John Constantine, Hellblazer: Marks of Woe

by Simon Spurrier

Other authorsTodd Klein (Letterer), Tom Fowler (Illustrator), Craig Taillefer (Illustrator), Chris Conroy (Editor), Aaron Campbell (Illustrator), Marcio Takara (Illustrator), Kat Howard (Author), Aditya Bidikar (Letterer), Cris Peter (Colourist), Jordie Bellaire (Colourist), Bilquis Evely (Cover artist)4 more, Jordan Boyd (Translator), Matías Bergara (Illustrator), Mat Lopes (Cover artist), MAggie Howell (Editor)
Paperback, 2020

Description

"John Constantine is back in London, back to his old tricks--and just in time, as things have become very dark indeed in his old stomping grounds. A small-time gang lord has found himself dealing with a big-time outbreak of supernatural weirdness... and, without any allies to call on and nothing left to call his own, John doesn't have much choice about taking a paycheck from one of London's worst, or accepting the help of one of the gang lord's would-be foot soldiers. But what should be an open-and-shut exorcism turns out to be nothing but... and madness is just getting started! The original Constantine is back in this series from Si Spurrier (The Dreaming) and Aaron Campbell (Infidel), with nothing to his name but decades of bad memories and an unearned second chance. How, exactly, will he squander it? There's only one way to find out... "--… (more)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2020-09-29

Publication

Burbank, CA : DC Comics, [2020]

ISBN

9781779502896

Local notes

Collects the "Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer" one-shot, issue 14 of "Books of Magic" and issues 1 through 6 of "John Constantine: Hellblazer". John Constantine makes a deal to go from an apocalyptic future where Tim Hunter of "Books of Magic" has brought on the end of the world, and returns to 2019 England, where he's been gone for years.

Library's rating

Awards

British Fantasy Award (Nominee — 2021)

Rating

(13 ratings; 4.2)

User reviews

LibraryThing member macha
tending towards 4 and a half stars. an excellent return for Constantine. Simon Spurrier is doing fantastic work on the Sandman Universe. this book shows Constantine, introspective against his will and full of unresolved guilt, going again and again into the darkness he finds everywhere, alternately
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trying to save sidekicks (from, well, him) and deliberately sacrificing them to the 'greater good'. there's an older Constantine who opposes him, there's a much older Tim Hunter he tries to stop. William Blake appears. lots of stories, mostly featuring magic as madness. there's even a Scottish bouncer, Nat, he actually likes. my favourite would-be acolyte is the hilarious story of the beautifully-realized new-age magician who wants to be Constantine's friend. absolutely essential Hellblazer, i'd call it.
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