Hellblazer #249 is an issue of the series Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 2008. It was published on October 22, 2008.
Synopsis for "The Roots of Coincidence Part Three"
Appearing in "The Roots of Coincidence Part Three"
Featured Characters:
- The Laughing Magician (John Constantine) (Flashback and main story) (Also as an illusion)
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
- Dalton Brewer (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- The Laughing Magician/"The Shadow" ("Golden Boy") (Real identity revealed) (As an illusion only) (Flashback and main story)
- Mako (Flashback only) (Cameo)
Other Characters:
- Map (Ken Ondaate) (As a spirit) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Mary Anne Constantine (Deceased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Saint Nicholas (Appears only as a corpse) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Thomas Constantine (Deceased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- "The Insanity-Thing" (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- John Constantine's Mindworld
- Ravenscar (As an illusion only)
- Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
- 1978
- England
- North Yorkshire
- Ravenscar Secure Hospital (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- North Yorkshire
- England
- 2007
- England
- North Yorkshire
- Ravenscar Hotel (Flashback only)
- North Yorkshire
- England
- 2008
- England
- London (Flashback and main story)
- Harridges Department Store (Single appearance)
- River Thames (Cameo)
- Westminster (Cameo)
- Big Ben
- Houses of Parliament
- London (Flashback and main story)
- Italy
- Bari (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Sudan (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- England
- 1978
Items:
Vehicles:
- Chas Chandler's Taxi
Concepts:
- Magic
- Magical Portal (As an illusion only)
- Synchronicity Highway
Notes
- This is the last issue of Andy Diggle's run on Hellblazer.
- This story ultimately reveals that all of John's major shake-ups from Hellblazer (Volume 1) are consequences of Golden Boy trying to regain possess of his life. Among the major events influenced by Golden Boy, there are:
- Provoking John's cancer from the Dangerous Habits storyline;
- Leading Kit Ryan into leaving John in the epilogue of the Fear and Lothing storyline;
- Letting John become a drunk in Hellblazer #68.
- John Constantine's story chronologically continues in the "All I Got for Christmas" story from Hellblazer #250, which takes place on Christmas Eve, 2008, just after the epilogue of this issue.
- This issue is reprinted in Hellblazer: The Roots of Coincidence.
Trivia
- Golden Boy recalls trying to merge with John during the events of Hellblazer #40, the last issue of Jamie Delano's run.
- Constantine remembers many events from Andy Diggle's run:
- Golden Boy resurfacing as a shadow after Constantine's spell at Ravenscar from Hellblazer #233;
- Mako first glimpsing the Laughing Magician in Hellblazer #239;
- Map becoming aware of the Shadow and warning Constantine in Hellblazer #247;
- Constantine powering himself with the bones of Saint Nicholas also from Hellblazer #247.
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