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Title: Hellblazer: Damnation's Flame by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1-56389-508-0 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.2 (5 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Debunking America
Comment: I have to believe that whoever didn't like this collection either doesn't get it or refuses to accept it. To be fair, the opening story is a little out of the ordinary for the usually London-based Constantine. Whereas Garth's other spectacular book PREACHER embraces the American Myth, "Damnation's Flame" thouroughly reveals it for what it is...a myth. Caught in a sliver of Hell, John encounters slaughtered Indians, soldiers who died for nothing, streets covered in crack, and a positively wanker of a president.
The other stories aren't earth-shattering, but they are enjoyable. John visits his old friend Brendan and meets Kit in a flashback to his days at Ravenscar (the mental hospital he was in and out of for three years). John also meets Brendan, now a hard-drinking ghost, in the present. And back in London, Chas tells his mates about one of the many times Constantine was apparently killed, and how this time there was even a funeral for him. The entire Ennis cast was present (Header, Kit, Brendan, Rick the Vic) as well as the Delano cast (Ray, Chas, Ritchie, Cheryl), and Moore's little-seen Emma.
By the way, if the sight of John F. Kennedy walking around with his hand pressed against the hole in his head to keep his brains from falling out isn't enough incentive to buy this book, check out his best line from the story:
"To be seen in a historical context as the conscience of the United States is not the honor one might think. It is, in fact, a burden, and one that I was...at the time...loath to shoulder. My chief concerns were, to set the record straight, immediate political survival, and regular extramarital sex with as many women as possible.
Rating: 2
Summary: Disappointingly mediocre Ennis tale...
Comment: Garth Ennis' work on Hellblazer is some of the best in the medium, but this trade horribly dissapoints. Any no name writer could spin this tale of John Constantine, it's suprising to see the Ennis name on it. Constantine himself loses most of what made him so cool in other Ennis works... He becomes an everyman in this book, a nobody with nothing so cool about him that someone would want to write a book about. But sadly enough, Ennis has done it, and it's a stinker.
Rating: 2
Summary: Somewhat uneven...
Comment: I am sad to say that I didn't enjoy this as much as other Hellblazer TPBs that I have read. The art was OK, but the storytelling was jumpy. I love the character of John Constantine, though. They shouldn't 'Americanize' him with Nic Cage in the movie.
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Title: Hellblazer: Fear and Loathing by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563892022 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563891506 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Haunted by Warren Ellis ISBN: 1563898136 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Hard Time by Brian Azzarello ISBN: 1563896966 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Freezes Over by Brian Azzarello ISBN: 156389971X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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