John Constantine, Hellblazer
#2 - The Devil You Know
([March] 2012)
DC,
2011 Series
- Volume
- 2
- Price
- 19.99 USD; 22.99 USD
- Pages
- 268
- On-sale Date
- 2012-01-03
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Suggested for Mature Readers
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- DC Comics
- Brand
-
Vertigo
- ISBN
-
978-1-4012-3302-0
- Barcode
- 9781401233020 51999
- Editing
- Scott Nybakken
Issue Notes
Reprints Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #10-13; Hellblazer Annual (DC, 1989 series) #1 and The Horrorist (DC, 1995 series) #1-2.
Second printing available January 30, 2013; third printing available October 9, 2013; fourth printing available August 27, 2014; fifth printing available March 11, 2015; and sixth printing available April 10, 2019 (per comiclist.com).
Second printing available January 30, 2013; third printing available October 9, 2013; fourth printing available August 27, 2014; fifth printing available March 11, 2015; and sixth printing available April 10, 2019 (per comiclist.com).
The Devil You Know
Hellblazer / cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- John Cassaday (signed)
- Inks
- John Cassaday (signed)
- Colors
- Paul Mounts (signed)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine
John Constantine, Hellblazer: The Devil You Know
credits, title page / 1 page
- Letters
- typeset
Indexer Notes
Title page and credits.
[Hellblazer #10 Cover]
Hellblazer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (signed)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (signed)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (signed)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine
- Reprints
-
from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #10 (October 1988)
-
"Sex and Death"
Hellblazer / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- Richard Piers Rayner
- Inks
- Mark Buckingham
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; Mighty Mouse (death); Mrs. McGuire (death) Zed; Elder Martin; Nergal; Swamp Thing; Abigail Arcane
- Synopsis
- John Constantine stops the Ressurection Army and also stops Nergal and his plans to defeat heaven.
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #10 (October 1988)
-
- Keywords
- Resurrection Crussader; The Tonges of Fire
Indexer Notes
Story is continued from Swamp Thing #76 and continued in #77.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Two filler pages from the previous secuence, one between pages 7 and 8 and the other between pages 14 and 15.
Newcastle
Hellblazer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Letters
- Dave McKean
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #11 (November 1988)
-
Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come
Hellblazer / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- Richard Piers Rayner
- Inks
- Mark Buckingham
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine (also in flashback); Frank North (flashback); Judith (flashback); Anne-Marie (flashback); Ritchie Simpson (flashback); Gary Lester (flashback); Benjamin Cox (flashback); Alex Logue (flashback); Ray Monde (flashback); Astra Logue (first appearance, flashback); Alex Logue (first appearance, flashback, death); Norfulthing (first appearance, flashback); Nergal (flashback)
- Synopsis
- Flashback story telling of the first time Constantine and his friends tried to summon a demon and the disasterous results.
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #11 (November 1988)
-
[no title indexed]
illustration / 2 pages
Indexer Notes
Two filler pages from the previous secuence, one between pages 18 and 19 and the other between pages 20 and 21.
[Hellblazer #12 Cover]
Hellblazer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; Nergal
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #12 (December 1988)
-
"The Devil You Know..."
Hellblazer / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- Richard Piers Rayner
- Inks
- Mark Buckingham
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; Nergal; Ritchie Simpson; Agony (first appearance); Ecstacy (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- Constantine gets his revenge on Nergal for what happened 10 years earlier in Newcastle.
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #12 (December 1988)
-
[Hellblazer #13 Cover]
Hellblazer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Dave McKean (signed) (painting)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #13 ([Winter] 1988)
-
"On the Beach"
Hellblazer / comic story / 24 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- Richard Piers Rayner (pp. 1-8, 24); Mike Hoffman (pp. 9-23)
- Inks
- Mark Buckingham (pp. 1-8, 24); Mike Hoffman (pp. 9-23)
- Colors
- Lovern Kindzierski
- Letters
- Todd Klein
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine (also in flashback); Thomas Constantine (first appearance, flashback); Cheryl Constantine (first appearance, flashback); Aunt Beat (first appearance, flashback); Tony (first appearance); Christopher (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- John dreams he is the last survivor on the planet Earth after a nuclear power plant explodes.
