Long live the HELLRAISER...
Sure it was sad that after 300 issues and 20 odd years VERTIGO decided to end their longest running monthly title HELLBLAZER...
But how great is it that JOHN CONSTANTINE is coming back this week in his own ongoing series as part of the NEW52 in CONSTANTINE #1?..
This new title gives new readers a perfect jumping on point to a character that perhaps in the HELLBLAZER title had become a little inaccessible...
And OH what a character he his! Magician, occult detective, con man, womaniser, heavy smoker and hard drinker...
Operating in the 'dark' corners of the 52 CONSTANTINE's John Constantine in will be a younger version than the 50 something grizzled magician of HELLBLAZER...
But he'll still have all his wit and silver tongue, words are this guys weapons and I for one can't wait to see how the writing team on this one are going to use them...
Who are the lucky folks working on this title? ...
Writers Jeff Lemire and Ray Fawkes will be joined by Renato Guedes on arts...
And they've all got some pretty big shoes to fill, having to follow such luminaries as Garth Ennis, Mike Carey, Paul Jenkins, Warren Ellis, Brian Azzarello, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Denise Mina, and Peter Milligan and celebrated artists like John Ridgway, Simon Bisley, Richard Corben, Steve Dillon, Jock, David Lloyd, and Sean Phillips.
So can these guys live up to those that have gone before? Only 2 ways to find out...
CONTACT US to get the CONSTANTINE added to your pull-list...
Or take out a 6 issue subscription here...
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