chas Chandler
- Mercury
- Swamp Thing (Alec Holland) (Flashback and main story)
Antagonists:
- Marid (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
Other Characters:
- Archduke Franz Ferdinand (First appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
- The Black Hand (Behind the scenes)
- Gavrilo Princip (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (First appearance; unnamed) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
- Abigail Arcane (Mentioned only)
- Adolf Hitler (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- God/"The Creator" (Mentioned only)
- Justice League (Mentioned only)
- Marj (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Renee Chandler (Mentioned only)
- Superfly Dixon (Mentioned only)
- Paul Daniels (Mentioned only)
- Percy Thrower (Mentioned only)
- Ronnie Corbett (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Earth 0
- 1914
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Flashback only)
- Sarajevo (Flashback only)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Flashback only)
- 21st Century
- France
- United Kingdom
- Kent
- Chilham Village
- Mercury's House
- Chilham Village
- London
- Chas Chandler's House
- Trafalgar Square (Mentioned only)
- Kent
- United States of America
- New York City
- Central Park (Flashback only)
- New York City
- 1914
Items:
- Round Table (Mentioned only)
- Silk Cut
Vehicles:
- Chas Chandler's Taxi
Concepts:
- The Green
- The Rot (Mentioned only)
- World War I
- World War II (Mentioned only)
Notes
- Swamp Thing's non consensual use of Constantine's body to have sex with his wife Abigail Arcane originally occurred in Hellblazer #10 (1988) and is still canon as of this book as John specifically mentions these events.
Trivia
- Percy Thrower was a well-known British Gardener and a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
- Paul Daniels was an English magician and television performer who died in March, 2016.
- Ronnie Corbett was an English stand-up comedian and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He also died in March, 2016.
- Triffids refers to the fictional, venomous, mobile plants introduced in the novel The Day of the Triffids, by John Wyndham.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Hellblazer Recommended Reading
- Constantine (Volume 1)
- Constantine: The Hellblazer (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer (Volume 1)
- The Hellblazer (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer: Bad Blood (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer: Lady Constantine (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer: Papa Midnite (Volume 1)
- Hellblazer Special: Chas (Volume 1)
- John Constantine: Hellblazer (Volume 1)
- John Constantine: Hellblazer - Dead in America (Volume 1)
- Spirit World (Volume 2)
- Swamp Thing (Volume 2)
- Trenchcoat Brigade (Volume 1)
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