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Title: Hellblazer: Haunted (Hellblazer, 8) by Warren Ellis ISBN: 1-56389-813-6 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Haunted again, Revenge, again
Comment: Not one of the better Constantine tales; this time out Constantine is out to get a fellow magician who destroyed an old girlfriend, by way of Aleister Crowley's "Scarlet Woman." With rather stiff art by John Higgins, this standard tale of vengeance is only enhanced by Ellis's glimpses of the down and dirty side of London. Perhaps this is the actual reason for the story; it gives Ellis the option to wax poetic. If so, it's too bad he couldn't have attached it to a more compelling story.
Rating: 3
Summary: Constantine is always good, but....
Comment: Warren Ellis (The Preacher, Planetary, Transmetropolitan) is one of the most prolific and edgy authors we've got today, ranking up there in my book with Garth Ennis, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller and Grant Morrison.
This time around there was something that just didn't click with me. Yea, the story was great and the imagery was well thought out but John Higgins' artwork kind of ruined it for me. Those of you who are used to seeing John as a ragged, disheveled mystery man will be shocked by the artwork that portrays him almost as a buffed model! His featured are much too chisled and his head is way too pretty for my taste.
This time around we see John pining over yet another girlfriend's death (how many of his exes survive? No wonder Kit left!) (sorry, casual reader. Constantine fans will know what that means.) He feels obliged to poke around to find the one responsible as it was a particularily grisly murder and mutilation. He drags in favors from both the police and his underworld contacts, as usual, and in his usual machievellian manner. He finally realizes that the killer was using the girl as the focus of his arcane power and offed her when she dried up. Tracking him down proves to be difficult when John is beaten up when he gets too close. (The echo of Bugs Bunny's "This means war" comes to mind at this point.) It's a noir tale, a detective story, possibly a Chandler homage, who knows?
The story doesn't really offer many surprises, but it does speak on a noir level, and the atmosphere and ambiance is great to get into. I wouldn't really say that the story is predictable, but it doesn't surpass storylines such as "Dangerous Habits" or even the flawed "Good Intentions". I don't want to give anything away about the identity of the killer, but suffice it to say that the buildup far surpasses the payoff. Constantine's method of retribution is quite clever, not to mention vicious, which is typical of Hellblazer.
Get this book for another great constantine story, but be forwarned: he acts typicallly like, but doesn't really look much like the John we know and love. A good, but not great chapter in the life of everyone favorite chain-smoking sorcerer.
Rating: 5
Summary: Bloody Great!
Comment: The most interesting aspect of this book, and several of the others, is the fact that John Constantine rarely uses magic. It's his trademark, aside from arrogance and a trench coat, but I've found the best stories deal almost exclusively with the man.
In this volume, our chain-smoking hero tries to hunt down the killer of one of his ex's, whose spirit is now trapped on earth. Some familiar faces pop up, and John takes the reader on an interesting trip through London's history. The writing here is great, and the art crisp, and the story is self-contained enough that even if you've never read a Hellblazer comic before, you could follow along. A great buy.
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Title: Hellblazer: Freezes Over (Hellblazer, 9) by Brian Azzarello ISBN: 156389971X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Rake At the Gates of Hell (Hellblazer) by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1401200028 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Good Intentions (Hellblazer) by Brian Azzarello, Marcelo Frusin ISBN: 156389856X Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Hard Time (Hellblazer) by Brian Azzarello ISBN: 1563896966 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Hellblazer: Damnation's Flame (Hellblazer) by Garth Ennis ISBN: 1563895080 Publisher: DC Comics Pub. Date: 01 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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