Trenchcoat Brigade Vol 1 1

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"Misery Book 1: Mercy Killer"
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Trenchcoat Brigade Vol 1 #1
March, 1999
Cover Artists	Glenn Fabry
Misery Book 1: Mercy Killer
Writers	John Ney Rieber
Pencilers	John Ridgway
Inkers	John Ridgway
Colorists	Alex Sinclair
Letterers	Ellie de Ville
Editors	Stuart Moore Cliff Chiang
Next Issue	Trenchcoat Brigade # 2

There is no soul lost in darkness that it cannot find peace.

— Phantom Stranger

Trenchcoat Brigade #1 is an issue of the series Trenchcoat Brigade (Volume 1) with a cover date of March, 1999.

Appearing in "Misery Book 1: Mercy Killer"

Featured Characters:

• The Trenchcoat Brigade (Reforms)
  • Doctor Occult/Rose Psychic
  • John Constantine
  • Mister E (Erik) (Real name revealed)
  • Phantom Stranger

Supporting Characters:

• Annie (Genevieve's mother) (Single appearance)
• Birkin (Mister E's housemate) (Single appearance)
• Genevieve (Mister E's friend) (First appearance)

Antagonists:

• "The Green-Eyed Monster" (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
• Misery/Pyotr Konstantin (Alternate Future) (First appearance)
• The Whining Ones (First appearance; unnamed) (Cameo)
  • Wolves (As an illusion only)

Other Characters:

• New York City Police Department (On a TV or computer screen) (Cameo)
• Unnamed New York waitress (First appearance) (Cameo)
• Demons (Mentioned only)
  • M'nagalah (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Doppelgangers/Simulacra (Mentioned only)
• Elliana (Mentioned only)
• Ghosts (Mentioned only)
• God (Mentioned only)
• Jesus Christ (Mentioned only)
• Tim Hunter (Mentioned only)
• Tim Hunter (The Final Magical Conflict) (Mentioned only)
• Zombies (Mentioned only)
• Pod Person (Fictional character) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Hypertime (Behind the scenes)
  • Alternate Vertigo Universe Future (Earth is in ruins and Misery is the only survivor) (First appearance; unnamed)
    • 21st Century
      • United States of America
        • New York City (First appearance) (In ruins)
          • Manhattan
            • Times Square (Unnamed)
  • Timestream
    • End of Time (Mentioned only)
  • Alternate Vertigo Universe Future/"The Final Magical Conflict" (Tim Hunter chose Evil over Good) (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
  • Vertigo Universe (Unnamed)
    • 1999
      • United States of America
        • New York City
          • Mister E's Apartment
      • Soviet Union (Disbanded) (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Alcohol
• Constantine's Lighter
• Silk Cut

Concepts:

• Christmas (Mentioned only)
• Magic
• Possible Futures
• Time Travel
  

Notes

• The events of this volume take place in early 1999 between the events of The Books of Magic (Volume 2) #75 and The Names of Magic #1.
  • John Constantine's story chronologically continues from Hellblazer #133.
  • The events from Misery's future take place in early 21st Century, several years in the future.
• Mister E's story continues from the events of Mister E (Volume 1).

Trivia

• Constantine reminisces the events of The Books of Magic #4 where Mister E tried to murder Tim Hunter to avert the possible future where he leads the Forces of Evil during the Final Magical Conflict.
  • E also mentions he saw Misery during his journey back from the End of Time which was shown in Mister E (Volume 1).
• Mister E calls Rose "temptress" which is a reference to the demonic Temptress he fought (and killed) at the End of Time in Mister E #1–3.
• Mister E is shown singing the Amazing Grace hymn.

See Also

• Cover gallery for the Trenchcoat Brigade series

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