A review by as_in_crazy
Constantine, Volume 1: The Spark and the Flame by Ray Fawkes, Jeff Lemire

3.0

First off it ain't "Hellblazer." Nor was I expecting it to be so. But really it's a shame it's not. It just felt like it wanted to be within the confines of the main DCU's PG-13 sensibilities. It wants to be a serious book with dark and gritty subject matter. It just feels like a superhero book in disguise. Yeah our Constantine is a bastard, but he's our bastard. I'm not quite sure what I was hoping for, but what I got was a mediocre story of a younger brother desperately intimidating his older brother in an effort to be cool and edgy, but lacking the sense of self and authenticity to be cool on his own merits. But since I was gifted four volumes for Christmas I might as well give them a read, yeah?