The Sandman
Whilethe Sandmancontained a number of colored and distorted storyline throughout the series , the ‘ serial killer convention ’ had to be one of the most distressing – so much so , in fact , that its macrocosm had ramifications that spiral out acrossDC Comicsas an panorama of that demented gathering unwittingly changed one of DC ’s most iconic submarine sandwich forever and a day .
The Sandman ’s consecutive killer convention – which was called the Cereal Convention in an effort to maintain its secrecy – was introduced inthe Sandman#14 by Neil Gaiman and Mike Dringenberg . In this issue , the case coordinator , a serial killer foretell Nimrod , is panicking as the convention ’s client of honor has n’t get in and does n’t seem as though he ’s move to – and the killer in question is called the Family Man . fortuitously for Nimrod , the world - famous Corinthian – a rogue incubus who escaped from the Dreaming upon Morpheus ’ seizure by the deal of Roderick Burgess – decided to make an appearance , so Nimrod speedily made the Corinthian this twelvemonth ’s guest of laurels . While it is unclear inthe Sandmanwhy the Family Man did n’t show up , that interrogation is respond within another DC title .
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InHellblazer#24 by Jamie Delano and Ron Tiner , readers are bring out to the Family Man as he closes in on his latest fair game – an innocent , happy family unit that was unwittingly handed over to him bythe heroic magic substance abuser John Constantine . In this issue , Constantine finds himself in possession of a number of item leave behind behind by an old friend , including an envelope with the names , pictures , and address of a family Constantine ’s champion dog down for the Family Man . When the nonparallel killer came to collect the information that he already pay for , Constantine gave it to him , not care about the innocuous citizenry he essentially just murdered . While guilty conscience ate him up a little , Constantine was happy to distance himself from that event , but the Family Man was n’t so spry to divide himself from John . Since Constantine meet him and was aware of his affair , the Family Man determine to belt down Constantine . To drag Constantine out – after some time playing cat - and - mouse with the hero – the Family Man killed John ’s father , a murderous act that would be his last . To save himself and avenge his Church Father , Constantine kills the Family Man , which is something that rent more of a toll on him than even he would know .
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At this head in Constantine ’s comic book career , he had never advisedly killed anyone , and the idea of taking someone ’s life literally made him sick . In fact , Constantine almost could n’t do it , though in the end , he was able to draw in the trigger and pour down the Family Man . While it seems hilarious to count that John Constantine , of all mass , would have moral qualms about killing a sequent murderer gift the thing he ’s done since , this moment was the first whole step in his descent into darkness . From this moment on , Constantine had no more give ear - upsabout getting his manus foul for the greater good .
While Constantine ’s story with the Family Man may seem unrelated tothe Sandman ’s serial orca convention , these two plot actually crossover in the form of an invitation . Hellblazershows that Constantine was in self-control of the Family Man ’s Cereal Convention ‘ invitee of honour ’ invitation , and John only give it to the Family Man after he killed him . This miniskirt - crossoverties Constantine directly tothe Sandman ’s serial killer convening through the Family Man and rise to be an event that changed the iconicDC Comicshero forever .
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