Hellblazer

by Jamie Delano

Written by Jamie Delano Cover by Phil Hale Art by Mark Buckingham, Richard Piers Rayner and others In THE FEAR MACHINE, collecting HELLBLAZER #14-22, Constantine looks for a way to reconnect to humanity — but how can such a man ever find inner peace? Constantine finds himself encamped with a new-age pagan group that’s tapping into their own psychic abilities — but a defense contractor is out to exploit their powers. Is the company’s aim just political, or is it something much more sinister? Advance-solicited; on sale July 2 • 240 pg, FC, $19.99 US • MATURE READERS

• ISBN13: 9781401218102
• Publish Date: 15 July 2008 (first published 9 May 1989)
• Publish Status: Active
• Out of Print: 28 October 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: DC Comics
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 240
• Language: English

Reviews

[empressbrooke]

The only thing I can really say to sum up my thoughts on this third collected Hellblazer volume is, WTF was that? Volume 1, [b:Original Sins|133017|Hellblazer Original Sins|Jamie Delano|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172015794s/133017.jpg|128139], was really great. Volume 2, [b:The Devil You Know|320814|Hellblazer The Devil You Know|Jamie Delano|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1194196970s/320814.jpg|311550], finished up Original Sins' story line very well, but then got wobbly. That wobbliness continues for the next 9 issues here, and my mind is pretty much blown at how just ridiculous this was. It is overwritten, overwrought, and includes lines like, "Now it's time for FEMALENESS." The ending involves a threesome, after which one of the women immediately lays an egg (the other woman catches the egg, makes a sexyface and says, "Yes, oh yes"), and Constantine wants to watch the egg hatch because, as he says, "It's my egg, too."

Well, ALRIGHTY then. Okay. You go do that, Constantine. I'll just quickly make my way through the final two volumes of Jamie Delano's run and hope that he reverts to the excellence of Original Sins, because I'm stubborn and won't skip ahead to where Garth Ennis takes over.