Hellblazer Vol 1 189

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"Staring at the Wall Part One of Five"
Hellblazer Vol 1 #189
December, 2003
Rated M for Mature (18+)
Publisher	Vertigo
Executive Editor	Karen Berger
Cover Artists	Tim Bradstreet
Staring at the Wall Part One of Five
Writers	Mike Carey
Pencilers	Marcelo Frusin
Inkers	Marcelo Frusin
Colorists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Clem Robins
Editors	Will Dennis
Previous Issue	Hellblazer # 188
Next Issue	Hellblazer # 190

This thing... followed us out of Eden. It was the Beast never named by Adam.

— John Constantine

Hellblazer #189 is an issue of the series Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2003. It was published on October 22, 2003.

Appearing in "Staring at the Wall Part One of Five"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine

Supporting Characters:

• Alba (First appearance)
• Angie Spatchcock
• Clarice Sackville
• Donatus Chalice (First appearance) (Apparent death)
• Jason Spatchcock
• Map (Ken Ondaate) (Real name revealed)
• Nat Khun (Nathan Arcane) (First appearance)
• Ravi (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• Shadow Dog

Other Characters:

• Metropolitan Police (Cameo)
• St. Peter's Psychiatric Hospital staff (Cameo)
• Swamp Thing (Cameo)
• Adam (Mentioned only)
• Arcane Family (Mentioned only)
• Baron Winters (Mentioned only)
• The Beast (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Domine Fredericks (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Gironnved (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Nostradamus (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Spirits of Annuvin (Mentioned only)
• Michael Jackson

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • 2004
    • England
      • Bedfordshire
        • Stone Cross
          • St. Peter's Psychiatric Hospital
      • London
        • Blue Thistle (First appearance)
        • Finchley
          • Finchley Petting Zoo (Cameo)
        • King's Cross (Mentioned only)
    • Germany
      • Stuttgart (Cameo)
    • Spain (Cameo)
    • United States of America
      • Illinois
        • Chicago (Cameo)
      • Louisiana
        • Houma (Cameo)
      • Ohio (Cameo)
    • Israel
      • Bethlehem (Mentioned only)
    • Vatican City (Mentioned only)
      • The Black Library (Mentioned only)
  • Prehistoric Era
    • Garden of Eden (Mentioned only)
  • 1750 BCE (Mentioned only)
    • Babylon (Mentioned only)
  • 3rd Century (Mentioned only)
    • China (Mentioned only)
  • 19th Century
    • Australia
      • Tasmania (Mentioned only)
• Annuvin (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Dreamtime (Mentioned only)

Items:

• The Red Sepulchre (Mentioned only)
• Silk Cut
• Soothswifts

Events:

• The Apocalypse
• The Seance of the Great Darkness (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Notes

• This story takes place in 2004, during the Apocalypse.
  • The events of Hellblazer: Papa Midnite #4 show that Papa Midnite refused John's offer to join him into the meeting from this story.
  • The events of issue #195 will reveal that these events actually take place in November and there's a time jump of one and a half week between the beginning of the Apocalypse in the epilogue of issue 188 and the meeting of magicians from this story, placing the events of Hellblazer: Papa Midnite in late October.
• This issue is reprinted in Hellblazer: Staring at the Wall.

Trivia

• Ravi was originally introduced in Sandman Presents: Love Street (Volume 1).

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Hellblazer series
• Images from Hellblazer Vol 1 189

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