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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