Writers: Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes
Artist: Renato Guedes
Colourist: Marcelo Maiolo
Letterer: Carlos M. Mangual

Previously, in Constantine: John Constantine knows that using magic always comes at a price – hence why he tries to avoid actually casting spells as much as possible, relying on his wits and sharp talking to try and defuse situations first. He currently finds himself on the trail of Croydon’s Compass, an artifact of immense magical power which must not fall into the hands of the Cult of the Cold Flame. John tracks the first piece to Norway, but loses his friend Chris to Sargon the Sorceress when her dark magics tear Chris apart.

John then travels to South America, only to run afoul of Mister E. on his quest to find the second part of the Compass. John just barely escapes, before finding himself face to face with the Spectre – who informs John that Heaven is watching him very closely, and they need him to do the dirty jobs that they can’t do themselves. Constantine tracks the last piece of the Compass to London, but it seems that Sargon, Mister E., and the other members of the Cold Flame are lying in wait.

Writers: Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes
Artist: Renato Guedes
Colourist: Marcelo Maiolo
Letterer: Sal Cipriano

Previously, in Constantine: Alerted by his apparently psychic friend Chris that the Cult of the Cold Flame was after the magical Croydon’s Compass, Constantine set off across the world to try and collect the pieces of the Compass before the Cold Flame did. Arriving in Norway, he and Chris managed to track down the first of three pieces from a fireplace in a Norwegian hotel.

Before being able to celebrate however, Constantine and Chris were attacked by Sargon the Sorceress, the descendant of one of the original Cold Flame leaders. Alongside Tannarak, Zatara, and Mister E, Sargon was corrupted by his use of magic and became twisted by evil. In order to escape from Sargon’s daughter, Constantine sacrifices Chris and flees Norway with the first part of the Compass.

Writers: Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes
Artist: Renato Guedes
Colourist: Marcelo Maiolo
Letterer: Sal Cipriano

Previously…: John Constantine, fledgling magician, was taken under the wing of Nick Necro, one of the most powerful mages in the world. John learned everything he could from Necro, and eventually fell in love with Necro’s then-girlfriend, Zatanna. As Necro slowly became corrupted by the dark forces he was manipulating in his magic, John and Zatanna grew ever closer, and resolved to put a stop to Necro’s scheming. They trapped Necro in Hell, and went their separate ways.

When Zatanna and John found themselves fighting alongside one another again as part of John’s newly minted Justice League Dark, the last person they were expecting to battle again were the Cold Flame cult, the villains who had corrupted their friend, and Necro himself returned from Hell. The Justice League Dark were able to put a stop to Necro’s search for the Books of Magic, but the Cold Flame are still at large; Constantine resolves to do something about that.

Writer: Geoff Johns
Pencillers: Renato Guedes and Jim Calafiore
Colourists: Alex Sinclair
Letterer: Sal Cipriano

Previously, in Green Lantern: After an escapade across the planet of the Indigo Tribe, Hal Jordan and Sinestro accidentally released the murderous Black Hand from the control of the Tribe. Hand killed himself and was resurrected by the power of the Black Lanterns once again, as he had been in the past as a precursor to the Blackest Night, a time of universal calamity.

Sinestro and Hal turned to the Book of the Black, the magical book full of prophecies that the Black Lanterns used during their last invasion. It transported them across the universe to Earth, where Black Hand had resurrected his family for his own twisted desires. Now Hal and Sinestro find themselves at the mercy of Black Hand, and he is out for revenge.