Hellblazer Vol 1 239

"The Passage": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"The Passage"
Hellblazer Vol 1 #239
February, 2008
Cover Artists	Glenn Fabry
The Passage
Writers	Andy Diggle
Pencilers	Leonardo Manco
Inkers	Leonardo Manco
Colorists	Lee Loughridge
Letterers	Jared K. Fletcher
Previous Issue	Hellblazer # 238
Next Issue	Hellblazer # 240

You must find the Laughing Magician.

— Dinka Elder

Hellblazer #239 is an issue of the series Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 2008.

Appearing in "The Passage"

Featured Characters:

• Dinka Elder (Unnamed) (Dies)
• John Constantine (Cameo)

Supporting Characters:

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Antagonists:

• Mako (First appearance)
  • Hyenas
  • Janjaweed

Other Characters:

• Dinka Tribe
  • Djidade (First appearance)
• Metropolitan Police
• Unnamed American tv troupe (Single appearance) (Cameo)
• The Court (Kingdom of Terminus) (Mentioned only)
  • Jack (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Death (Mentioned only)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
  • Mnemoth (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• "The Fleeing Shadow" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Gary Lester (Unnamed) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• United Nations (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Dreamtime
• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • England
    • London
    • North Yorkshire
      • Ravenscar (Mentioned only)
  • Mediterranean Sea (Cameo)
  • Sudan
    • Blue Nile (Mentioned only)
  • Egypt (Mentioned only)
• Timestream
  • End of Time (Mentioned only)
    • Kingdom of Terminus (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Old Tree Root (First appearance)
• Silk Cut

Vehicles:

• Corsican cargo frighter (Cameo)

Events:

• War in Darfur

Concepts:

• Magic
  • Divination
    

Notes

• The events of the next issue imply that this story takes place around late April/early May 2008.
• The Witch Doctor says that he saw "the fool at the end of all, the jester in the court of the last castle", also referring to him as a "laughing magician", like John Constantine. This is a reference to the Jack of the Kingdom of Terminus that Tim Hunter met at the End of Time in The Books of Magic #4.
  • After meeting with the Jack, Tim Hunter claimed he heavily resembled John Constantine, who he previously met for the first time in The Books of Magic #1. Both Tim's statement and the Witch Doctor's words foreshadow the revelation from the next issue.
• This issue is reprinted in Hellblazer: The Laughing Magician.

Trivia

• Mako recalls the Witch Doctor bounding Mnemoth into Gary Lester's body in Hellblazer #1.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Hellblazer series
• Images from Hellblazer Vol 1 239

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