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Acknowledgements: John Goodrich, whose Ultimate Hellblazer Index is where I gathered most of the issue number references www.qusoor.com/hellblazer/familytree.htm (text in bold in each character description comes from that site).Andy Diggle whose Lady Johanna Constantine inspired this project. |
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6th century AD ? |
Hellblazer Annual #1 Jamie Delano, Bryan Talbot |
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Legendary figure, became king after the death of Arthur (c.520) by defeating Merlin. He murdered his two sons. See also Swamp Thing #87 |
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6th century AD ? |
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1st son by the Queen of the Sidhe -a Fairy race. Sacrificed to gain power. |
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Un-named male |
6th century AD ? |
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2nd son. Also sacrificed. |
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Constantine |
c. 564 AD |
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold #1 Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, Michael Zulli |
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male, no first name given, in Justinian’s Constantinople (564) |
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Jack Constantine |
Between 1558 & 1603 |
Sandman #13 Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse |
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scoundrel, hanged? dates unknown, "died in a churchyard in Essex" "in Queen Bess's day" according to Hob Gadling. |
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mid 1600s |
Trenchcoat Brigade #1-#4 John Ney Rieber, John Ridgeway |
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A distant relative to John. Drunkard, deceiver, petty mage (1630–1986) |
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Born: c.1620 Died: 1993 |
Hellblazer #62 Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon |
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"Served with Cromwell in Ireland, at the Drogheda Massacre" (1649) When a young John Constantine learned of Harry, he dug him up in a bid to learn more about his ancestory before burying the hapless creature and leaving him to rot for another twenty years. |
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There is no account of descendants of Harry Constantine until George and Harriet. |
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Lord George Constantine |
Died: c. 1775-1778 |
Sandman #29 Neil Gaiman, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano |
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Mentioned by Robespierre in his account of Johanna's family (also mentions that Sir Francis Dashwood is rumoured to be her father which implicates the Hell Fire club - although it was not known as such at the time.) c.1775: Johanna Constantine's parents are hanged for treason. "When (Johanna) was barely old enough to bleed". LC#2 |
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Lady Harriet Constantine |
Died c. 1775-1778 |
Sandman #29 Neil Gaiman, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano |
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Mentioned by Robespierre in his account of Johanna's family SM#29 c.1775: Johanna Constantine's parents are hanged for treason. LC#2 |
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Born: 1760 Died: 25 October, 1859 |
Sandman #13 Neil Gaiman, Michael Zulli, Steve ParkhouseSandman #29 Neil Gaiman, Stan Woch, Dick GiordanoDreaming #4, 5 & 7 Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse Dick GiordanoLady Constantine #1-4 Andy Diggle, Goran Sudzuka |
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Adventuress; Johanna Constantine died of old age on the 25th of October 1859, having lived for ninety-nine long years. SM#49Obtained title 1785-6 LC#4 Met Morpheus in tavern 1789 SM#13 June 8th 1794 engaged by Morpheus to find the head of his son Orpheus. SM#29 Robespierre says she is 32 - one year out ? She reportedly stole papers from the Russian imperial court in 1786 and was involved in a slave scandal in Lousiana in 1791. Given that her parents were hanged for treason, I wonder if Johanna was involved in The Madness of King George III ? It began shortly after she regained her title ! |
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Un-named female |
Born & died: 1760 |
Sandman #29 Neil Gaiman, Stan Woch, Dick Giordano |
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Johanna's twin sister. Mentioned by Robespierre in his account of Johanna's family |
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"Mouse" |
Born: c. 1780 |
Lady Constantine #1-4 Andy Diggle, Goran Sudzuka |
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Johanna's daughter as revealed in Lady Constantine #4. If people think Mouse is Johanna's sister perhaps she was born before the parents died ? I suspect not long after. |
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Late 18th century |
Hellblazer #105 Paul Jenkins, Sean Phillips
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drug supplier to Samuel Taylor Coleridge (c1797) http://www.incompetech.com/authors/coleridge http://www.robertfulford.com/porlock.html Lived in Porlock, near Exmoor. Described by Coleridge as the Person from Porlock who interrupted his work on Kubla Khan Given the above date, he must be closely related to Johanna - although Robespierre believed she had no siblings. A son ? Appears to be same age as Coleridge in 105 he's an apothecary |
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"Dark Conrad" Constantine |
Early 19th century. |
Swamp Thing #114 & 115 Nancy Collins, Tom Mandrake |
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Caribbean pirate; contemporary of Jean Lafitte (1780?–1826?) I have a suspicion this may have been a close relative of Johanna. She had been in Louisiana previously. SM#29 Was a member of "The Brimstone Circle". A Baronet stripped of his title. Escaped Lafitte when he fled to Hell having done a deal with Older (Lovecraftian) Gods. |
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Aloysius Quinn |
Born: c.1815? Died: late 19th century |
Hellblazer #179 Mike Carey, Marcelo Frusin |
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The connection to the Red Sepulchre rests on John's mother's side of the family tree, the Quinns. He was in India in 1840, probably making him mid-twenties at that time. |
