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Issue: Hellblazer: Original Sins #[nn]

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Publication Date: October 1992

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Issues: #[nn] of 1 Issue (6 Printings)

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Variant: First Printing

Rating: Suggested for mature readers

Publisher: Flag

Brand: DC [bullet]

Indicia Publisher: DC Comics Inc.

On Sale Date: 08/13/1992

Volume:

Pages: 260

ISBN: 1563890526

UPC/EAN: none

Price: $24.95 CAD
$19.95 USD

Indicia Frequency: Suggested for mature readers

Content Items: 33 (13 stories, 1 cover)

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Publication Type: Comic Book

Color: color

Dimensions: standard Modern Age US

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Binding: squarebound; trade paperback

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Reprinted From9

9 Content Items from other Issues reprinted as/in this Issue:

Hellblazer #1 published January 1988 was Hunger [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #2 published February 1988 was A Feast of Friends [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #3 published March 1988 was Going for It [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #4 published April 1988 was Waiting for the Man [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #5 published May 1988 was When Johnny Comes Marching Home [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #6 published June 1988 was Extreme Prejudice [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #7 published July 1988 was Ghosts in the Machine [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #8 published August 1988 was Intensive Care [Story on Interior Page(s)]

Hellblazer #9 published September 1988 was Shot to Hell [Story on Interior Page(s)]

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Content Items (33 total)

Original Sins

Illustration on Cover, Front

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine

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Notes: On cover interior.

Title and Credits

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Credits

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Editorial Credits & Indicia

Credits on Interior Page(s)

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Notes: Editorial credits and indicia with same illustration from title page.

Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword on Interior Page(s)

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Letterer(s): typeset

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First Line: In writing this introduction, a mild sense of déjà vu is unavoidable.

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Pages: 3

Notes: Introduction by original writer, Jamie Delano. Only colored part is the first letter "I".

Hellblazer #1

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Genres: fantasy, horror

Character(s): John Constantine

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Hunger

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: fantasy, horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Papa Midnite; Henry Wambach; Chas Chandler; Emma (ghost); Gary Lester; Mnemoth; British Boys [Kelly; Wayne]; Ali; Eddie (death); Gino; Marty; Mrs. McGuire; Zed (cameo); unnamed Sudanese witch doctor; unnamed British Museum professor

First Line: Henry Wambach doesn't feel so good. Something black and hungry nestles in his gut.

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Pages: 40

Faces on the Street

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine] (photo)

First Line: He has been variously described as:

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Notes: A fictitious biography of John Constantine with an illustration as a photo of the XS Magazine (from his early "Sting" appearance).

Midnite's

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Papa Midnite

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A Feast of Friends

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Papa Midnite; Gary Lester (death); Sister Anne-Marie (ghost); Frank (ghost); Benjamin (ghost); Emma (ghost); Mnemoth (final appearance)

First Line: Manhattan. My rain-soaked threads plaster to me in a damp embrace.

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Face to Face with John Constantine

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): John Constantine

First Line: Those of you with short-term memories unimpaired by habitual consumption of exotic cheroots or addiction to cable TV, may recall my promise to secure a fearless interview/exposé on the life and times of one John Constantine.

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Hellblazer #3

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Margaret Thatcher (poster on billboard)

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Going for It

Story on Interior Page(s)

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Roger Randall (death); Rodney Bubosganglia; Bella Donna; Blathoxi; Margaret Thatcher (image on TV); Ray Monde; Belial (cameo)

First Line: A fear of failure spurs him long into the summer evening.

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Pages: 24

Gemma

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Gemma Masters

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Notes: Illustration is a detail of #4 cover, with only Gemma showing.

Hellblazer #4

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Gemma Masters

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Waiting for the Man

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Chas; Gemma Masters; Zed; Damnation Army [The Man]; Resurrection Crusade [Elder Martin]; British Boys [Kelly; Wayne]; Cheryl Masters; Tony Masters; Harry

First Line: Gemma is fed up. Even the rotten park is empty.

