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Constantine, Vol. 1: The Spark And The Flame (2014)

by Jeff Lemire(Favorite Author)

3.33 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1401243231 (ISBN13: 9781401243234)

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

DC Comics

review 1: Alright, so this is not Hellblazer. It is still very,very good. The art is still fantastic, the moral choices are still devastating, and the stakes are eternally high. The full integration of John Constantine into the wider DCU is also full of promise. One of the best things about Constantine is that, like Doctor Who, his stories "fetishize cleverness." He's not the world's Sorcerer Supreme, like Marvel's Dr. Strange, but sometimes you don't have to be. Just being the smartest man in the room is enough.
review 2: This is the Hellblazer reboot, under the "new 52" revamp.First off, I love Constantine. If it weren't for him, there'd be no Harry Dresden and probably no urban fantasy. He paved the way for the damaged magicians in mega cities all over the world. But ... morereading Hellblazer? It's hard. Such a product of its time (the 80s in all its big hair big shouldered glory) that it doesn't stand weathering well, at least for me.That left me quite eager to check out this trade, the first six issues collected. It's still the same Constantine, living with his mistakes (and successes) of the past. Unable to enter London due to a curse, he's living in New York now. Stumbling over a mission to keep a very powerful artifact out of the hands of some mega magicians that have formed the evil alliance known as the Order of the Cold Flame, he travels around, magic happens, and he gets pummeled no more than a few times, with a victory that is tainted as only a Constantine victory can.All in all, it felt like a typical reboot. Flashy, more action than exposition, a quick sketch over all that's gone before. There was definitely more depth in the old stories, more time to look over a room of people and pick out expressions and back story, baggage delivered with a single look. But as a vehicle to bring him into the new millennium, it was a good start. less

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