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brandonadaniels's review
4.0
A decent start to Milligans run. While I like Giuseppe Camuncoli’s art, I’m not as crazy about Grant’s coloring of it. John also appears a bit too young. The new girlfriend seems like a bit of an odd choice, but I’m interested to see where it goes.
sisteray's review
4.0
A good stepping-in point for the Milligan run, as he launches with a couple classic Constantine concepts.
We all know how this relationship is going to end up.
We all know how this relationship is going to end up.
gohawks's review
3.0
I continue to be surprised by how much I enjoy this book, but most of that comes from the characterization I suppose. Constantine is just such a fun creep. This was a little less interesting than the last one I read because there was less going on between John and his girlfriend - which had been the most compelling stuff.
thecommonswings's review
4.0
Peter Milligan has suffered the fate of many eighties 2000AD writers: tempted to America by the big publishers but without quite the same level of power as a Moore or a Morrison, he’s ended up writing superhero books he’s very obviously been deeply bored and uninvested in. It’s no surprise he’s been happy to return to the prog of late where freedom allows him to indulge his skills as a writer within certain parameters. This is the beauty of 2000AD: it basically forms its own constraints for a writer to kick against whilst also demanding a certain kind of story telling which better writers - like Milligan - can then subvert. Hellblazer allows much the same - John Constantine can be whoever the writer wants him to be as long as he’s jaded, cynical, wounded, haunted and charming. That’s why he’s so beloved and that’s also why Milligan manages to take some surprisingly very topical themes to sprinkle with a bit gruesome horror and still make excellent populist comics out of them. These stories satirical aim are still incredibly pertinent in 2021, and if a little let down by all the artists apart from the great Eddie Campbell they’re still as close to subversive as the acceptable/ commercial face of alternative comics could ever be. Milligan feels like a writer relieved to be working in this groove again and that really shows particularly in the dialogue. Very good, shame about some of the very conventional and boring art though
jasonb35's review
4.0
Never read a story where Constantine was in any kind of romantic relationship. Thought the dynamic was interesting. There is no doubt that John is a degenerate but from what I've read so far he seems to overemphasize this aspect of himself. Is he really that bad?
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