Comic Title: John Constantine, Hellblazer:The Family Man TPB
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 2013
On Sale Date: November 14, 2012 Direct Market Date November 14, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Direct Market Date November 14, 2012
Source: Previews, #287

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 288
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "Mourning of the Magician"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Jamie Delano
Artist: Sean Phillips
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted From:
Hellblazer #31 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #30; next appearance in Hellblazer #32)

Supporting Character(s)

• Gemma Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #4; no further appearances)
• Cheryl Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #29; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tony Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #4; no further appearances)
• Thomas Constantine (as a ghost; last appearance in Hellblazer #29; no further appearances)
• A crematorium employee (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• John Constantine (in flashback to 1967; last appearance in Hellblazer #35; next appearance in Hellblazer Annual #1)
• Thomas Constantine (in flashback to 1967; last appearance in Hellblazer #13; next appearance in Hellblazer #28)

Comments:
Mary Anne Constantine died giving birth to John.

Synopsis:
Gemma Masters is haunted by the ghost of her grandfather Thomas Constantine. No one else can see the ghost. At the funeral, John visits the crematorium and watches his father's cremation. He then visits Gemma. He believes that he is to blame for the ghost.

When John was a rebellious teen, he fought with his father. When Thomas burned his books, John used a spell to get revenge. He sacrificed a cat and caused his father to wither. Feeling remorse, John sought a way to reverse the spell. He placed the dead cat in formaldehyde to preserve it. His father's decline was halted, but he never got better.

John placed the cat's remains under his mother's headstone. Now, he digs it up and burns it to release the ghost.