(Hellblazer I #252, 253) - John came to Phoebe's aid, and after shuffling her out of the house assured her she was having a nightmare. He took her to her friend Aisha's house, and Phoebe thought it was odd she had a terrible vision about an abortion she'd long ago mad peace with. John returned to her apartment, and found that his scab was spreading, and an "L" was emblazoned on it. The "child" was an animated scab creature that told John he wanted a relationship with Phoebe, but John realized it was animated only by her memories, and wondered how responsible he was for its creation. John had tea with the creature, and caught it unaware, bashing its head in. He burned it in a field and decided he would never tell Phoebe about the resolution of that night. John found a scrap of old paper, and realized what the "L" stood for. It was a Liverpool Echo article about a '90s dockers strike. John once worked for Sir Lawrence, and mentally pushed union leader Mal Brady to betray his workers with a scab curse. The curse had curdled, affecting John, and causing Brady to go mad and kill Lawrence. Phoebe called John, his ruse came apart when the remains of the scab baby reformed in her apartment, and John advised her to burn it. John found Mal, and after confessing that he was the one who ruined his life, cast spells to remove both their curses. John made a date with Phoebe at the Granby, telling her her problems were over, but she never showed.

(Hellblazer I #254, 255) - John figured on spending the night drinking, and refused to admit to himself that he was miserable being single again. He suffered an epileptic fit, and had a vision of the England in 1665 during one of the plagues. A plague doctor pressured the Fernby family to give him their daughter in exchange for a clean bill of health and a chance to leave the sickness of the city. In a daze John wandered to see Phoebe, who admitted him to the hospital. He said they were probably fooling themselves ever thinking it could work between them, and despite her orders for him to stay put he left the hospital and returned home. Phoebe's lab results showed John had toxicity in his blood, and had gone looking for him. John said she had no responsibilities toward him, and he wasn't her patient anymore. John dealt with the uneasy spirit of Fernby, who'd killed his family rather than lose them to the black plague. The encounter gave John the courage to tell Phoebe they should risk a relationship, but she replied that she wasn't interested in jumping back into his arms. John made a joke about putting a love spell on her as she walked away.

(Hellblazer I #256-258) - Phoebe and her best friend Aisha made dinner together, and Phoebe was bothered by how interesting she found Constantine. Aisha, who never liked John, said he struck her as a hanger-on that found out Phoebe's parents were rich. John brought her flowers and wine as a peace offering, having purchased a love potion from Epiphany, and slipped it in the drink. Phoebe was suspicious of his gesture, and ran labs on the wine, determining that there was an anomalous substance in it. She still called John up, having an itch to scratch, and they made love. John wasn't sure how he felt about getting what he wanted, and realized his manipulation might be the worst thing he'd ever done. She revealed to John that she'd seen through his trick, and said she knew he was rotten, but didn't expect him to be so rotten to her. John was going through magical withdrawal after a dealing with the ekkimu Julian, and Phoebe showed how big-hearted she was by helping him through the withdrawal. Julian lured John away from her home, and told her they needed to talk. John had slipped Julian the love potion to keep from becoming her slave, but she'd decided that she didn't want Phoebe around John. Julian killed her with Mesopotamian magic, and Aisha found her body, blaming john for her death. Epiphany helped John by creating a perfume that could resurrect Phoebe if the user was pure. After Phoebe's funeral they dug her up, with Epiphany saying she was only helping because she was interesting in John, and didn't want him to make a saint out of his dead ex. John couldn't fake purity, and the perfume didn't work on Phoebe, but did wake the corpses of her ancestors, who John had to put back in the grave.

(Hellblazer I #259) - Chas drove John to Violet Cottage so John could try another tack of bringing back Phoebe. Chas reminded him that the cottage was his wife Renee's pride and joy, and asked him to be respectful and smoke outside. John used more old-fashioned magic to get in touch with Phoebe's soul, and found himself teleported into what looked like his own past. He remembered how he first met Phoebe in a Chelsea nightclub in 2007, and how she broke off her engagement for a fling with John, challenging his preconceptions about people. Phoebe then changed into a demon, and John had to flee. He realized he was in Hell, and escaped, but the Phoebe demon pursued him, and he used a binding spell to send her back to the netherworld. He realized his actions had bound her soul to Hell, and he burned down the cottage.

(Hellblazer I #264 (BTS)) - John helped the Sadhu destroy a demon in India, and he promised to try and reunite him with his love. The Sadhu channeled Phoebe's spirit through Epiphany, and she begged John to forget about her, because his mad quest to resurrect her was keeping her soul from moving on to its proper reward.

Phoebe had a cameo in Hellblazer I #261.

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