Comic Title: John Constantine, Hellblazer:Rare Cuts TPB
Publisher: DC
Imprint: Vertigo
Cover Date: 2005
On Sale Date: January 12, 2005 Direct Market Date January 12, 2005
Source: Previews, Vol. 14 #11 (#191)

Direct Market Date January 12, 2005
Source: ComicList, New Comic Book Releases List for Wednesday, January 12, 2005

Cover Price: $14.95
Page Count: 160
Editor: Scott Nybakken

See Also: The Guide to Graphic Novels and Collected Editions

Title: "How I Learned to Love the Bomb"
Pages: 24

Feature(s):
Hellblazer

Writer: Grant Morrison
Artist/Colorist: David Lloyd
Letterer: Tomas Frame

Reprinted From:
Hellblazer #26 (1990)

Feature Character(s)

• John Constantine (last appearance in Hellblazer #25; next appearance in Hellblazer #27)

Villain(s)

• Professor Horrobin (last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)

Other Character(s)

• Godfrey Bayliss (last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)
• Una (dies in this story; last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)
• Keller and Chambers (missile base guards; Keller dies in this story; no further appearances)
• Doctor Poole (dies in this story; last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)
• Residents of Thursdyke (Mr. Finn named; no further appearances)
• A group of protestors (last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)
• A truck driver (last appearance in Hellblazer #25; no further appearances)

Comments:
This story is continued from Hellblazer #25.

Synopsis:
When the residents of Thursdyke are driven mad by microwave radiation unleashed on the town, the people begin acting violent. A group of protesters led by Parson Bayliss raid the nearby missile base. John Constantine is also affected, but his friend Una snaps him back to reality by using loud music. While she takes refuge in the town disco with some children, John goes to the missile base to prevent disaster.

When John arrives, he blasts music from his stolen van. The protesters nearby are returned to sanity. However, John is too late to stop Bayliss from stealing a bomber. Meanwhile, the power to the disco is cut. Una is captured by some of the mad townspeople who plan to burn her to death. Their execution is interrupted as Bayliss crashes his plane into the ground, setting off his bombs and killing everyone in the immediate vicinity.

John is spared from the blast. He watches helplessly as the media attempts to blame the protesters for the tragedy which destroyed the town of Thursdyke.