Garth Ennis comes in like a crack of thunder and bolt of lightning. This might as well be the start of the series. Ennis bring Constantine back to his smart-ass, snarky con man roots who knows a bit of magic. He's back to the character Alan Moore created back in his Swamp Thing run. Even in the face of the news that he has cancer and will die soon. We get this cathartic look at John going around making amends to his friends while showing flashes of his old self. There's just some brilliant momen...

Hellblazer Book 6: "Dangerous Habits" collects Hellblazer issues 41-46 -- the first story from Garth Ennis' run on the title. This is one of the very best Hellblazer books out there, and other than Book 1 (Hellblazer Original Sins), it's probably the best starting point for new readers. Along with Original Sins and Hellblazer The Fear Machine, this book is one of my favorites from the title. Not only that, but it really stands on its own pretty well; they really should make a movie about this on...

I have to say that Ennis is like fresh air after Delano. This is the Constantine I met in The Books of Magic. Delano's didn't feel like him at all.

I am glad Jamie Delano left this series, I am also glad his final issues were not collected because Hellblazer was about to hit rock bottom before Garth Ennis arrive to save the day. This volume defines the modern character of Constantine and is indeed a great starting point for new readers.The volume opens with John Constantine dying of lung cancer, we certainly know that he is going to cheat death again, we just don't know how yet. Most of the story goes about Constantine's attempts to find so...

I like how the writing goes into many levels and how John has to ties all of his loose ends. Yet he also meets a nice old man in hospital who gives him a brief Philosophy which Constantine takes in. As well as that I like the use of shadows and the colouring to set the tone of the graphic novel itself. It really sets the scene on many different levels.I would recommend this to any one who is interested in starting the Hellblazer saga (like me) and great for those who ae a fan of the series who w...

If you are a fan of Mr. Enis or of John Constantine, then this is a great story arc for you. The movie was based loosely off this story and the comic shows why it is far superior. The ending to the story as clever as it is, still manages to show JC as the self-absorbed morally ambiguous character that he is. Well done Mr. Enis.

My Brief Bookshelf Overview: grim, likable-or-deep-characters, mature, steady-storytelling-style, story-not-intriguing-enoughAdditional Notes: This collection contains Hellblazer issues #41-46.John Constantine is dying, and for the first three issues, almost nothing comes out of it but talk. Even if it gets better, it couldn't be by enough to keep me reading.

Constantine gets his terminal cancer diagnosis and has to race the clock to find a way out of a ticket straight to hell. He's consummate Constantine here, wily and crafty, a caring utter bastard. Still can't believe how delightfully 80s these are.

I liked Jamie Delano's take on Constantine a lot, so for me, it was always going to be difficult for Garth Ennis' Hellblazer to live up to the hype he has as most fans' favourite writer. As I already said in a comment on my review of vol 1, I was expecting a thriller-like efficient muscularity in Ennis's writing. It's not quite that. (And there are panels with a lot of words in them, so I don't know what people mean when they say Delano is so much wordier. It sounds like reputation superseding f...

I can't tell whether or not Hellblazer is a good thing to read while trying to quit smoking (okay okay cutting back on smoking) or a bad thing. On the one hand, John Constantine gets lung cancer from smoking 20-30 cigarettes a day since he was 17. I don't know how old Mr. Constantine is, but he looks to me to be at the most in his mid 30's. That's pretty scary. On the other hand, he smokes like a chimney in nearly every panel, which is quite vicariously appealing, and he cheats death by getting

for me, this is the best thing garth ennis ever wrote. nothing has measured up since, frankly, but at least there's this: a wonderfully frightening story about john constantine coming face to face with his mortality in a way that doesn't feel cheap or merely a device for plotting with the devil. if they had just made this book into a movie instead of borrowing the tiniest kernel of the idea and turning it into such rubbish, it could have been epic. constantine goes up against the devil and wins

This is where it really begins.If you ever want to introduce someone to John Constantine, give him/her this book. -One can go back to the earlier Delano - Stories, once one is already addicted to the character. I recently reread all those volumes and can only say that even when Delano get's more and more the hang of the character to the end of his run, it's Garth Ennis' story that is really defining. All basic elements of John are highlited here, the trickster/punk, the jinx, the friend, the sel...

The all-time classic John Constatine story against which all others must be measured.

41-45# compile in Dangerous Habits, exhibits Garth Ennis’ first foray into the Hellblazer mythos. Festering at the sores of the inner rather than the outer world, the plotine contained within is decidedly bleak, bathed with self loathing toward that bleak event horizon of mortality we must all face. Irregardless, this take will be best received by fans and mostly likely fans alone. With glints and gleams of the demon fighter we all know and love as John Constantine as manifested in a few charmin...

The first Hellblazer book by Garth Ennis isn't as good as previous writer Jamie Delano's best, but it is far, far better than Delano's worst. As pretty much anything can be.I like Constantine's solution to his troubles, it was clever and in line with his character. As much as I loathed some of the events from past books, I was glad to see them continually referenced. Continuity is good (although I am gratefully thanking whoever decided to NOT collect the apparent Constantine-in-the-womb-with-his...

Garth Ennis takes John Constantine on a fascinating character arc as he first reacts to, and then attempts to fight the deadly cards he’s been dealt. [...] After reading this story again–for the fourth time in total, I think–I can honestly say that this is one of the best Constantine stories ever written. More in-depth review on my blog.

This.Is.Spectacular.

Damn! This Sodding Book! I have been anticipating this book for so damn LONG now. I read Original Sins and pretty much loved it. I read The Devil You Know and really didn't like any of it EXCEPT the Newcastle issue of course. But this. This is really fucking good. First of all, if you are going from early Delano to Ennis like I did and are worried about the character changing, don't worry. I am living proof of the fact that you will have a smooth transition into the Constantine everyone knows