Comic Title: Hellblazer #28
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: April 1990
On Sale Date: February 20, 1990 Shipping Date February 20, 1990
Source: Previews, #12

Shipping Date February 20, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #176

Shipping Date February 22, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #14

Copyright Date February 20, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

Direct Market Date February 22, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #139

Frequency: Monthly
Cover Price: $1.50
Page Count: 32
Editor: Karen Berger

Title: "Thicker Than Water"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Jamie Delano
Penciller: Ron Tiner
Inker: Kevin Walker
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted In:
John Constantine, Hellblazer:The Family Man TPB (2008)
John Constantine, Hellblazer:The Family Man TPB (2013)

Feature Character(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #27; next appearance in Hellblazer #29)

Supporting Character(s)

• Chas (last appearance in Hellblazer #21; next appearance in Hellblazer #29)

Villain(s)

• The Family Man (real name Samuel Morris revealed; last appearance in Hellblazer #24; next appearance in Hellblazer #29)

Other Character(s)

• Thomas Constantine (John's father; dies in this story; last appearance in Hellblazer #31; next appearance in Hellblazer #29)
• Mrs. Etheridge (an elderly woman; no further appearances)
• Reed Hackett (a collector of the macabre; no further appearances)
• Wendy (Reed's assistant; no further appearances)
• Kenny Balfour (a police detective; no further appearances)
• Betty and Norma (nurses; no further appearances)
• George and his wife (Samuel's parents; in Samuel's dream; no further appearances)
• A mother and two children (victims of the Family Man; no further appearances)
• An asian woman and her child (victims of the Family Man; no further appearances)
• Peter Lucas (in John's dream; last appearance in Hellblazer #24; no further appearances)
• June, Sarah, and Mark (in John's dream; last appearance in Hellblazer #24; no further appearances)

Comments:
John intercepts an invitation intended for the Family Man to attend a serial killer convention. The convention takes place in Sandman #14.

This story continues in Hellblazer #29.

Synopsis:
John has nightmares about the victims of the Family Man. He blames himself for their deaths. He decides to do something about it, so he begins investigating. A business associate of O'Flynn's Reed Hackett purchased the Family Man's momentos. John questions him, then calls the police. John realizes that the Family Man leaves no witnesses, so he suspects that he himself is a target. He tries to set himself up as bait, then he learns that the Family Man is already after him.