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Pages: 24

Venus of the Hardsell

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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Subject Matter

Character(s): John Constantine

First Line: Satchmo - Sorry about standing you up over the interview the other week.

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Notes: One-page image of a broken copy of Muchous Membrane's "Venus of the Hardsell" single with printed lyrics as well as a note from John to Satchmo Hawkins apologizing for not showing up to a planned interview.

Hellblazer #5

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine

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When Johnny Comes Marching Home

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; United States Marine Corps [Lieutenant Frank Ross (death); Willy Anders (death)]; Nancy Anders Ross (death); Craig Anders (ghost); Resurrection Crusaders

First Line: August 10th, 1968. Quang Tri Province, Vietnam.

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Pages: 24

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Illustration on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine

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Notes: Illustration is an detail of the center of Hellblazer #6 cover.

Hellblazer #6

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Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine

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Extreme Prejudice

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): John Constantine; Zed [as Mary]; Chas Chandler; Ray Monde; Ali; Damnation Army [Nergal; Ironfist the Avenger]; British Boys [Col; Keef; Kenny; Wayne]; Resurrection Crusade

First Line: It's Kenny's turn to light it--

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Ritchie

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Ritchie

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Notes: Illustration is a detail on Ritchie in Hellblazer #7 cover.

Hellblazer #7

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Ritchie

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Ghosts in the Machine

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Zed [also as Mary Martin]; Ritchie Simpson (death); Ray Monde (death); Benjamin Cox (ghost, flashback); Gary Lester (ghost, flashback); Sister Anne-Marie (ghost); Frank North (ghost); Emma (ghost); Resurrection Crusade [Elder Martin]

First Line: Above our heads, the projector fillets stale, thick air-- Searchlight blades dissecting the night for zeppelins.

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Pages: 24

Transcripts of Hand-Written Notes Found in the Wastepaper Bin of Patients Ward

Text Story on Interior Page(s)

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First Line: Extract C... Another childhood dream--about my sister, Cheryl.

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Notes: Notes from Dr. Roger Huntoon about John Constantine's stay at Ravenscar Secure Hospital.

Hellblazer #8

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]

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Pages: 1

Intensive Care

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Roger Huntoon (flashback); Ritchie Simpson (flashback cameo); Zed; Nergal (demon); Swamp Thing (cameo, flashback); Benjamin Cox (flashback); Frank North (flashback); Gary Lester (flashback); Judith (flashback); Ritchie Simpson (flashback); Sister Anne-Marie (flashback); Resurrection Cruzade [Elder Martin]; Astra Logue (introduction, flashback)

First Line: Glastonbury-- A place blessed in myth and legend.

Synopsis: Constantine makes a deal with Negral to try to stop the Resurrection Crusade.

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Pages: 26

Job Number: G-3736

Notes: Swamp Thing cameo appears to tie in with Swamp Thing (DC, 1985 series) #75.

Constantine

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]

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Notes: Illustration is a detail on John Constantine of Hellblazer #9 cover.

Hellblazer #9

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Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]

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Shot to Hell

Story on Interior Page(s)

Subject Matter

Genres: horror

Character(s): Hellblazer [John Constantine]; Gary Lester (ghost); Sister Anne-Marie (ghost); Frank North (ghost); Benjamin Cox (ghost); Emma (ghost); Zed; Swamp Thing; Ray Monde (ghost); Mad Hettie

First Line: Bitch!

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Job Number: G-3928

Notes: Story continues in Swamp Thing (DC, 1985 series) #76.

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Notes: Inside back cover.

Back Cover

Promotional Material (from Publisher) on Interior Page(s)

Credits

Letterer(s): typeset

Subject Matter

First Line: The grungy urban horror of John Constantine, as reported by Jamie Delano, is as politically sharp, as streetwise, and as enjoyable now as it was when it was first published.

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Notes: On back cover.