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NOTE to prospective Hellblazer writers and people who would use John Constantine in a story. There is no Constantine from the years when Jack the Ripper was doing his business. This is as it should be. Do not make me have to come round there and sort you out. |
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Died at the Somme, 7/1/16 |
Hellblazer #69 Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon |
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John's grandfather. On the first of July, nineteen sixteen, William found himself standing alone amidst the butchered remains of his comrades on the battlefield of the Somme. Refers to Alice & little Tommy |
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Charles Constantine |
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The Corinthian: Death in Venice #1-3 Darko Macan, Danijel Zezelj |
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William's twin brother, who survived the war It might be interesting to note how few of the Constantine twins survived as twins. |
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Alice Constantine |
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Hellblazer #69 Garth Ennis, Steve Dillon |
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Wife of William (see above) |
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Born: Liverpool 191? Died: 1990 |
Hellblazer #28 Jamie Delano, Ron Tiner, Kevin WalkerHellblazer #31 Jamie Delano, Sean PhillipsHellblazer #39 Jamie Delano, Steve PughHellblazer #41 Garth Ennis, Will Simpson, Mark PenningtonHellblazer #99 &100 Paul Jenkins, Sean PhillipsHellblazer/Books of Magic #1 &2 Paul Jenkins, John Ney Reiber, Paul Lee |
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John’s father, murdered by the Family Man, currently in Hell ;Thomas was killed by The Family Man, a serial killer who was hunting John, but his story didn't end with his death. Back when he was a child, after a particularly nasty argument with his father, John cast a spell that ensured his father would suffer a slow death - the result of this was that Thomas was forced to live a life after death as a ghost. When John realised this was happening, he broke the spell and, unknowingly, doomed his fathers soul to Hell. |
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Jack Constantine |
Died: 19/5/41 |
Dreaming #32 Peter Hogan, Steve Parkhouse, Dick Giordano |
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petty criminal, Thomas’ brother |
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Dolly & Harry ? |
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John's Aunt and Uncle |
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Mary Anne Constantine (nee Quinn) |
Born: 3/10/23? Died: 10/5/53 |
Shade #44 Peter Milligan, Chris Bachalo, Rick BryantHellblazer #100 Paul Jenkins, Sean Phillips
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John’s Mum, who died giving birth to him. John later met his father in Hell, where he learned that he actually tried to abort both his children - which is why both Mary and The Golden Boy died. |
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(nee Constantine) |
Born: Liverpool, 1946 |
Hellblazer #3 Jamie Delano, John RidgwayHellblazer #31 & #35 Jamie Delano, Sean PhillipsHellblazer #44 Garth Ennis, Will Simpson, Tom SuttonHellblazer #62 Garth Ennis, Steve DillonHellblazer #77 Garth Ennis, Peter SnejbjergHellblazer/Books of Magic #1 & 2 Paul Jenkins, John Ney Reiber Paul LeeHellblazer #175 & 176 Mike Carey, Steve Dillon |
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John’s older sister Cheryl Masters, John Constantine's only sibling, was born seven years before her younger brother |
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Tony Masters |
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Cheryl married Tony in the Seventies. |
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John Constantine |
Born: Liverpool, 10/5/1953 |
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Unnamed child |
Stillborn: Liverpool, 10/5/1953 |
Hellblazer #39 & 40 Jamie Delano, Dave McKean |
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John’s more magically adept twin died at birth in 1953. A twin brother, who died along with Mary Constantine as she gave birth to John. It's possible that John may even have killed his brother in his mothers womb, strangling him with his umbilical cord, but John's father was also implicated |
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Born: Liverpool, 1978 |
Hellblazer #4 Jamie Delano, John RidgwayHellblazer #31 Jamie Delano, Sean PhillipsHellblazer #62 Garth Ennis, Steve DillonHellblazer #77 Garth Ennis, Peter SnejbjergHellblazer #126 Paul Jenkins, Warren PleeceHellblazer #177 Mike Carey, Marcelo Frusin |
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John’s niece She's shown a tendency to get mixed up in her uncle's business, and is just as willing to play around as she ever was despite her misadventures. |
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Tefe Holland |
Born: Louisiana, 1989 |
Swamp Thing #76 [conception] Rick Veitch, Alfredo AlcalaSwamp Thing #90 [birth] Doug Wheeler, Pat BroderickSwamp Thing #91–171 Various writers and artistsSwamp Thing vol. 3 #1–20 Brian K. Vaughan & Giuseppe Camuncoli |
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The new Earth elemental, conceived using John's body 1989 prematurely aged by combination with a eighteen year old girl in 1999. |
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Hellblazer #94, 95, 96, 104 Paul Jenkins, Sean PhillipsHellblazer #126 Paul Jenkins, Warren Pleece |
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John created a doppelganger to trick the demon Buer. Last seen in Hell carrying out the sort of research that John must have done over the years |
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Zatara II |
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Kingdom Come #2, 3 & 4 Mark Waid Alex Ross |
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Elseworlds child of Zatana and John Constantine, from Kingdom Come. |
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Archetype |
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Mister E takes Tim Hunter to the future in BoM and there is a fool? Trickster? Archetype who looks very familiar |
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