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.
Synopsis for "The Passage"
Appearing in "The Passage"
Featured Characters:
- Dinka Elder (Unnamed) (Dies)
- John Constantine (Cameo)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
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)
- England
- Timestream
- End of Time (Mentioned only)
- Kingdom of Terminus (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- End of Time (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Old Tree Root (First appearance)
- Silk Cut
Vehicles:
- Corsican cargo frighter (Cameo)
Events:
Concepts:
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