Hellblazer: Pandemonium

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Hellblazer: Pandemonium
February, 2010
Publisher	Vertigo
Cover Artists	Jock
Writers	Jamie Delano
Pencilers	Jock
Letterers	Clem Robins
Editors	Karen Berger Pornsak Pichetshote

Sorry chaps. My nonalignment policy is fanatical. An absolute line in the sand.

— John Constantine

Hellblazer: Pandemonium is a one-shot with a cover date of February, 2010. It was published on December 16, 2009.

Appearing in the 1st Story

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also in a dream sequence) (Dies) (Also as a spirit) (Resurrected)

Supporting Characters:

• Aseera Al-Aswari (Single appearance) (Also in a vision) (Dies) (Also as a spirit) (Resurrected)
• Chas Chandler
• Mi5
  • Duwayne (Single appearance)
• United States Government (Behind the scenes)
  • CIA (Also in a dream sequence)
  • United States Air Force (Also in a dream sequence)
  • United States Army (Also in a dream sequence)
  • United States Marine Corps
    • Lieutenant Brad (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• Iraqi insurgents
• Mesopotamian Gods
  • "Blind Fish of Fate" (Unnamed)
  • "Cunning Eastern Wolf" (Unnamed)
  • Ishtar (Also in a dream sequence)
  • "Hydra of Despair" (Unnamed)
  • "Prideful Eagle of Sunset" (Unnamed)
  • "Starved Dog of Terror" (Unnamed)
• Nergal/Erra/Meslamta-Ea/Lugal-Irra/"The Great Sheik"
  • Djinns
    • Uridimmu (Single appearance) (Also in a dream sequence)
  • Griffins (Also in a dream sequence)
  • Hellhounds

Other Characters:

• Al-Aswari family (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Aseera Al-Aswari's father (Single appearance) (Deceased)
  • Aseera Al-Aswari's mother (Single appearance) (Deceased)
  • Nouru Al-Aswari (Single appearance)
• British Army (Cameo)
• British Museum visitors (Cameo)
• Iraqi Armed Forces
• Martin "Destructo Vermin Gosback" Peters (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Metropolitan Police (Cameo)
• Souls of the dead
  • Newcastle Crew (Cameo)
    • Sister Anne-Marie
    • Frank North
• Thomas Constantine (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Unnamed Zimbabwean museum guard (Single appearance; dies)
• Ali Baba (Mentioned only)
• Lieutenant Brad's mother (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Death (Mentioned only)
• Dinka Elder (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Eriskgal (Mentioned only)
• Joey Bonetti (Lieutenant Brad's acquaintance) (Mentioned only)
• Joey Bonetti's father (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Lugal-Irra (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Mengele (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Meslamta-Ea (Mentioned only)
• Mnemoth (Mentioned only)
• Mucous Membrane (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
  • Gary Lester (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Renee Chandler (Mentioned only)
• Pazuzu (Mentioned only)
• Scheherazade (Mentioned only)
• Saddam Hussein (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Dreamtime
• Mesopotamian Underworld (Unnamed)
  • Kutha (Single appearance)
• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • 1950s
    • England
      • London
        • London Zoo (Flashback only)
  • Late 2000s (See Notes)
    • England
      • London
        • Camden
          • Bedford Square
          • British Museum
        • London Underground
          • Russell Square (Cameo)
        • Martin Pieters' Apartment
        • Westminster
          • Big Ben (Cameo)
        • Heathrow Airport (Mentioned only)
      • Ravenscar (Mentioned only)
    • Iraq (Also in a dream sequence)
      • Baghdad (Flashback and main story)
        • Baghdad University (Mentioned only)
      • Tel-Ibrahim (Single appearance)
        • U.S. Base (Single appearance)
      • Abu Ghraib
        • Abu Ghraib prison (Mentioned only)
      • Sadr City (Mentioned only)
    • Afghanistan
      • Bagram (Mentioned only)
    • Jordan (Mentioned only)
    • Syria (Mentioned only)
    • United States of America (Mentioned only)
      • New Jersey (Mentioned only)
      • New York
        • New York City
          • Manhattan (Mentioned only)
    • Uzbekistan (Mentioned only)
  • 2001
    • United States of America
      • New York City
        • Twin Towers (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
• Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Constantine's Lighter (Mentioned only)
• Drugs
  • Cocaine (Mentioned only)
  • Ketamine (Mentioned only)
• Game of Ur coins (Also in a dream sequence)
• Silk Cut

Vehicles:

• Chas Chandler's Taxi
• The Tube

Events:

• Iraq War
• September 11 attacks (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Magic
  • Precognition
    

Notes

• The temporal setting of this story is unclear:
  • According to Constantine, this story takes place twenty years his last visit to the British Museum during the events of Hellblazer #1, placing it in 2007; Agent Duwayne's words imply that Ravenscar is not a hotel yet, which places this story before Hellblazer #230, which marked the beginning of Andy Diggle's run.
  • However, Constantine stating that he last visited the British Museum in 1987 is a continuity error because his latest visit has occurred on New Year's Eve 1999, which was shown in Hellblazer #250.
• The John Constantine: Hellblazer guide at the end of the issue doesn't mention Paul Jenkins and his Hellblazer storylines.

Trivia

• Despite also being alternate names of Nergal, Lugal-Irra and Meslamta-Ea are actually different Mesopotamian Gods.
• Patrick McDonell aka Martin "Destructo Vermin Gosback" Peters originally appeared in Hellblazer Annual #1 and, then, in Hellblazer #33.

See Also

• Images from Hellblazer: Pandemonium

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