Story: "Black Flowers Part One" (22 Pages)

Credits: Mike Carey (plot, script); Lee Bermejo (pencils, inks); Clem Robins (letters); Lee Loughridge (colors); Zachary Rau (assistant edits); Will Dennis (edits)

Feature Character: John Constantine

Supporting Characters: Angie Spatchcock (last in issue #178), Chas Chandler (last in flashback in issue #181; behind the scenes; next in issue #192)

Villains: The Gironnved (first appearance; the shepherds of the dead), The Beast (behind the scenes)

Other Characters: Jason Spatchcock (first appearance; Angie's brother; also in flashback); Kev (first appearance; a friend of Chas); An emissary of the king Arawn Pen Annuvin (first appearance), Arawn Pen Annuvin (the celtic king of the dead; behind the scenes); Jelly, Mikey (a friend of Jelly's), Slip (Mikey's best friend; first appearance of all three; all three die); Leon (first appearance; Angie's date); Totantaz (first appearance; a goth-punk band); Inhabitants of Stone Cross (first appearance of all; some die), Inmates at St. Peter's Psychiatric Hospital, Bedfordshire County (first appearance of all; some die)

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