The Hellblazer (2016) #1

"The Poison Truth, Part One": The synopsis for this issue has not yet been written.

"The Poison Truth, Part One"
Part of the "DC Rebirth" event.
The Hellblazer Vol 1 #1
October, 2016
Executive Editor	Bobbie Chase
Cover Artists	Moritat
Variant Cover Artists
Cover Variant #1	John Cassaday Paul Mounts
The Poison Truth, Part One
Writers	Simon Oliver
Pencilers	Moritat
Inkers	Moritat
Colorists	Andre Szymanowicz Moritat
Letterers	Sal Cipriano
Editors	Kristy Quinn Jessica Chen Jim Chadwick
Next Issue	The Hellblazer # 2

Every choice we're faced with, every decision we make, no matter how simple and black-and-white it may seem, ... take my word for it -- someone, somewhere out there, is always going to get the short end of the stick. And it's not the things we do, it's the things we don't do, that keep us awake at night.

— John Constantine

The Hellblazer #1 is an issue of the series The Hellblazer (Volume 1) with a cover date of October, 2016. It was published on August 24, 2016.

Appearing in "The Poison Truth, Part One"

Featured Characters:

• John Constantine (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Chas Chandler
• Mercury
• Swamp Thing (Alec Holland) (Flashback and main story)

Antagonists:

• Marid (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)

Other Characters:

• Balwinder (Manhattan store owner) (Single appearance) (Flashback only)
• British Army (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The Black Hand (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
  • Gavrilo Princip (First appearance; unnamed) (Flashback only)
• Djinns (Unnamed)
  • Adnan (First appearance) (Flashback and main story) (Apparent death)
• Archduke Franz Ferdinand (First appearance) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
• Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (First appearance; unnamed) (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
• Abigail Arcane (Mentioned only)
• Adolf Hitler (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• God/"The Creator" (Mentioned only)
• Justice League (Mentioned only)
• Mercury's mother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Renee Chandler (Mentioned only)
• Sherlock Holmes (Fictional character) (Mentioned only)
• Superfly Dixon (Drug dealer) (Mentioned only)
• Triffids (Fictional character) (Mentioned only)
• Paul Daniels (Mentioned only)
• Percy Thrower (Mentioned only)
• Ronnie Corbett (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth 0
  • 1914
    • Bosnia
      • Sarajevo (Flashback only)
  • 2016
    • England
      • Kent
        • Chilham Village
          • Mercury's House
      • London
        • Wandsworth (Unnamed)
          • Chas Chandler's House
        • Westminster
          • Trafalgar Square (Mentioned only)
    • France
      • Paris
        • Les Stereo (Single appearance)
    • United States of America
      • New York City
        • Manhattan
          • Chinatown (Flashback only) (Cameo)
          • Central Park (Flashback only)
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
      • Sarajevo (Mentioned only)
  • 1929
    • Germany (Mentioned only)
  • 1945
    • Germany (Mentioned only)
      • Berlin (Mentioned only)
        • Führerbunker (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Drugs (Mentioned only)
• Round Table (Mentioned only)
• Silk Cut

Vehicles:

• Chas Chandler's Taxi

Events:

• World War I
• World War II (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• The Green
• The Rot (Mentioned only)
• Magic
  • London Curse (Erased) (Mentioned only)
• Metahumans
  

Notes

• Constantine's story continues from The Hellblazer: Rebirth #1.
• As in The Hellblazer: Rebirth, this story shows that the Pre-Flashpoint events involving Swamp Thing's non consensual use of Constantine's body to have sex with his wife Abby (and birth their daughter, Tefé) and John's "hidden" tattoo also occurred in the Rebirth timeline of Prime Earth.
  • The story first hints that the events of Hellblazer's The Fear Machine storyline also occurred in the new timeline.
• From the solicit: " "The Poison Truth" part one! London may have recovered from Constantine's return, but he hasn't. Mercury hasn't forgiven him, but she won't leave him alone, and Swamp Thing is calling in a favor. And all the while, bigger things are brewing..."
• This issue is reprinted in The Hellblazer: The Poison Truth.

Trivia

• John recalls Alec and Abby parting ways to rule over their Parliaments in Swamp Thing (Volume 5) #18.
• The events remembered by Swamp Thing and Constantine were originally shown in Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #76–77 and Hellblazer #9–10.
• The narrator saying that Hitler promised to "make Germany great again" is a pun on the Republicans' Make America Great Again (MAGA) slogan.
  • A similar parody (made by Neron) was already done in Constantine: The Hellblazer #10.
• Triffids are fictional, venomous, mobile plants introduced in the novel The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham.
• Percy Thrower was a well-known British Gardener and a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.
• Paul Daniels was an English magician and television performer who died in March, 2016.
• Ronnie Corbett was an English stand-up comedian and a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. He also died in March, 2016.

See Also

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

Recommended Reading

• Hellblazer Recommended Reading
  • Constantine (Volume 1)
  • Constantine: The Hellblazer (Volume 1)
  • Hellblazer (Volume 1)
  • The Hellblazer (Volume 1)
  • Hellblazer: Bad Blood (Volume 1)
  • Hellblazer: Lady Constantine (Volume 1)
  • Hellblazer: Papa Midnite (Volume 1)
  • Hellblazer Special: Chas (Volume 1)
  • John Constantine: Hellblazer (Volume 1)
  • John Constantine: Hellblazer - Dead in America (Volume 1)
  • Spirit World (Volume 2)
  • Swamp Thing (Volume 2)
  • Trenchcoat Brigade (Volume 1)

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