(Hellblazer I #251) - John Constantine received a curse that manifested as a scab growing on his chest. In desperation he sought out Julian, who was slumming in England. Julian was currently in the form of a school child, finding the school playground an excellent place for learning and implementing new demonic tricks. Julian's treatment of using one of his old skins to rub on the curse relieved the pain of the scab, but the rest of John's body felt like it was falling apart. John's new girlfriend Phoebe was haunted by the shade of her unborn child, and called John, desperate for help.

(Hellblazer I #256-258) - Julian tried to convince her classmates to blind an unpopular girl, and when a teacher interfered Julian slashed up her face. John was still using Julian's skin salve, and realized he'd become addicted to it, which he knew shouldn't come as a surprise; bargaining with a ekkimu was rarely wise. John made it past Julian's gatekeeper Alu, and started strangling him, but Julian warned him he'd sic his guardian on him. Julian wanted John to threaten the teachers at his school that was preparing to testify against him for assault. John knew he could do it himself, but he was enjoying the idea of having John as a slave. During the scuffle John had taken one of Julian's hairs and slipped a love potion in his brandy, knowing Julian wouldn't be expecting John to use alchemy against him. Julian was now madly in love with him, and wanted him to come over. He knew that John had used magic on him, but didn't care because his new longing was beautifully torturous. Alu wanted to kill John, but Julian made him back off. Julian said he knew John could never love him, but still wanted them to be married. Julian promised John he'd teach him dark and ancient magic that would make him supremely powerful, and showed John the room of his old skins, saying they were all his. John decided against living like an addict, so he set fire to the skins and left. John's friend Phoebe saw him through his nightmarish withdrawal, and once John was feeling better he got an emergency call from who he thought was Chas. He left for the Granby, but the caller was actually Julian, who wanted to have a talk with Phoebe, not willing to "share" John. John returned to find Phoebe killed by Julian's Mesopotamian magic.

(Hellblazer I #282) - Julian confessed to Phoebe's murder and entered Belmarsh prison. Before long he had run of the prison, controlling the prisoners and guards, and forcing them to commit acts of atrocity. Julian felt like he was finally home. Police approached John's gangster father-in-law Terry Greaves and threatened him with jail time for siphoning public funds when the Thames Barrier was built. They said they could make the charges go away if he sent one of his men to Belmarsh prison, where the demon Julian currently had the run of the place. Terry immediately thought of John, who initially refused until Epiphany begged him to help, because her uncle Pat had escaped Belmarsh and committed suicide rather than go back. John entered as a prisoner, and met Billy Draper, who was being tortured to death by magic by Julian. Julian warned John not to interfere in his fun, and John covered his cell in wards and cast a psychic protection spell taught to him by the Sadhu. Julian broke through his defenses, and made him imagine he was being flayed alive. Julian had Draper commit suicide, and continued to torment John. Epiphany visited John, and after kissing him to get a saliva sample, analyzed the spit to understand the power Julian had over him. She gave him a tablet to counteract Julian's power, and when John confronted the demon he could tell he was in trouble. John tossed Julian down a flight of stairs, and Julian's fellow prisoners beat him to death. John told Epiphany to never again ask him to do any favors for her family.

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