Comic Title: Hellblazer #31
Publisher: DC (DC Comics Inc.)
Address: 666 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: July 1990
On Sale Date: May 22, 1990 Shipping Date May 22, 1990
Source: Previews, #15

Shipping Date May 22, 1990
Source: Amazing Heroes, #179

Shipping Date May 24, 1990
Source: Advance Comics, #17

Direct Market Date May 24, 1990
Source: Comic Shop News, #149

Copyright Date May 29, 1990
Source: Library of Congress, Copyright Office 1990

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

Title: "Mourning of the Magician"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Jamie Delano
Artist: Sean Phillips
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 #30; next appearance in Hellblazer #32)

Supporting Character(s)

• Gemma Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #4; no further appearances)
• Cheryl Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #29; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tony Masters (last appearance in Hellblazer #4; no further appearances)
• Thomas Constantine (as a ghost; last appearance in Hellblazer #29; no further appearances)
• A crematorium employee (no further appearances)

Flashback Appearance(s)

• John Constantine (in flashback to 1967; last appearance in Hellblazer #35; next appearance in Hellblazer Annual #1)
• Thomas Constantine (in flashback to 1967; last appearance in Hellblazer #13; next appearance in Hellblazer #28)

Comments:
Mary Anne Constantine died giving birth to John.

Synopsis:
Gemma Masters is haunted by the ghost of her grandfather Thomas Constantine. No one else can see the ghost. At the funeral, John visits the crematorium and watches his father's cremation. He then visits Gemma. He believes that he is to blame for the ghost.

When John was a rebellious teen, he fought with his father. When Thomas burned his books, John used a spell to get revenge. He sacrificed a cat and caused his father to wither. Feeling remorse, John sought a way to reverse the spell. He placed the dead cat in formaldehyde to preserve it. His father's decline was halted, but he never got better.

John placed the cat's remains under his mother's headstone. Now, he digs it up and burns it to release the ghost.