Hellblazer issue 72

Hellblazer #72

Story title(s)

'Damnation's Flame, part 1: Brave New World'

Cover

Glenn Fabry

Script

Garth Ennis

Art

Steve Dillon

Colours

Tom Ziuko

Letters

Clem Robbins

Editor

Stuart Moore (editor), Julie Rottenberg (asst. editor)

Cover date

December 1993

Collected in

Damnation's Flame

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Plot summary

Having finally dragged himself out of the gutter, Constantine's jetted off to New York for some rest and relaxation. Old grudges die hard, though, and an old enemy is about to send John on a trip through the United States' dark shadow.

Continuity

• First Appearances: Zeerke (low-level criminal; associate of Papa Midnite), Peter (barman), The Moon Child (manifestation of Hell), Private Brown (manifestation of Hell), The One Last Tribe (lost souls of Native Americans).
• Cameo: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (former president of the USA).