Epiphany Greaves is a lover and fiancée of John Constantine. She first appeared in Hellblazer issue 256. She is a skilled alchemist, having been sent to alchemy school by her gangster father, Terry Greaves. Epiphany is a proud, resourceful and intelligent young woman whose life has been dominated by her father ever since her mother died when she was nine.
Fictional biography
Epiphany was born in 1986 to Terry and Brenda Greaves. Brenda died of breast cancer in 1995 (Hellblazer issue 272, 2010) and the following year Terry - an East-End hardman turned gang boss - sent Epiphany away to alchemy school, hoping that her abilities would benefit his business interests. (Hellblazer issue 260, 2009) They did - one scheme involved getting prisoners addicted to her tinctures, presumably so that Terry could charge for more doses. (Hellblazer issue 256, 2009) While in alchemy school she also met Carew, a foppish student who became obsessed with her.
Epiphany and her father later moved out of London to nearby Essex, where she set up a full-time operation. She was working here when John Constantine contracted her to make a love potion to win back the heart of Phoebe Clifton-Avery, an ex-girlfriend. Epiphany, who found John attractive herself, agreed but complications caused by John's pact with a demon left Phoebe dead. Epiphany then made a resurrection potion but warned of disastrous consequences if the user was less than pure. Predictably, things went wrong and the potion revived everyone in the graveyard except Phoebe. John fought off a wave of zombie attackers but not before one of them sank Epiphany into a magical coma. (Hellblazer issue 256-258, 2009)
With Terry threatening to turn John into meat pies, Constantine delved into the unconscious Epiphany's mind only to discover that she was in a self-induced coma. In her mind Epiphany was able to live forever in 1996, a happy time just before her father sent her away to alchemy school and ruined her life. To save John's life she roused herself from her slumber. (Hellblazer issue 260, 2009)
Epiphany later received a message from an Indian mystic compelling her to find Constantine in Mumbai. There the pair of them defeated a terrible demon born in the Victorian era - thanks in no small part to Epiphany's research and alchemical skills. Epiphany allowed her body to be used as a vessel for Phoebe's spirit, allowing Constantine one last meeting with his ex. (Hellblazer issue 261-264, 2010)
Back in the UK Epiphany shacked up with a young punk to make John jealous. While not really wanting to sleep with the girl, Constantine nevertheless felt conflicted about his feelings for her. Epiphany also saved John from being beaten to death with some fancy gunplay. (Hellblazer issue 265-266, 2010)
Gradually, Constantine's feelings for Epiphany began to blossom into genuine love. However this was the cue for a curse implanted by Carew to kick in, sending John insane. Crazed, John beat Epiphany half to death, ruining her face. Shade the Changing Man, an insane alien with the power of madness became obsessed with Epiphany, offering to repair her face if she'd go back to his planet with him. Despite an offer of marriage from a cured Constantine, Epiphany went with Shade. He fixed her face but also tried to turn her into his lost love, Kathy George. Epiphany spurned him, so the bitter madman sent her back in time to the London of 1979. (Hellblazer issue 267-270, 2010)
Trapped in 1979 London, Epiphany briefly met with her mother and father - neither of them knowing who she was - before shacking up with a young John Constantine. (Hellblazer issue 271, 2010)