Comic Title: John Constantine, Hellblazer:The Family Man TPB
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 2013
On Sale Date: November 14, 2012 Direct Market Date November 14, 2012
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Direct Market Date November 14, 2012
Source: Previews, #287

Cover Price: $19.99
Page Count: 288
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "New Tricks"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Dick Foreman
Artist: Steve Pugh
Letterer: Gaspar Saladino
Colorist: Thomas J. Ziuko

Reprinted From:
Hellblazer #32 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #31; next appearance in Hellblazer #33)

Villain(s)

• Drummond (a former police inspector; no further appearances)
• Dougie (Drummond's accomplice; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Tony Baxter (an associate of Constantine; no further appearances)
• Mark and an unnamed man (Drummond's victims; both die in this story; no further appearances)
• Mike (proprietor of the Simon House; no further appearances)
• Sid and a patron (a bar owner and customer; no further appearances)
• Three old ladies (no further appearances)

Synopsis:
John Constantine begins investigating a case in which human remains have been found eaten. The investigation leads to the junkyard of Charlie Chlutterbuck. On the scene, he finds a primitive biography of former Inspector Drummond who is believed to have killed himself. However, the biography reveals details of an occult ritual which have transformed Drummond into a dog.

Drummond has been eating derelict men with the help of his dimwitted accomplice Dougie. The demon dog now has John trapped at the junkyard, surrounded by a pack of dogs. John is chased around the grounds. He eventually gets the upper hand by incapacitating the dog with some pepper. He then smashes the dog's head with a pipe. With Drummond defeated, the other dogs under his control disperse.