Hellblazer Annual #1 is an issue of the series Hellblazer Annual (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1989.
Synopsis for "The Bloody Saint"
Appearing in "The Bloody Saint"
Featured Characters:
- John Constantine (Also in a dream sequence)
Supporting Characters:
- Chas Chandler
- Martin "Destructo Vermin Gobsmack" Peters (First appearance)
Antagonists:
- Kon-sten-tyn/Lord Abbot (First appearance) (Mutated) (Dies in flashback)
- Ravenscar guards (In dream sequence only)
Other Characters:
- King Arthur Pendragon (Dies in flashback) (Also in a dream sequence)
- Knights of the Round Table (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Constantine Family (Flashback only)
- Kon-sten-tyn and Nimue's son (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)
- Kon-sten-tyn's second son (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Dies in flashback)
- Dragons (Flashback only) (Also in picture)
- Fairies/"Sidhe" (Flashback only)
- Queen Nimue of the Sidhe (Single appearance) (See Notes)
- "The Goddess"/"Mysterious Woman" (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a dream sequence)
- Margaret Thatcher (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- British Army (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Merlin (Flashback only) (See Notes)
- Metropolitan Police (Cameo)
- Medraut (Flashback and main story) (Also as a corpse)
- Petroc (Christian priest) (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback)
- Picts (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Saint George (In picture only) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Aleister Crowley (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Apollo (Mentioned only)
- Bran (Mentioned only)
- Demons (Mentioned only)
- Druids (Mentioned only)
- God (Mentioned only)
- Lady Igraine (Mentioned only)
- Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
- Morgaine le Fey (Mentioned only)
- Mucous Membrane (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
- Romans (Mentioned only)
- Ronald Reagan (Mentioned only)
- Uther Pendragon (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Queen Victoria of England (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Ceridwen (Mentioned only)
- Saints (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Dreamtime (Flashback and main story)
- Faerie (First appearance; unnamed)
- Otherworld (Unnamed) (Flashback only)
- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
- 6th Century
- 7th Century (See Notes)
- Atlantic Ocean (Flashback only)
- Atlantis (Mentioned only)
- Britain
- Glas-Tyn-Byrg (Flashback only)
- The Cave of the Lady (Flashback only)
- Tower of Lord Abbot (Flashback only) (Origin)
- Ravenscar (Flashback only)
- Glas-Tyn-Byrg (Flashback only)
- Atlantic Ocean (Flashback only)
- 8th Century (See Notes)
- Britain
- Glas-Tyn-Byrg
- The Cave of the Lady (Flashback only)
- Tower of Lord Abbot (Flashback only) (Destroyed)
- Glas-Tyn-Byrg
- Rome (Mentioned only)
- Britain
- 1982
- United Kingdom
- England
- London
- Chas Chandler's Lock-Up
- Westminster
- Big Ben (Cameo)
- Boadicea and Her Daughters
- Houses of Parliament
- Paddington
- Westminster Abbey
- Trafalgar Square (Mentioned only)
- Portsmouth (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
- Ravenscar (In dream sequence only)
- Newcastle (Mentioned only)
- London
- Falklands Islands (Mentioned only)
- England
- Argentina (Mentioned only)
- Buenos Aires (Mentioned only)
- Egypt
- Suez Canal (Mentioned only)
- United Kingdom
- 1st Century (Mentioned only)
- Heaven (Mentioned only)
- Hell (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Alcohol
- "Bible" (Flashback only)
- Constantine's books (Cameo)
- "Arthurian Myth & Legend"
- "The Book of Lies"
- "The Early Church in Dark Ages Britain"
- "Kama Sutra"
- "Malleus Maleficarum"
- Crown of Thorns (Mentioned only)
- Excalibur (Flashback only)
- Evening Standard (Mentioned only)
- Kon-sten-tyn's Medallion (Flashback only)
- Kon-sten-tyn's Silver Arm (Flashback only)
- Mucous Membrane Tape
- Round Table (Flashback only)
- Silk Cut
Vehicles:
- Chas Chandler's Taxi
- Martin Peters' Porsche
Events:
- Battle of Camlann (Flashback only)
- Birth of Christ (Mentioned only)
- Falklands War
- Newcastle Exorcism (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
Synopsis for "Venus of the Hardsell"
Appearing in "Venus of the Hardsell"
Featured Characters:
- Mucous Membrane (First appearance)
- Beano (First appearance; unnamed)
- Dean Motter (First appearance; unnamed)
- Gary Lester
- John Constantine
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
Items:
Concepts:
- Venus of the Hardell (Mucous Membrane's hit song) (First full appearance)
Notes
- The events in the present take place on April 4-5, 1982, a few days after the invasion of the Falklands.
- Although Merlin is featured around the time of Lord Abbot/Kon-Sten-Tyn, he's just a facade of the real Merlin who was trapped, in the Middle Ages, under Castle Branek in Moldavia.[1][2]
- Kon-sten-tyn's flashback is implied to be set in the 1st Century but it can't be possible as the Fall of Camelot occurs in the 6th Century which means that Kon-Sten-Tyn's rise to power takes place, at least, in the 7th Century and his final ascension in the 8th Century.
- The same error is once again repeated in Vertigo Secret Files: Hellblazer.
- The Queen Nimue from Kon-sten-tyn's flashback cannot be Madame Xanadu/Nimue Inwudu as the latter isn't a fairy, like the Queen, and, around the Middle Ages, she was wandering the Earth after Merlin managed to remove her magical abilities.
Trivia
- The world of Fairies will make its first full appearance in The Books of Magic #3.
- "Venus of the Hardsell" is the name of Mucous Membrane's single hit song. The second story in this issue depicts the music video of the song.
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)