Compiled and edited by Laura Drescher
Homecoming
First story reprinted in ???
First published in July 1998.
Writer and artist: Peter Gross
Finishes: Temujin
Colorist: Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh
Separations: Jamison
Letterer: Comicraft
Cover artist: M.W. Kaluta
Constultant: Neil Gaiman
Assistant editor: Cliff Chiang
Editor: Stuart Moore
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- Page 1
- Panel 1: That's John Constantine propped up against the arch, and note the other three of the Trenchcoat Brigade lying dead in the fireground.
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- Panel 2: It's a puzzlement that Constantine knows Currie.
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- Panel 4: Now, I'm sure that's true.
- Page 2
- Panel 1: That's also true. For more aobut John Constantine (and boy, is there ever more), read Hellblazer
- Page 5
- Panel 3: It's reassuring to know that the neighbors noticed Mr. Hunter's miraculous new arm.
- Page 9
- Panel 1: This is the gate to Faerie that is right near Tim's (old) house.
- Page 14
- Panel 1: In-the-No is one of Tim's creations from childhood. He last appeared in Summonings.
- Page 16
- Panel 8: It's nice to finally know what happened to Jimmy, so far as the real world is concerned, anyway.
- Page 18-20
- Panel 4: So Molly has at least four brothers: Tommy, Stephen, and two more.
- Page 23
- Panel 6: I wonder what namby-pambies In-the-No means. The Trenchcoat Brigade?
- Page 24
- Panel 3: The Cracianmorph:
Contributors include:
Greg Morrow is the editor of the Sandman Annotations, whose format and legal information I have used here.
Sascha Segan inspired me with his page, Suburban Mythos: The Books of Magic, and helped me begin these annotations.