The Sandman Universe Presents: Hellblazer #1 - "The Best Version of You"

[laughing_tree]

He's Jamie Delano's's original Constantine, and Garth's and Alan, Rick, Steve and John's and mine too. And now Si's. A New John Constantine for a New Era. -- Neil Gaiman

The one-off special issue, which dropped this week before the ongoing, has the difficult task of not only laying the groundwork for the new status quo but also bridging the tonal gulf. Hence, it begins in a vein which will feel quite familiar to those who’ve discovered John via his DCU appearances — lots of color, insane things happening and crackly magical explodo — and then via various twists and turns it transitions toward a more nuanced, horror-centric reality of hauntings, slithering half-seen influences and embittered liars getting drunk in pubs. So that by the end of the issue we are entirely in Hellblazer territory. -- Si Spurrier

Comments

[cainofdreaming]

I'd say there's another one. You get mixed up with John Constantine and you'll live to regret it. Even if you're John Constantine.

So this won't end well for anyone, I guess.

[capnduckman]

Oooh, Tim Hunter Cameo!

[thanekos]

" Stories and the power therein, huh? " - Simon Spurrier, inevitably

[lissa_quon]

Wow is this recent? I actually kinda liked this. Felt more on brand.

[laughing_tree]

It came out last month.