Comic Title: John Constantine, Hellblazer:The Devil You Know TPB
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 2007
On Sale Date: May 16, 2007 Direct Market Date May 9, 2007
Source: Previews, Vol. 17 #2 (#218)

Direct Market Date May 16, 2007
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 264
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "The Bloody Saint"
Pages: 48

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Jamie Delano
Artist: Bryan Talbot
Letterer: Todd Klein
Colorist: Lovern Kindzierski

Reprinted From:
Hellblazer Annual #1 (1989)

Feature Character(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #11; next appearance in Swamp Thing #65)

Guest Star(s)

• Kon-Sten-Tyn (inheritor of Arthur's crown; in flashback; no further appearances)

Supporting Character(s)

• Martin Peters (aka Gobsmack; a former member of a punk band; next appearance in Hellblazer #33)
• Chas (earliest chronological appearance; next appearance in Hellblazer #1)

Villain(s)

• A group of pirates (in flashback; no further appearances)

Guest Appearance(s)

• Merlin (in flashback; last appearance in Swamp Thing #87; next appearance in Demon #1)
• King Arthur (in flashback; last appearance in Swamp Thing #87; no further appearances)
• The Fates (in Arthur's dream; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• A mysterious woman (no further appearances)
• Two monks (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Two slaves (in flashback; no further appearances)
• Nimue and her people (faeries; in flashback; no further appearances)
• Kon-Sten-Tyn two sons (both die in flashback; no further appearances)
• Petroc (a priest; in flashback; no further appearances)
• The Mother (a goddess; in flashback; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story contains two parts; a framing sequence which occurs following Constantine's release from Ravenscar in 1982 and a flashback which depicts his ancestor Kon-Sten-Tyn, after the fall of Camelot.

The framing sequence is presumed to take place in April 1982 as it mentions the invasion of the Falkland Islands is underway.

Synopsis:
John Constantine is released from Ravenscar, a mental institution, where he was trying to cope with the events that occurred in Newcastle. After his release, John contemplates suicide. He meets a former associate, Martin Peters, who used to be in a punk band. Peters asks John for a music video of his former band the Mucous Membranes.

Later, after a strange encounter with a mysterious woman, John dreams of his apparent ancestor Kon-Sten-Tyn, a young king trained by Merlin after the fall of Camelot. Kon-Sten-Tyn built Ravenscar and serves a goddess. Twice he sacrificed his own sons to the goddess in exchange for long life. Eventually, the goddess bid Kon-Sten-Tyn to convert to Christianity. He eventually transformed into a dragon and was named the Bloody Saint.

After waking, John tracks down the video Peters requested. He decides to watch it before making the decision to sell.