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Hellblazer De Jamie Delano #1 (2010)

by Jamie Delano(Favorite Author)

3.87 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Planeta DeAgostini Comics (Vertigo Comics)

series

Hellblazer New Editions

review 1: Usually I'm not one to fall into trends, but I've been watching and enjoying the Constantine TV show, so I thought I should give the comic a look see. It was kind of funny because the day I read the feast of friends issue was the same day it was shown on TV.I liked this collection, but I'm thinking it gets better later on. It seems like at this point they are still trying to figure out the story. It was also a pre-Vertigo era, so John is in the same world as Batman and Superman. Something I think would go away later. Neither of those Characters appear in the book, but I think it's worth pointing out that this wasn't an "adult" book quite yet. There some adult stuff for sure, but it's no where near where the Vertigo line would eventually go. This was a nice comic to read af... moreter all the Marvel stuff I've been reading. It's more grown up, but not in that "shock the reader" kind of way. It seems like when you read a comic that is meant for 'adults" it means that there is a lot of cursing and a lot of boobs. But in this book it means that the stories are a bit smarter and don't get wrapped up so nicely. I don't always want my heroes to win, that way, when they do, it will mean something.John, himself, is an interesting character. He fights demons, but he is a coward in some ways. He uses dark magic, but he doesn't want to get his hands dirty. He is just ripe with contradictions. There's even a part where he gets down on himself, and it takes a pep talk with himself at a better point in his life to cheer him up. More then a good story, I like to read a good character. Someone I can care about. Someone I want to follow on journey, good or bad. John seems like he could be that kind of guy. The art in the book is awesome for the kind of world John lives in. It's dark, it's messy, it's full of shadows. Sometimes things look off or flat out wrong, but it works. This isn't the bright world of Metropolis, this is the stinking shit hole of a crappy world. It just really sells the atmosphere of the story. Overall a good book. I'm looking forward to future collections.
review 2: Proper rating 3.5It's a bit of a jumble with the panel layout shifting a lot of the time, and quite frankly I found some of the type a little hard to read, but as an introduction to amoral exorcist John Constantine. This volume collects the first nine issues of Hellblazer's run along with two Swamp Thing tie in stories.The nine issues mostly have nothing to do with each other but there are two groups (The Damnation Army and The Pyramid of Prayer - and offshoots of that) that appear over and over again and I expect that will continue over the run.Constantine is a working class guy and is not the nicest of people. You have faith that he's going to do the right thing eventually though - and it seems perfectly pleased to help keep the balance between heaven and hell as best as he can.The creature are rather frightening and the fate that befalls people who get too involved can also be the same. If horror comics is your thing though, I highly recommend giving this a try - especially in light of the TV series coming in the fall. less

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