Hellblazer (1988) #250

"Happy New Fucking Year": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"Happy New Fucking Year"
Hellblazer Vol 1 #250
February, 2009
Publisher	Vertigo
Cover Artists	Lee Bermejo
Happy New Fucking Year
Writers	Dave Gibbons
Pencilers	Sean Phillips
Inkers	Sean Phillips
Colorists	Val Staples
Letterers	Sean Phillips
Editors	Bob Schreck Brandon Montclare
Christmas Cards
Writers	Jamie Delano
Pencilers	David Lloyd
Inkers	David Lloyd
Colorists	David Lloyd
Letterers	Jared K. Fletcher
Editors	Bob Schreck Brandon Montclare
All I Got For Christmas
Writers	Brian Azzarello
Pencilers	Rafael Grampá
Inkers	Rafael Grampá
Colorists	Marcus Penna
Letterers	Jared K. Fletcher
Editors	Bob Schreck Brandon Montclare
The Curse of Christmas
Writers	Peter Milligan
Pencilers	Eddie Campbell
Inkers	Eddie Campbell
Colorists	Dominic Regan
Letterers	Jared K. Fletcher
Editors	Bob Schreck Brandon Montclare
Snow Had Fallen
Writers	China Miéville
Pencilers	Giuseppe Camuncoli
Inkers	Stefano Landini
Colorists	Jamie Grant
Letterers	Jared K. Fletcher
Editors	Bob Schreck Brandon Montclare
Previous Issue	Hellblazer # 249
Next Issue	Hellblazer # 251

Happy new year everybody! Happy new fucking year!

— John Constantine

Hellblazer #250 is an issue of the series Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of February, 2009. It was published on December 17, 2008.

Appearing in "Happy New Fucking Year"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Edward Devere (Single appearance) (Flashback only)

Antagonists:

• Alistair Carswell (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Brooklyn (Kidnapped child) (Single appearance)
• Brooklyn's mother (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Metropolitan Police (Cameo)
• Cleopatra (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Gods of Egypt (Mentioned only)
  • Osiris (Mentioned only)
• Zombies (Mentioned only)
  • Gerald the Goth/"Mr. Ugly" (Unnamed) (Destroyed) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • December 31, 1999
    • England
      • London
        • Bloomsbury
          • British Museum (Flashback only)
        • Westminster
          • Big Ben (Cameo)
          • Covent Garden
            • Cleopatra's Needle
          • Houses of Parliament (Cameo)
  • January 1st, 2000
    • England
      • London
        • Big Ben (Cameo)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Scythe of Osiris (Single appearance)
• Silk Cut (Flashback and main story)

Concepts:

• Magic (Behind the scenes)
  

Appearing in "Christmas Cards"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine

Supporting Characters:

• Chas Chandler
• Margot (Constantine's friend)
• Poker players
  • Barry the Bandit (Single appearance) (Flashback and main story)
  • "Grim Death" (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• 
  

Other Characters:

• Barry the Bandit's daughter (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• "Grim Death"'s wife (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Spirits (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • England
    • London (Flashback and main story)
      • Dave's Poker Bunker (Single appearance)
      • Turkish Tony's (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Silk Cut

Concepts:

• 
  
  

Appearing in "All I Got For Christmas"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• 
  

Antagonists:

• "The Curse" (Goat-like demon) (Single appearance)

Other Characters: Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • 2008
    • England
      • London
        • Billy Goat Tavern (Single appearance)
    • Greece (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Silk Cut

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in "The Curse of Christmas"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Narrator)

Supporting Characters:

• David Brown (Single appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Also as a spirit)
• George (Government employee) (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• Sheena (George's wife) (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Queen Elizabeth II (On a TV or computer screen)
• British Government (Mentioned only)
  • Prime Minister Gordon Brown (Mentioned only)
• George and Sheena's children (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • England
    • London (Flashback and main story)
      • The Granby Pub (First appearance)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Scythe of Osiris (Single appearance)
• Silk Cut (Flashback and main story)

Concepts:

• Magic
  

Appearing in "Snow Had Fallen"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Sick children (Single appearance) (Unnamed)
• Unnamed priest (Single appearance)

Antagonists:

• Unnamed corrupted company (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Angels (As an illusion only)
• Devils
• Santa Claus (In picture only) (Cameo)
• God (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
  • England
    • London

Items:

• Alcohol
• Silk Cut

Concepts:

• Magic

Notes

• "Happy New Fucking Year" takes place on New Year's Eve, 1999, a week after the "Another Bloody Christmas" story from Vertigo: Winter's Edge #3– whose events are briefly remembered by Constantine in this issue.
  • After the strike of midnight and the beginning of the new millennium in the epilogue of the story, Constantine will eventually teleport to New York City, where he will attend his own superheroes' party– originally shown in Totems #1.
• "All I Got for Christmas" takes place on Christmas Eve, 2008, just after the epilogue of Hellblazer #249.
  • Constantine's story chronologically continues in Hellblazer: City of Demons #1, which takes place in early January 2009.
• The settings of "The Curse of Christmas" and "Snow Had Fallen" are unclear. While "The Curse of Christmas" could be placed on Christmas Day, 2008, following on the events of "All I Got for Christmas", "Snow Had Fallen possibly takes place in the recent past.
• "The Curse of Christmas" is the first story written by Peter Milligan. From the next issue onwards, Milligan takes over Hellblazer for the last run of the series.
  • The story is reprinted in the Hellblazer: Scab collection.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Hellblazer series
• Images from Hellblazer Vol 1 250

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