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer (DC, 1988 series) #13 ([Winter] 1988)
-
[Hellblazer Annual #1 Cover]
Hellblazer / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- Kent Williams (painting, signed)
- Inks
- Kent Williams (painting, signed)
- Colors
- Kent Williams (painting, signed)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer Annual (DC, 1989 series) #1 ([September] 1989)
-
The Bloody Saint
Hellblazer / comic story / 48 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; Margret Thatcher (cameo, in TV); Martin Peters (first appearance); Lord Abbot [Kon-Sten-Tyn] (first appearance, flashback); Merlin (flashback); King Arthur (flashback); Medraut (flashback); Queen Nimue (flashback); Petroc (flashback); Chas Chandler
- Synopsis
- The history of Kon-Sten-Tyn and the magic he worked against the Christian priests.
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer Annual (DC, 1989 series) #1 ([September] 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
Story is set in 1982 and is divided in two parts.
Venus of the Hardsell
Hellblazer / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Mucous Membrane [John Constantine; Gary Lester; Beano]
- Synopsis
- A "video" of Constantine's band Mucous Membrane doing their single "Venus of the Hardsell".
- Reprints
- from Hellblazer Annual (DC, 1989 series) #1 ([September] 1989)
-
Indexer Notes
A "video" of the Mucous Membrane song from HELLBLAZER #2.
[The Horrorist #1 Cover]
The Horrorist / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Lloyd (signed)
- Inks
- David Lloyd (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; The Horrorist
- Reprints
- from The Horrorist (DC, 1995 series) #1 (December 1995)
-
"Antarctica"
The Horrorist / comic story / 48 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- David Lloyd
- Inks
- David Lloyd
- Colors
- Elitta Fell
- Letters
- David Lloyd (watercolor paints?)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; The Horrorist (first appearance)
- Synopsis
- The Horrorist, an evil spirit of man's inhumanity to man, begins being tracked by John Constanine who has lost his capacity for feeling emotions.
- Reprints
- from The Horrorist (DC, 1995 series) #1 (December 1995)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 1 of 2.
[The Horrorist #2 Cover]
The Horrorist / cover reprint (on interior page) / 1 page
- Pencils
- David Lloyd
- Inks
- David Lloyd
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- David Lloyd (watercolor paints?)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; The Horrorist
- Reprints
- from The Horrorist (DC, 1995 series) #2 (January 1996)
-
[Antarctica Part 2]
The Horrorist / comic story / 48 pages
- Script
- Jamie Delano
- Pencils
- David Lloyd
- Inks
- David Lloyd
- Colors
- Elitta Fell
- Letters
- David Lloyd (watercolor paints?)
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; horror-suspense
- Characters
- John Constantine; The Horrorist
- Synopsis
- Constantine defeats The Horrorist and rediscovers his emotions.
- Reprints
- from The Horrorist (DC, 1995 series) #2 (January 1996)
-
Indexer Notes
Part 2 of 2.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
The Devil You Know
Hellblazer -
1.
[no title indexed]
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2.
John Constantine, Hellblazer: The Devil You Know
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3.
[Indicia]
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4.
[Table of Contents]
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5.
[Hellblazer #10 Cover]
Hellblazer -
6.
"Sex and Death"
Hellblazer -
7.
[no title indexed]
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8.
Newcastle
Hellblazer -
9.
[no title indexed]
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10.
Newcastle: A Taste of Things to Come
Hellblazer -
11.
[no title indexed]
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12.
[Hellblazer #12 Cover]
Hellblazer -
13.
[no title indexed]
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14.
"The Devil You Know..."
Hellblazer -
15.
[Hellblazer #13 Cover]
Hellblazer -
16.
[no title indexed]
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17.
"On the Beach"
Hellblazer -
18.
[Hellblazer Annual #1 Cover]
Hellblazer -
19.
The Bloody Saint
Hellblazer -
20.
Venus of the Hardsell
Hellblazer -
21.
[The Horrorist #1 Cover]
The Horrorist -
22.
"Antarctica"
The Horrorist -
23.
[The Horrorist #2 Cover]
The Horrorist -
24.
[Antarctica Part 2]
The Horrorist -
25.
[Peter Milligan]
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26.
[no title indexed]
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27.
To Hell and Back
This issue was modified by
- Les Andersen
- Kauldi Gilibert
- Ralf Haring
- Katy Hayhurst
- Jim Van Dore
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