Hellblazer returns to its R rated Roots while going under the Sandman Universe Umbrella. But is it good? Simon Spurrier decides to basically have our boy Constantine say "Fuck the last few years of my stories, they don't count" and you know what? I'm very okay with that. I read New 52 Constantine and holy fucking shit people, that was horrible. This is deep into the dark, twisted, and screwed up world of John and Spurrier gets it. The story starts off weird with events happening out of order but...

The best Constantine stories in years. Dark, gritty, funny, and genuinely compelling. Campbell's scratchy art really fits the tone of the book, and the change in style with Bergara was refreshing. DC Comics cancelled it because it wasn't making enough money for them. That sucks!

John Constantine: Hellblazer, Volume 1: Marks of Woe is another really poor Constantine book without any interesting stories. The opening oversized issue and the second one both repeat themselves: Timothy Hunter (the OG Harry Potter) grows up to be evil for some reason. Ok - but that goes nowhere and seems to hint that we need to read the Books of Magic series to find out why, so… that’s unsatisfying. I mean, why have this much space in a Constantine book for what amounts to a trailer for anothe...

actual rating: 3.5This volume got off to a bit of a slow start with the first arc - or maybe I just don't know enough of this specific brand of British slang to muddle through it - but it picked up with the last three issues and I found myself really enjoying it by the end. Got burnt out on Hellblazer a few years ago trying to get through all the backlog but I'm interested to see what direction this new series goes.Pictured: two bisexual wizard morons getting wasted

A Constantine for post-Brexit London.And every bit as depressing as the premise sounds.

Yessssss. Though it's a bit uneven, the bastard is back and it's just so much fun to read him trying to make sense of the modern world.

Collected and read the individual issues (#1 one shot, #1-6)Outstanding. If you're a fan of the Delano Hellblazer, then you'll feel right at home, here. Constantine in 2020 feels just like Thatcher-era Constantine, with sharp anti-establishment writing and brutal, unexpected humour. After reading issue 6 (titled: Quiet), I can't help but feel overrun with excitement for this series. The whole thing was great, but that one issue (#6) stood head and shoulders above the rest. It's a contained story...

Finally, a way for me to get into John Constantine's character that doesn't feel like homework. I enjoyed the style of 90s Vertigo comics, but I don't have as much patience for their wordiness these days.Also glad to see Constantine back in his R-rated mode after a few years of DC toning him down to fit him in the broader DC universe.And I fucking love Aaron Campbell's art in horror(see also Infidel from Image Comics).

Okay, okay, I say this a lot, but this is seriously one of the BEST comics I’ve read in recent history. The writing is brilliant! The creators stick to the morally-gray true essence of Constantine while still pulling no punches about how Brexit is a movement full of fear-mongering white supremacy. British politics gets pushed aside in the mainstream comics industry, so it’s refreshing to see that it’s at the forefront of this story. I absolutely cannot wait for more!

Such an excellent return to form for the Laughing Magician. This run gets so much right, even in the filler issues. John’s lost plenty but starts out cultivating a new cast of people who will likely be abused while in his orbit. While there’s a genuine humor to this it doesn’t get lost or in the way of its signature grimness. Well balanced and still telling unique stories for a character that’s been around this long. Really love Spurrier’s take on John.

This volume is uneven, and not helped by the artist changes between each of the smaller stories in the collection. It all feels very much like the Hellblazer of old, but there's a bit too much navel gazing going on for me. While John is almost always his own worst enemy, that gets taken a little too literally here. And while none of the stories are particularly weak, they don't build to a very unifying whole.The first issue is the slate cleaner, getting Constantine out from under world-destroyin...

The fourth attempt at reviving John Constantine since Hellblazer proper was cancelled, and definitely the best. Spurrier's affinity with untrustworthy leads always seemed like a good match for John, but I was still wary enough of modern DC's reverse Midas touch that I didn't pick this up in singles, and before this first collection was even out the series' cancellation was announced. Yes, I could blame myself, but blaming the shortsightedness of a major publishing corporation who still don't kno...

Spurrier starts off the series by ignoring all of the New 52 and Rebirth versions of Hellblazer. For some unexplained reason John is in an apocalyptic future caused by a mad, adult Tim Hunter. Constantine makes a deal and gets sent back to 2019 where he has been gone for years (again, for some unexplained reason). Spurrier wipes away all of Constantine's old buddies like Chas setting up a new supporting cast over the first 6 issues. The first 3 issues have Constantine working with a small potato...

John Constantine, as we all loved him before DC axed the original Vertigo series and turned him into a PG13 team playing wizard shooting magic out of his butthole to save Green fucking Lantern, is back. I love this book with all my dark heart. Obviously DC already cancelled this series as well...

For 12 months, this was the absolute best thing DC had done in ages, and definitely the best take on Constantine since Mike Carey. So, you know, the only logical thing to do is cancel it before it even has a chance, right? But be sure to catch up on all 100 pointless issues of the latest mega-cross-over status quo changing bullshit DC is doing with their stable of super heroes, that’s always fresh and exciting, innit.

Four times, DC has rebooted John Constantine since the Nu52, and it took them four times to get it right — and they basically only did so by going back to the formula of the original Hellblazer, not all the crap they've run in the last several years.Simon Spurrier's Hellblazer feels in largest part like the original, by Warren Ellis, but it's also got a bit of Paul Jenkin's focus on English myth. It's a nice combination, written by a strong author. Here, we get WIlliam Blake, the defender of Eng...

Simon Spurrier takes over the title he was born to write and turns out eight issues of absolute brilliance as he grabs hold of poor John Constantine and drags him into insanity after insanity.First off, Spurrier clears up the New 52/Rebirth Constantine continuity by basically saying 'who fucking cares' and throwing it all out the window in the one-shot, while also exploring who John is and why he's literally his own worst enemy for a fantastic cliffhanger ending that leads into the main series w...

I have read some Hellblazer prior, but I wouldn’t call myself a fan, let alone an expert as I'm more familiar with the adaptations from films to TV that featured the Liverpudlian street magician John Constantine. Originally Vertigo's longest running title, the series concluded and was replaced Constantine, which rebooted Constantine for the New 52, a move that upset the fanbase that aged with the character. As DC launched the Sandman Universe with a line-up of comic books that explored the dark

Sandman Universe John Constantine Hellblazer Volume 1 Marks of Woe DC Black Label I received this graphic book as a gift. John is back this time in the Apocalypse future in London where gangsters are being killed by entities. What a ride this was I enjoyed reading anything with John Constantine and movies. I recommend this graphic book to fans of John Constantine.

Brilliantly written and illustrated, and further confirmation that Spurrier is one of my favorite comic writers of the past several years. I’ve enjoyed Constantine’s cameos in a few recent-ish DC series and vaguely intend to check out some of his original Vertigo series at the fabled “some point,” but I’m really impressed at how effortlessly Spurrier brings Constantine back to post-Brexit England, acknowledging his past at times but largely starting from scratch so I don’t feel like I’m missing